Year: 2012
LASTMA, KAI Enlighten Traders
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, Brigade, have embarked on a career evaluation programme…
Embrace Peace, Agbede Tells NURTW Members
The chairman of the Lagos State council of the National Union Of Road Transport Workers(NURTW), Alhaji Tajudeen Agbede has advised…
IFAD Invests $447,000 In C/River Agric Project
Cross River State Government has got $447,000 from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) for projects since 2006, the…
President Goodluck Jonathan’s Facebook Message
It is a seasonal ritual for rulers, be they monarchs, military and civilians to wish the people they govern well…
Court Orders Two Company Directors To Pay Octogenarian N12m
A Lagos High Court has ordered two directors of investment and portfolio management company, Cowrie Investment and Securities Limited, Salako…
Boxing Day Tragedy In Lagos
At about 9.30 am on 26 December 2012, a loud explosion reverberated at No. 45, Ojo Giwa Street, Jankara area…
African Cup Of Nations: Nsofor Rues Nations Cup Snub
One time Super Eagles striker, Obinna Nsofor has expressed disappointment over his exclusion from the team that will play at…
Lagos Designer, MUDI Faces contempt charge
Clement Mudiaga Enajemo, a.k.a MUDI, Nigeria’s international fashion designer risks being committed to prison for contempt of court. A traditional…
Pastor Charged Over Illegal Banking
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba Delta State of Nigeria has reserved judgment till 7 January, 2013 in the…
Stakeholders Expect Busy New Year
As the year 2012 draws to a close, stakeholders in grassroots football are already looking forward to a bright new year.…
Smart Strikers Coach Warns Junior Milan
Chief Coach of Smart Strikers Football Club of Oke-Aro, Idowu Sulaiman has warned players and coaches of Junior Milan Football…
Nigeria’s anti-terror war meant to kill muslims, alleges Gumi
A controversial Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Ahmad Gumi has described the military campaign against Boko Haram terrorists as a…
Gen. Azazi to be buried 29 December
Former National Security Adviser, General Owoye Andrew Azazi, who died in a helicopter crash in his home state of Bayelsa…
One dies, 17 vehicles burnt in tanker fire
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A bus driver was burnt to death and 17 vehicles also burnt as fire from a fallen petrol…
Reports: Kidnapped Frenchman in Nigeria was on relief duty
The wife of a Frenchman kidnapped last week in northern Nigeria says she believes the kidnappers intended to abduct two…
Northern Governors condemn Christmas killings
Nigeria’s Northern States Governors’ Forum has condemned the spate of attacks rocking the region just as it urged security agencies…
Chris Brown and Rihanna Really Back In Love
Are Chris Brown and Rihanna really back together as lovers? They were seen together cuddling, cozying, behaving truly like love…
Elikia: A smartphone designed in Congo
A Congolese designed smartphone, but made in China has started selling in Congo at a price of $171. Called Elikia,…
Clash With Barcelona Stars Excites Keshi
Super Eagles Coach, Stephen Okechukwu Keshi is excited about the prospect of leading his Nations Cup bound squad against Catalonia…
Nigeria’s troubled airline sends workers on leave
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Only weeks after receiving a new Air Operators’ Certificate, AOC, the management of Dana Air has sent…
Fashola: How did banned fire crackers enter Nigeria?
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Wednesday visited the site of a fire incident triggered by the storage…
Bet winning Tunisian dies after eating 28 eggs
He won a bet but he lost his life. A young Tunisian has died after winning a bet to eat…
Nigerian Arrested With Cocaine On Christmas Day
Simon Ateba/Lagos Madueke Chukwuemeka Patrick had thought that security will be slack at Nigerian borders on Christmas day and could…
Mandela discharged from hospital for homecare
South Africa’s ailing former leader Nelson Mandela was discharged from hospital on Wednesday after spending almost three weeks being treated…
Nations Cup: South Africa’s LOC may dump FNB Stadium
South Africa’s Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the forthcoming 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON), has warned that it could…
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Nigeria bows to Newcastle United over Ameobi
Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi appears to have given up on his battle to land Newcastle striker, Shola Ameobi…
Nations Cup: Nigeria’s team depart for Portugal
The Super Eagles will on Thursday 27 December depart for Faro in Portugal via Accra, Ghana for the final phase…
The day Lagos Nigeria saw ‘Thunder Fire’
Nigeria’s government agencies have begun to piece together what could have precipitated the big fire in the commercial capital of…
CAR rebels urge state forces surrender
LIBREVILLE (AFP) – Rebels in the Central African Republic today called on government troops to lay down their arms, but…
Nigeria: Implacable fire rips through Lagos market
Fire ripped through Jankara market in Lagos Island, Nigeria’s largest city Wednesday morning and wounded at least 30 people after…