Year: 2012
Lagos Island Boils Again As NURTW Factions Clash
Lagos Island area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria boiled this morning as factions of the National Union of Road Transport…
Man Arrested Over Dead Lover’s Property
The police have arrested a 47-year old father of two, Emmanuel Temuru, at the Igando area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…
Al-Mustapha: Shehu Sani Seeks Parole
Prominent Northern Nigeria-based rights activist and also a victim of the late General Sani Abacha’s despotic regime, Comrade Shehu Sani…
Parents Urged To Help Fight Exam Malpractice
The proprietor of Omotayo College, Ogijo, Shagamu, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, Engineer Tayo Opanubi recently honoured 14 of his students…
4 Docked Over Theft Of MTN Property
The Police at Ikoyi Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested and arraigned three men and a lady before the…
American Narrates Kidnap Ordeal In Nigeria
As the car an American was riding in idled in traffic in a remote Nigerian town, two men appeared, one…
Customer Accuses Bank Of Unethical Practices
George Nwodo, a customer with Intercontinental Bank (now, Access Bank) has alleged unethical practices against the bank and its erstwhile…
N1.2m Facebook Scandal Rocks NSC
A new twist was added to the drama at the public hearing by the National Assembly House Committee on Sports…
Boko Haram: Parents Withdraw Children from Kano Schools
Hundreds of parents have chosen not to bring in their children to school. The leader of the Islamist militant group…
Lagos Begins Replacement Of Old Number Plates Thursday
The Lagos State Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, MVAA, will begin the replacement of the old vehicle number plates with the…
PDP Shuns Meeting With INEC
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday shunned the stakeholders’ meeting initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review…
Fashola Sets Up Council On Prerogative Of Mercy
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday inaugurated the state’s Advisory Council for the Prerogative of Mercy. The governor…
Jonathan Shocked Over Death Of IGP’s Wife
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Monday expressed shock at the passing away of Hajia Mariam M.D. Abubakar, the wife of the…
Sports Festival Hockey: Ogun Warn Lagos To Forget Gold
Defending champions, Team Ogun, have issued a warning note to hosts, Team Lagos not to dream of winning the gold…
America’s Most Lethal Sniper Brags About Killing People —Chris Kyle
Excerpts from American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle with Scott…
Which Way Nigeria? —Akunna Ejim
The still unfolding events in the country all point to the inevitable fact that Nigeria is heading towards a decisive…
Stop NURTW Violence In Lagos Now
Once again, the peace on the Lagos Island was distrupted yesterday when members of the National Union of Road Transport…
Sports Festival: Fashola Inaugurates LOC For Lagos 2012
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has inaugurated a 29-member Local Organising Committee, LOC for the 2012 National Sports Festival,…
Fuel Subsidy Killing: Lawmaker Mourns Slain Ademola
Following the removal of the subsidy on petrol by the Federal Government which led to the nationwide protests and the…
Oyo Rerun Election: PDP Shuns Stakeholders’ Meeting With INEC
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Monday shunned the stakeholders’ meeting initiated by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to review…
EFCC Vs Ikuforiji: Judge’s Withdrawal Stalls Arraignment
Efforts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arraign the speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly,…
Airtel Appeals Against Judgment On Econet
Airtel Nigeria has appealed against the judgment of 24 January 2012 at the Federal High Court of Nigeria by Honourable…
Kudirat’s Daughter, Hafsat Happy About Death Sentence For Al-Mustapha, Shofolahan
The daughter of the late Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, Hafsat Abiola Costello, has reacted to the death sentenced passed on the…
Fashola Inaugurates LOC For 2012 National Sports Festival
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has inaugurated a 29-member Local Organising Committee, LOC for the 2012 National Sports Festival,…
Governor Amaechi Reverses Sack of Council Bosses
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state,South-South,Nigeria, has ordered the reinstatement, with immediate effect, the Eleven Local Government…
Nations Cup Qualifier: NFF Cancels Kenya Camp For Super Eagles
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF has cancelled the proposed camping of the Super Eagles in Kenya ahead of their 2013 Africa…
Our Grudge Against Ekeji- House Committee On Sports
Ken Chikere, a member of the House of Representatives’ Committee on Sports has disclosed that the reason the Committee is…
Kudirat Abiola: Al-Mustapha To Die By Hanging
Justice Mojisola Dada of a Lagos High Court this evening sentenced former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late General…
Nigeria’s Oil and gas probe programmed to fail – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said the federal government-ordered audit of all government institutions in the oil and…
Jonathan: I did not run for AU Chair
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan said he did not contest for election as the Chairman of African Union, contrary to…