Year: 2012
Remains of Arafat To Be Exhumed Tomorrow
The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation into his…
MD, Eko Megacity Bus Services Docked Over N14.8m Theft
A prominent Lagos-based transporter, Greg Kadibia Afam Nwosisi, 58, has been arrested by the police at the Zone 2 Command,…
Man Docked For Killing
A 21-year old man, Wasiu Hamza of Osin Odo-Ode village in Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State has been…
Lagos Assembly Summons Council Chairmen
Engineer Fatai Oyesanya and Mrs. Morenike Adesina Williams, Chairmen of Ikosi-Isheri and Igando-Ikotun local council development areas respectively, have been…
Nigeria: Gunmen attack police detention centre
The detention centre run by Nigerian Police Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Garki Abuja, came under the fusillade of bullets this…
Nigerian governor suspends 3 aides for wearing jeans
Three commissioners turned up for a state dinner in Nigeria’s Ebonyi state recently, wearing t-shirts and the casual jeans trousers.…
Couple, child killed by auto-bike assassins
Two motorcycle-riding gunmen killed a Christian couple and their child as they were about to leave their home for church…
Ogun state police foil ATM robbery
Nigeria’s Ogun state police command said that it foiled a robbery attempt on a commercial bank’s Automated Teller Machine (ATM)…
Congo club win CAF confederation cup
AC Leopards of Congo Brazzaville completed a CAF Confederation Cup fairytale on Sunday by defeating visiting Djoliba from Mali 2-1…
11 killed as suicide bombers hit Nigerian army church
The Nigerian army said that the two blasts today at a church in the military barracks in Jaji, Kaduna state…
Ribadu oil report stirs controversy, denials
A probe alleging Nigeria has lost out on tens of billions of dollars in recent years through questionable practices in…
109 killed as fire tears through garment factory
Rescue workers in Ashulia, Bangladesh recovered 109 bodies on Sunday after a fire tore through a garment factory, forcing many…
Oritsejafor: I am not ashamed to own a plane
In an interview published today, President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, who has been under criticism for…
Analysis: Nigeria to lose oil market, revenue by 2014
By Emeka Chiakwelu Since the 1973 oil embargo imposed on the United States by Arab oil producing nations, United States…
Tribute To Late Justice Kayode Eso
By Funsho Adegbola The Honourable Justice Kayode is a father and grandfather to me and my children. I came to…
Dutch arranging fake weddings for Nigerians jailed
A 45-year-old Dutch woman has been jailed for four years for organising nine sham marriages, involving Nigerians living in the…
In Pictures: Body builders flaunt muscles
Body builders are taking part in the World Classic Bodybuilding championship organised by the International Federation of Body Building and…
Shot Mauritanian leader back home
Thousands of supporters welcomed Mauritania’s President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz back from France, where he spent more than a month…
Dubai plans new ‘city’, world’s largest mall
Dubai, famed for its mega-projects before it was hit by the global financial crisis, on Saturday announced a new development…
Korean pop artiste sets YouTube record
South Korean pop sensation Psy’s “Gangnam Style” on Saturday became YouTube’s most-watched video of all time, registering more than 803…
Nigeria’s Onaiyekan now a prince of Catholic Church
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday officially named Nigeria’s Archbishop John Onaiyekan and five other non-European cardinals to the body that…
Egyptian judges join protest against Morsi
Egyptian judges accused President Mohamed Morsi on Saturday of an “unprecedented attack” on the judiciary by assuming sweeping powers putting…
West Brom spank Sunderland to go third
West Bromwich Albion continued their superb start to the Premier League season with a 4-2 win at Sunderland on Saturday…
Bolt, Allyson win athletes of the year
(AFP) – Usain Bolt and Allyson Felix were named the International Amateur Athletics Federation’s athletes of the year on Saturday.…
Late Turkish president’s autopsy finds poisons
An autopsy of the exhumed remains of Turkish president Turgut Ozal, who died in office in 1993, revealed the presence…
Was Yasser Arafat poisoned to death by Israel?
What really happened to 75 year-old Yasser Arafat in 2004 when he died? Theories about his death abound, with many…
No movement ban as Lagos cancels clean-up
Nigeria’s Lagos State government has cancelled Saturday’s environmental sanitation exercise, which normally restricts movement from 7a.m to 10 a.m A…
ACN loses another Lagos council to PDP
. Tribunal orders Fresh poll in Yaba Reported by Cyriacus Izuekwe & KAZEEM UGBODAGA After losing Ikoyi-Obalende Local Council Development…
Nigeria worst country to have a child
—EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Nigeria is now the worst country for a woman to have a child, according to the 2013 ranking…
Reports: Redknapp to take charge of QPR
Harry Redknapp hopes to be confirmed as the new Queens Park Rangers manager very shortly, he told Sky Sports television…