Year: 2012
Fiberesima Speaks On Pete Eneh’s Death
National President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Ibinabo Fiberesima, has described the death of veteran actor, Pete Eneh,…
Eagles On Target For Nations Cup
As the countdown to the South Africa 2013 African Cup of Nations continues, it appears the Super Eagles’ Chief Coach,…
Taekwondo To Train 50 Refs
President, Nigeria Taekwondo Referees Association (NTRA), said that 50 referees would be trained to officiate with electronic equipment at the…
Team Oyo Target Top 3 Finish
Adedapo Lam-Adeshina, the Oyo State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, has challenged Team Oyo to do the state proud…
Lagos Begins Child Health Intervention
As the second round of this year’s Maternal Newborn and Child Health, MNCH, week celebration begins in Lagos State today,…
LASG Vows To Sanitise Mode Of Meat Transportation
The Lagos State Government has vowed to sanitise meat transportation in the state. The government frowned at the unhygienic ways…
Expect Good Officiating In Swimming —Lawal
Oluremi Lawal, a resource person at the just concluded referees’ clinic organised by the Lagos State Swimming Association, has assured…
Luke Admonishes Handball Officials
Olusola Luke, Secretary of the Handball Federation of Nigeria (HFN), has admonished members of the board to close ranks in…
Mass Purge In Lands Bureau
Ninty-eight staff of the Lagos State Lands Bureau have been redeployed to other ministries. The bureau is alleged to be…
Weightlifting Seminar For Officials
The Nigeria Weightlifting Federation (NWF) has urged states association officials to arrive early for its proposed refresher course in the…
500 Stewards For Training
As part of a groundbreaking safety and security initiative put in place to ensure that Lagos State hosts a hitch…
Man U Approve Coaches For Glo Academy
Reports say Manchester United have approved two UEFA Grade A coaches for the Glo Soccer Academy, as 33 talented African…
Ex-council boss arrested for illegal enrichment
Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Kasimu Lawal Abubakar (a.k.a Abasco), the former Chairman…
Obasanjo, Dangote attend prayers for Saraki
Stephen Oni/Ilorin Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, Vice President Namadi Sambo, business mogul, Aliko Dangote, and Central Bank Governor, Sanusi…
Curfew in Nigeria’s strife torn town
Officials in Nigeria’s northeast Taraba state on Sunday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew in Ibbi following reported clashes between Christian and…
Nigeria’s Eaglets beat Mali’s Junior Eagles
Nigeria’s U-17 national team, the Golden Eaglets, on Sunday beat the Junior Eagles of Mali 2-0 in the first leg…
Jonathan sidesteps questions on 2015
Jamiu Yisa President Goodluck Jonathan has said that it is too early for Nigerians to be asking if he will…
Jonathan: No dialogue with Boko Haram
Lanre babalola/New editor President Goodluck Jonathan this evening dispelled reports that his government has started dialogue with the Islamic fundamentalist…
Nigerian lawmaker killed by assassins on auto bike
Gunmen riding on motorcycles have killed a prominent politician in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, officials said Sunday amid a…
Nigeria’s Soyinka pays tribute to Justice Eso
Professor Wole Soyinka, Nigeria’s Nobel Literature laureate, has paid tribute to Justice Kayode Eso, the Nigerian judge who presided over…
Golf: Jimenez oldest winner on Euro tour
Spanish veteran Miguel Angel Jimenez became the oldest winner in the history of the European Tour after he triumphed at…
D’Banj, P-Square, Brym O, Davido, Shine At Channel O Video Awards
Jamiu Yisa Nigerian hiphop acts, put up a spectacular performance at the Channel O Music Video Awards, carting away six…
Ask Goodluck Jonathan a question via Twitter or SMS
Do you think Nigeria is not working? Do you have a question for President Goodluck Jonathan? This is your chance…
Ethiopians win Obudu Mountain race
A two-time winner, Abebe Dinkesa of Ethiopia has again won the 2012 edition of the Obudu International Mountain race in…
Viloria stops Marquez to unify flyweight titles
Brian Viloria stopped Hernan Marquez in the 10th round Saturday in Los Angeles to add Marquez’s World Boxing Association flyweight…
Saudi King undergoes back surgery
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, 89, has “successfully” undergone a new operation on his back, the royal cabinet announced Sunday.…
Early results favour Koroma as Sierra Leone tallies the votes
Voting has ended in Sierra Leone and the electoral officials have begun the tallying of votes after a general elections…
Revealed: Soldiers watched as Gen. Shuwa was killed
A relation of General Muhammed Shuwa, who was killed 2 November by gunmen believed to be members of the Boko…
Shocking: Nigerians are turning robbers in UAE !
A gang of eight members, seven of them Nigerians has been arrested by the Sharjah Police in the United Arab…
UCH names geriatric centre after Tony Anenih
Nigeria’s University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan has opened a modern Geriatric Diagnostic Centre for the elderly. It was named after…