Year: 2012
Ouattara sacks cabinet
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday dissolved the government formed in March and charged with reviving the country after…
Why Rapper Eva, Trybe Records Parted Ways
Five months into a well publicized union between female rapper, Eva Alordiah and Lanre ‘eLDee’ Dabiri-owned Trybe Records, a source…
Star Promo Rocks Abuja
Abuja was the next city to feel the groove as Star larger beer berthed in the Federal Capital Territory with…
Ice Prince, Bonang Host Channel O MVA
Rising star Ice Prince and South Africa’s Bonang have been named as hosts of this year’s edition of the ChannelO…
Man Held For Visiting Wife In Lover’s House
A middle-aged man, Mr. Kazeem Tijani has been arrested for alleged indecent act after he visited his wife in her…
World’s oldest bank Monte dei Paschi reports Q3 loss
MILAN (AFP) – Italy’s Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena on Wednesday reported a loss of 47.4 million euros ($60.3…
Bizman Charged With N.5m Theft
A prominent Lagos-based businessman, Chief Sharafa Tijani, 54, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge…
Residents Commend DPO
Residents of New Oko Oba community, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have commended the new Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge…
Samsung: No deal with Apple
A top Samsung executive said Wednesday that the South Korean electronics giant has no plans to follow Taiwanese firm HTC…
Polio still endemic in Nigeria
Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic, experts revealed at a conference of virologists in…
BCAN Seeks Justice Over Member’s Murder
Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Director General of State Security Service, Ita…
Nigeria’s political godfather, Olusola Saraki Dies
Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, father of the former governor of Kwara state and a political titan in Nigeria, is dead.…
Another Nigerian oil marketer faces the music
Henry Ojelu/Judiciary correspondent The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today arraigned an oil marketer, Rowaye Jubril before Justice Lateefat…
Nigerian Reps vote for anti-gay bill
Nigerian lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday to approving a bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights, including…
Motor bike bandits attack Bureau de Change
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the WAPA Bureau De Change in Fagge area of Kano, northwest Nigeria…
Ejide leads Nigeria’s Eagles against Venezuela
Tunde Oyedele Nigeria’s Israeli-based goalkeeper, Austin Ejide will captain the Super Eagles when they square up with the national team…
Dangote plans $2b fertilizer plant in Edo state
The Dangote Group and Nigeria’s Edo State government have concluded plans to set up one of Africa’s largest fertilizer plants…
Court remands 7 suspects over Ilorin riot
Stephen Oni/Ilorin An Ilorin Magistrate Court presided over by Ibrahim Muhammed has ordered seven suspects linked with the violence in…
FAAN guard arrested with $1.4m charged
Mr. Akinyele Adetula, the security guard working for the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria, and on whom $1.4 million was…
Nigerian banks stop N100 charge at ATM
.Long time credit facility for mortgage also coming Nigeria’s Banker’s Committee on Tuesday in Abuja unanimously agreed to stop interbank…
No words from kidnappers of Nigerian businessman
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Contrary to rumour making around and posting on the social network, Facebook that the kidnappers of the…
Nigeria docks 11 suspects in oil theft
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has charged 11 persons on suspicions of illegal dealing in petroleum products at…
US hospital gives Nigerian amputee new limbs, free
A story that will surely blow your mind “After a madman hacked off both her hands two years ago, 17-year-old…
Nigeria faces crisis as oil output slumps
Nigeria’s mono-cultural economy faces gloomy days ahead as flooding and large-scale theft of crude drove Nigerian oil output to the…
127 Escape Death, Plane’s Wheel On Fire
At least 127 passengers on board an aircraft narrowly escaped death in South Africa on Tuesday. The chartered aircraft had…
Police Parade Trans-Border Robbery Suspects, Armourer
The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, today paraded six robbery suspects, including Emmanuel Tochukwu Nweke, 31, alleged to be the…
I Don’t Own Any Private Jet —Sam Adeyemi
Senior Pastor, Day Star Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, says he never had a private jet as being reported in…
4-Man Kidnap Gang Smashed
Four suspects are in police net after a man they allegedly kidnapped and demanded N50 million ransom from, escaped from…
Fashola Disowns Facebook Fraudster
Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State this morning disowned the existence of any facebook account purportedly being operated by…
Pastor Faces Trial Over Visa Scam
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, 12 November, 2012, arraigned Pastor Henry Uhunmwagho, 33, before Justice P.I.…