Year: 2012
Nigeria’s Ex-Speaker, Nafada Have Case To Answer —EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on January 23rd, 2012, told an FCT High Court, sitting in Abuja ,…
Boko Haram: NLC Wants Security Re-organised
The Nigeria Labour Congress has asked Federal Government to come up with far reaching actions that can help in combating…
Fresh Fear In Kano As Police Discover More Explosives
The latest discovery of abandoned explosives in parts of Kano city, Northwest Nigeria, confirms the fear that the Boko Haram…
Senator Mark: We Shall Fight Boko Haram With The Law
It may be the end of the road for Boko Haram and other terrorist organisations in Nigeria as leaders of…
Bill To Recognise NFF Is On Course –Gaiya
The chairman, House Committee on Sports, Godfrey Gaiya, says there is no cause for alarm over the latest court ruling…
Bayelsa Poll: Fresh legal suit complicates the knots
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A fresh suit was on Monday filed at the Abuja Federal High Court against the nomination…
Boko Haram Bombings: Igbos Flee Kano
Following Friday’s coordinated bombings of parts of Kano, which left over 160 people dead, southerners, especially Igbos, living in Sabon…
2 Cops Paraded With 9 Robbery Suspects
Two dismissed police officers, Igba Isaac, 33 and Abya Chashe, 36, have been arrested and paraded with their nine-man suspected…
Girl Forced Into Prostitution Pays N150,000 Monthly
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have rescued a 13-year old girl in a hotel room at Otta, Ogun…
Syria Rejects Arab League Peace Plan
Faced with the failure of its observer mission to curb the violence in Syria as the stark features of a…
Hungry Man Sent To Prison For Stealing N20 Onion
A 33-year-old man, Opeyemi Ayomide, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria and later charged before…
1700 Days In Office: Fashola Promises 217 Roads
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has promised to build and rehabilitate at least 217 inner roads this year, saying…
Soyinka, Bakare, Boyo, Others Tackle Corruption
Nigerians this morning gathered at the Central Business District area of Alausa, Lagos state, South-west Nigeria to discuss the current…
ACN Asks Jonathan To Withdraw Soldiers From Lagos
The Lagos state chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has for the umpteenth asked President Jonathan to order his…
‘NFF Should Go Now’
Former Green Eagles player, Adokie Amasiemeka and ex-chairman of the Nigeria Premier League, Oyuiki Obaseki, have advised the Nigeria Football…
Lagos Junior League: Mainland Suffer Setback
Lagos Mainland failed to live up to expectations following their 1-4 loss to Ikorodu West in the match played on…
Lagos Junior League: Nath Boys Humble Lagos Island
Nathaniel Boys confirmed their supremacy after they defeated their counterparts, Lagos Island East 4-1 in one of the Lagos Junior…
Dr Abati And The ‘Crossover’ Syndrome —Tayo Ogunbiyi
In most African countries, the government is often far away from the governed. Hence, it is not uncommon to find…
The Revolution That Will Certainly Be! —Peter Claver Oparah
In the wake of the truncation and brutal abortion of what should be regarded as Nigeria’s brightest opportunity to shake…
Fiddling While The Nation Burns
The call on President Goodluck Jonathan to sanitise his cabinet has become too urgent for him to ignore in the…
Fashola Sad Over Jonathan’s Refusal To Withdraw Soldiers
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State is sad that President Goodluck Jonathan has refused to withdraw soldiers from the streets…
Lagos Moves To Prevent Flood
The Lagos State government has adopted a three-tier measure to ensure all year round drainage maintenance across the state to…
2012: Our Vision For Health Sector —Idris
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has made known the vision of the government for the health sector…
‘NLC, TUC Betrayed Us’
The Patron of Festac Town Youth Association, Eng. Oluwafemi Sholanke, has declared that the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union…
Lekki-Epe Highway Row: Lagos To Sue Tribune
The Lagos State government says it is heading to court over what it called unfounded reports on the Lekki-Epe Expressway…
Kano Govt Relaxes Curfew
The Kano State Government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state following Friday’s bomb blasts that rocked parts…
Stand Up And Fight For Nigeria, Minister Pleads
The Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, has appealed to “all Nigerians to rise up to the defence of the…
Gunmen Kill Nigerian Peacekeeper
A Nigerian peacekeeper with the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), has been reported killed in an…
Lawmakers Condemn Kano Explosions
The Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, GOS, and a member of the House of Representatives, James Abiodun Faleke,…
6 Nigerians Arrested In Clash With South African Police
No fewer than 50 foreign nationals, including six Nigerians, were arrested after a clash with the police at Kempton Park…