Year: 2012
Bauchi Police Parade 12 Suspects
The Bauchi State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 12 suspected armed robbers arrested in different parts of the state during…
NEMA Officials Escape Attack In Ebonyi
The officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who went to Ezillo in Ebonyi to donate relief materials to…
Kaduna House Of Assembly Gets Facelift
The Kaduna State House of Assembly complex is undergoing a comprehensive facelift, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. A…
Panic Buying Of Foodstuff In Jigawa
Residents of Dutse, the Jigawa capital, have commenced panic buying of foodstuffs in anticipation of price hikes resulting from the…
Subsidy Removal: Police Beef Up Security
The Police Command in Cross River says it has beefed up security around government establishments within Calabar metropolis and major…
Use Of Covered Number Plates Banned In Lagos
The Lagos State government has announced a ban on the use of vehicles with covered or without registered number plates.…
Fraudster Bags 7 Years Jail Term
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced Abdulkadir Ntiem to seven years imprisonment for defrauding Mark Anthony Ugochukwu…
Zamfara Youths Protest Against Subsidy
Hundreds of aggrieved youths in Zamfara State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the removal of petroleum subsidy by…
IBB Varsity Dismisses 4 Students For Misconduct
The authorities of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai in Niger State, has dismissed four students for gross misconduct,…
Ali Makes Case For Grassroots Sports
Former national long jump champion, Yusuf Ali, has charged the National Sports Commission, NSC, and other sports stakeholders in the…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports
Martins To Splash N400m On Charity
Nigerian striker Obafemi Martins says he is planning to spend over N400 million (over $2.5 million) to help the poor…
London Olympics: Obajinmi Wants Early Preparation
Former Nigerian international and board member of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Gloria Obajinmi, has called on the National…
Handsworth Boss Upbeat, Despite Defeats To 3SC, Kwara Utd
Team Manger of Handsworth, Tajudeen Olasukanmi, has said that he is not disturbed with the defeat his team suffered in…
Mighty Stars Aim High
Players and management of Mighty Stars Football Club of Mainland are aiming high in 2012. The club management have concluded…
Adebutu Cup Enters Q/Final Stage
The quarter final of U-19 Kessington Adebutu Soccer Championship will hold on Saturday at the Oshodi Sports Centre. In the…
Ashafa, Others For Mamora Cup Final
Senator Gbenga Ashafa who is representing Lagos East Senatorial District in the House of Senate and other sports personalities are…
New Generation Resume Training Monday
Despite the fact that some clubs have started preparation for Lagos Challenge Cup and other football competitions, New Generations Academy…
LDFA Super 8 Playoffs: Current Boss Assures Good Outing
Team Manager of Current FC, Bello Quadri, is confident that his team will have a good outing when the Lagos…
Nigeria Has Global Literary Appeal
 Maggie Robertson and Penny Compton, Producer of the Welsh Hay Festival and the Programme Officer respectively were at The Lagos…
Of Biblical Jonathan And Boko Haram —Isaac Asabor
As a Christian, the war-like situation which the belligerent members of the infamous Boko Haram sect has created in our…
Global Terror: Potential Flashpoints In 2012 —Frank Gardner
With much of the Middle East in flux, suspicions intensifying over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, a deepening political crisis in Pakistan,…
Disaster In The Niger Delta
As Nigerians grapple with the problems of Boko Haram, fuel subsidy removal and galloping inflation, another national disaster is happening…
Toyota Aqua Hybrid Debuts In Japan
Toyota has announced the introduction of the Aqua in Japan, a month after it made its debut at the Tokyo…
BMW Donates 4,000 To Olympic Games
BMW is to ship 4,000 brand-new luxury vehicles in from Germany to escort dignitaries and officials in a move described…
Porsche Expects Record Year
Porsche expects its new-car sales to grow by more than 6.5 per cent in 2012, giving the sports car maker…
Chevrolet Hits Sale Record In 2011
With its 100th birthday behind it, Chevrolet is on pace to set an all-time global sale record in 2011, having…
‘I Want To Popularise Symphony’
Renowned music director, soloist and scholar, Dire Adarabierin-Oba has resolved to help make symphony popular among music lovers in Nigeria.…
How Subsidy Largesse Polarised Nollywood
Feelers reaching Showbiz Trends revealed that the New Year eve fuel subsidy removal consultative parley between President Goodluck Jonathan’s team…
Aeroplay Drops Debut Album
Aeroplay, a budding hip-hop music group has launched the promo version of its debut album. The launch, held last week…
Night Of Songs For Onyeka’s Mom
Come Friday Night, five of Nigeria’s notable divas —Stella Monye, Yinka Davies, Kenny St Brown, J’odie and Omawumi— will lead…