Year: 2012
Sports Festival: Yabatech Not ready
The Yaba Sports Complex, one of the venues hosting some of the events of the ongoing 18th National Sports Festival…
Lagos Dare Team Ondo In Volleyball
Chairman of Lagos State Volleyball Association, Owolabi Martins says his team are not afraid of defending champions, Team Ondo at…
Babalola Relishes Victory In Kano
Men’s Singles winner at this year’s Dala Hard Court Championship, Abdulmumini Babalola, has attributed his success to determination rather than…
2nd Ochei Wheelchair Basketball Tourney Holds
The Amputee Football and Wheelchair Basketball Federation of Nigeria says it has concluded plans to organise the 2nd Victor Ochei…
Apapa Golden Stars Win Third Place Match
Nigeria flag was raised high in Cote D’ Ivoire last weekend, as Lagos State Junior League Runners up, Apapa Golden…
SON Raises Alarm Over Substandard Cylinders
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has read the riot act to importers and manufacturers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)…
MTN Launches Mobile TV On Data-Enabled Phones
Customers of MTN will soon be able to watch live TV on their data-enabled handsets, as the company rolls out…
Etisalat Seeks Exemption From Ban On Promos, Lotteries
Etisalat Nigeria says it ought to be exempted from the blanket ban on promos and lotteries run by telecom operators…
NBC Unveils ‘EKO 2012’ Branded Coca-Cola Bottles
Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC), bottlers of products of The Coca-Cola Company in Nigeria, has reaffirmed its commitment to the …
Marriott Hotel Berths In Lagos
Quantum Capital, chaired by the former Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Jim Ovia, has concluded arrangements to bring…
Justice Oyewole moves to Osun state judiciary
Henry Ojelu& Abdul Olamide Renowned Lagos state Judge, Justice Olubunmi Oyewole has transferred his service to the Osun State Judiciary.…
Arafat remains exhumed for test
The remains of iconic Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were exhumed on Tuesday and experts began taking samples to be tested…
Ogun Lawmakers Travel To US
The assurance given by lawmakers in Ogun State to pass the state’s budget within three weeks of the presentation may…
Council Boss Backs Calls For SNC
The Chairman of Amuwo-Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State, south-west Nigeria, Comrade Ayodele Adewale has joined the calls for…
Saudis behead 2 for murder
Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded two nationals for murder, including one who stabbed his wife to death and burned her…
FG, Embraer discuss re-fleeting Nigeria’s domestic airlines
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s Federal government said on Monday it has begun talks with Embraer, world’s major aircraft manufacturer based…
Union protests sack of 4,000 workers at Chevron
Oluremilekun Osobu-Asubiojo Chevron Nigeria Limited, CNL,has sacked about 4,000 workers without pension and gratuity. The President of National Union of…
Dangote, Bill Gates in partnership to fight polio
The richest man in Africa and the wealthiest man from the United States joined forces Monday in the battle against…
Subsidy Fraud: Charge against Ahmadu Ali’s son amended
Henry Ojelu& Olamide Abdul The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today re-arraigned Mamman Ali, son of former Peoples Democratic…
Another robbery gang arrested in Sagamu
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Less than 24hours after the police command in Sagamu in Sagamu local government area of Ogun state,…
Facebook Murder: Lagos DPP frees 4 suspects
Henry Ojelu& Olamide Abdul The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, has exonerated four suspects linked to the murder…
US, EU crackdown on counterfeit websites
US and European authorities said Monday they seized 132 websites in a transatlantic law enforcement crackdown on online sellers of…
Mexican beauty queen killed in shootout
A 22-year-old Mexican beauty queen was killed in a gunfight between soldiers and a suspected gang in the northwestern state…
Nigerian Archbishop ponders Boko Haram Puzzle
.Archbishop asks: why are Boko Haram bombers always successful? Nigerian Catholic archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama on Monday condemned as “disturbing”…
Reps Hembe, Azubuogu Re- Arraigned.
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday re-arraigned suspended chairman of the House of…
Nigerian state turns Nest Of Kidnappers
Kidnapping is on the rise in Ogun State Just before dawn on Sunday 11 November 2012, Alhaji Safiriyu Araba, Chairman…
Zuma seeks ancestors’ backing for ANC re-election
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma’s family slaughtered 12 cows at his rural village at the weekend in a traditional ritual…
Wielding The Big Stick
Federal Government wields the big stick against Bi-Courtney Highway Services. To many Nigerians, last week’s decision of the federal government…
Governance Is In Full Gear
Chuks Ugwoke, Enugu State Commissioner for Information, tells JETHRO IBILEKE that government activities remain unhindered by the governor’s absence What…
Chime: Anger, Anxiety Over Enugu Governor
A lengthy absence from office sparks anger, anxiety and rumours of poor health about Governor Sullivan Chime of Enugu State…