Year: 2012
National Sports Festival: ‘Games’ll Unearth Cricket Talents’
National Cricket team batsman Emmanuel Okwudili has said that the 2012 National Sports Festival, would provide an opportunity for new…
Speaker’s Cup Kicks Off Today
The much awaited 2012 Lagos State House of Assembly Speaker’s Cup soccer championship begins today at various centres. At the…
Divine Royal Set To Sanction Goalkeepers
Team Manager of Divine Royals Football Club, Emmanuel Oscar has disclosed that his two goalkeepers will face sanctions for their…
Super Cup Enters Round Of 16
The ongoing Bariga Super Cup has entered the Round of 16 stage. In a fixture made available by the Secretary…
CY Unity Cup: Mourinho, Jogo Await S/Final Foes
The two teams that will confront the duo of Jogo and Mourinho in the semi finals of the maiden CY…
Sagoe Wants Autonomy For Cricket Federation
President of Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF, Kwesi Sagoe has canvassed for the autonomy for the administration of cricket in the…
‘Union Bank Ready For Any Opposition’
Chief Coach of Union Bank Table Tennis Club, Samson Ajayi has expressed confidence that his players are fully ready to…
Businessman Drags NDLEA To Court
A Lagos businessman, Mr. Ifeanyi Nwosu, whose journey from Lagos to Austria was disrupted by the National Drug Law Enforcement…
S/A Minister seeks ban of insults against President
A South African minister called for a legal ban on insulting a sitting president to counter what he said was…
Court Urged To Wind Up Firm
A limited liability company, Associated Textile Manufacturing Company, in a petition field before a Federal High Court in Lagos southwest…
Honda Remakes Civic
Just 18 months after the Civic’s 2012 model year redesign hit the market, Honda is launching a mid-cycle change for…
Qoros To Debut Sedan In Geneva
Although successful at home, Chinese car companies have struggled to make inroads in export markets. Qoros hopes that will change…
Brabus Reveals New Styling For Mercedes Benz A Class
Whenever Mercedes-Benz launches a new car it’s a safe bet that German tuning outfit Brabus will soon release several upgrade…
Toyota, Hyundai-Kia Fleet Sales Jump In October
Toyota and Hyundai-Kia increased fleet sales sharply in October while Ford, General Motors and Nissan decreased theirs slightly. October fleet…
Kaduna family slaughtered by herdsmen
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Unidentified gunmen just after midnight today attacked villagers at Madauchi village in Zonkwa, Zango Kataf Local government…
Romney accuses Obama of bribing voters
Mitt Romney said President Barack Obama won by showering “gifts” on women, African American and Hispanic supporters, in his first…
Xi heads China’s new leadership council
BEIJING (AFP) – China’s all-powerful Communist Party on Thursday unveiled a new seven-man leadership council steered by Xi Jinping to…
Nigeria beat Venezuela in friendly
Tunde Oyedele The Super Eagles of Nigeria were not totally convincing with their display in Wednesday’s international friendly match, but…
Ivory Tower, society disconnected, laments Fashola
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State today decried disconnect between the training Nigeria students are receiving…
Atuche, ex-bank PHB boss charged again
Akin Kuponiyi/Judiciary correspondent The former Managing Director of Bank PHB, Francis Atuche, and a former director of the bank, Charles…
Kwara House on 8-day recess as Saraki buried
The Kwara House of Assembly on Wednesday adjourned sitting for eight days in honour of late Dr. Olusola Saraki, Second…
Kogi Elders Petition Jonathan on state of affairs
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Bureau Chief A group of respected elders and political leaders from Kogi State have cried out to President…
FAAN man with $1.4m convicted, forfeits 25%
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Lagos and presided over by Justice Okechukwu Okeke on Wednesday, 14 November, 2012…
Governor Oshiomhole appoints Ihonvbere secretary
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo State on Wednesday announced key appointments into his cabinet. Prof Julius Ihonvbere…
Stallone hints at Rambo’s last stand
ROME(AFP) – Action hero Rambo may make a return to the big screen for one last battle, Hollywood veteran Sylvester…
UK charges Nigerian with fraud attempt on dead man
A Nigerian-born man appeared in a British court in Surrey on Wednesday charged with attempting to defraud a British-Iraqi family…
Saraki died of cancer, says son
Olaolu, son of the Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, said in Lagos on Wednesday that his father died…
2.5million Nigerians living with undiagnosed diabetes
New estimates released by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today to mark World Diabetes Day 2012 show that 3.2 million…
Nigeria 2nd Most Corrupt Nation —Gallup Poll
The perception of Nigeria’s government seems to have crashed further, with most Nigerians rating their country’s leadership as the second…
OKADA BAN: LG Boss, Councillors Clash Over Allowance
The restriction of commercial motorcycle riders, popularly called Okada riders, to some roads is taking its toll on the revenue…