Year: 2012
Is Democracy Not For The People? —Osuolale Alalade
Nigeria suffers from institutional amnesia. The more cynical would affirm that our country has no national memory at all. This…
Now Our Suffering Begins
The sudden removal of the subsidy on premium motor spirit, also known as petrol, by the Petroleum Product Pricing and…
Jonathan appoints 2 committees to handle subsidy fallout
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has constituted two committees to handle some issues arising from the removal of the N1.2 trillion…
Maigari Advises Keshi on SuperSport Deal
President of Nigeria Football Federation, Aminu Maigari, has advised Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi not to have…
Amaechi To Commission 200 Schools In 200 Communities In 200 Days
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, plans to commission 200 primary schools in 200 communities in 200 days at the…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: President Jonathan Needs Help – ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) said the inscrutable fuel subsidy removal, at a time the country is facing its…
Fuel Subsidy: Rivers Labour Unions Plan Strike
The Rivers State Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress,NLC,Chris Oruge,has asked workers in the state to brace up for indefinite…
Removal Of Subsidy Callous, A Declaration Of War – Labour, Opposition Parties
Federal Government’s final deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry which has led to increase in the pump…
Gov Suswam Decries State Of Insecurity
The Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam has decried the spate of persistent bomb attacks , politically motivated violence, communal…
Fire Guts Eko Hospital
Several patients on admission were today, rushed out of Eko Hospital along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria…
Boko Haram Beats War Drums; Asks Christians, Southerners To Leave North
The Muslim fundamentalist sect, Boko Haram, has given Christians and southerners living in northern Nigeria, a three-day ultimatum to leave…
Nigeria: Groups brace up for war over subsidy removal
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Federal Government’s final deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry which has led to increase of…
Anichebe Sinks Osaze’s West Brom At Hawthorns Battle
Everton substitute Victor Anichebe scored his first Barclays Premier League goal of the season to earn his side victory against…
State Of Emergency: Jonathan Still Chasing Shadows -ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said it welcomes whatever reasonable measures President Goodluck Jonathan takes to put an…
Yakubu’s Goal Scoring Form Excites Blackburn Boss
Blackburn boss, Steve Kean, says Nigerian Yakubu Aiyegbeni will fire his team out of the relegation zone in the English…
Nigeria’s Petrol sells for N141 per litre
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Despite strong opposition from labour unions, civil society groups and other interest groups, the Federal Government, in what…
60 Killed In Ezilo
At least 60 people have been reportedly killed in Ezilo, Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria. Reports say the community was invaded…
Uche In US To Upgrade Credentials
Former coach of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Eucharia Uche, has left the country for America to attend a US Soccer Federation…
New Year, Time For Reflection -Tambuwal
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has enjoined Nigerians to reflect on the country’s norms and traditions…
New Year: Fashola Urges Restraint, Peaceful Religious, Ethnic Co-existence
As Nigerians and people the world over usher in Year 2012, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Saturday…