Year: 2012
Nigeria: EFCC To Probe Oil subsidy Payments
The Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke has invited the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to review all…
Aregbeshola Warns Military Against Take-Over
As mass protest over the removal of fuel subsidy continues across the country, the Governor of Osun State, southwest Nigeria,…
ACN Decries Sectionalisation Of Fuel Subsidy Issue, Warns Jonathan, PDP
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said it is mortally concerned that, with what may be the tacit support…
Arsonists Petrol-Bomb Church
Less than 48 hours after unidentified persons bombed the office Registrar of the Rivers State University Science and Technology,…
FG, Labour Meeting Deadlocked Again, Strike Continues Monday
The meeting between the Federal Government and the organised labour over fuel subsidy ended abruptly late in the night, with…
How NNPC Defrauds Nigerians on oil exports and subsidy
The KPMG, in a forensic analysis of the operations of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation in 2010, unveiled startling revelations…
EFCC Denies Arresting Adenuga, Others
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Economic and Financial Services Commission, EFCC has described reports that appeared on its website this morning on…
Commuter Buses, Okada Riders, Traders Resume Business
As the 24-hour curfew in Kaduna was further relaxed to between 8am and 5pm yesterday with effect from today ,…
Gunmen Kidnap PDP Stalwat’s Son
Unidenfied gunmen in the early hours of today, stormed the residence of Mr. Agolia Aboko,the Vice-Chairman of Peoples Democratic People,…
U-17 Women’s World Cup Qualifier: Flamingoes Intensify Preparation For Kenya
The U-17 women’s national team, nicknamed Flamingoes, have stepped up their preparation for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup…
Poor Finishing Problem Of Local Eagles – NFF
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has attributed the excitement to score goals by the strikers of the home-based Super Eagles in…
NFF Set To Get Rid Of Unpatriotic Players In Eagles
Chris Green, chairman of technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation NFF, says the days of unpatriotic foreign based players…
Niger Delta Coalition, NLC Calls On Nigerians To Support Ongoing Strike
As the nationwide fuel subsidy strike entered the fifth day today, the Rivers State branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress,…
N65 Price Non-Negotiable — NLC
The Deputy National President of the Nigeria Labour Congreses, NLC, Comrade Joe Ajaero said this morning that the demand for…
Nigeria Fuel Subsidy Strike: Protests Suspended
Nigeria’s trade unions say they are suspending protests for two days to allow more talks with the government. The…
Occupy Nigeria Rally Day 5: Protests Continue Monday If FG, Labour Talks Fail
The nationwide protests against the fuel price hike announced by the Federal Government on 1 January will continue on Monday…
DPO’s Orderly, 8 Others Arrested For Robbery, Gang-Rape Lawyer’s Wife, Sister
Two policemen and seven others have been arrested for robbery by policemen attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Ikeja,…
Jonathan Deceived Nollywood With $200m —Chukwurah
Popular Nollywood actress, Clarion Chukwurah, has berated President Goodluck Jonathan over his purported donation of $200 million to the entertainment…
2 Men Arrested For Peeping At Couple Having Sex
Two men, Abdulahi Salami, 20 and 21-year old Idris Hamed have been arraigned before the Ojokoro magistrate’s court in Lagos…
Man Drugs Wife, Sells Baby For N350k
A 26-year old man, Ibrahim Oladele who drugged his wife, Damilola Balogun after she delivered her baby boy and sold…
Lagos ACN Cautions Protesters Against Looting
The Action Congress of Nigeria Lagos State chapter has cautioned protesters against oil subsidy removal not to allow hoodlums and…
Adamawa Guber Polls: Marwa Alleges Threat To Life
Ahead of the 21 January governorship poll in Adamawa, the CPC candidate, retired Brig Gen. Buba Marwa, on Thursday alleged…
‘OPC’ll Not Attack Hausa’
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) said on Thursday in Lagos that people or…
Hawkers Sell Petrol For N300 A Litre In Lagos
Four days into the labour-instigated nationwide protests against the removal of petrol subsidy, petrol now attracts as much as N300…
Commercial Activities Return In Jos
Commercial activities are gradually returning to Jos metropolis, Plateau State, as the strike organised the labour entered its fourth day.…
Strike: LASCO To Ignore Hoodlums
Labour and Civil Society Coalition (LASCO) on Thursday said it would not be distracted by the activities of hoodlums, as…
Strike: Business Activities Resume In Mararaba
Commercial activities have fully returned to Mararaba, a suburb of Abuja, four day into the nationwide strike by the labour…
Don’t Destroy Public Property, LASG Warns Protesters
Lagos State Government has cautioned against the use of text messages and various forms of social media networks to spread…