Year: 2012
Ghana’s Torgah Wins In Asaba
The first in the series of Glo Golf Tour 2012 came to a thrilling end at the Ibori Golf and…
Use Games To Discover Rio 2016 Boxers -Wasiu
An amateur boxer, Adekanbi Wasiu has charged the National Sports Commission, NSC and the Nigeria Boxing Federation, NBF to use…
Adele Sure Of Kickboxing Gold Medals
Technical Director, Lagos State Kickboxing Association, Adegboyega Adele has restated the association’s determination to win gold medals in the event…
Edo Earmarks N120m For Games
Edo State government has approved the sum of N120 million for the state’s participation at the forthcoming 18th National Sports…
Adegoke Brothers Win Lagos Classic
The Adegoke brothers, Onaopemipo and Temiloluwa, on Saturday won the U-15 and U-19 categories of the Lagos Squash Classic. Nine-year-old…
The Plot Against Ribadu’s Report
Powerful aides of President Goodluck Jonathan singed by the report of the Petroleum Revenue Task Force which exposes mismanagement and…
Wretched Implementation Record
President Goodluck Jonathan’s record of indifference to recommendations of committees established by his administration leaves the public flustered The administration…
Olive Branch?
Boko Haram’s offer of a conditional ceasefire throws up more questions than answers About a forthnight ago, the violent fundamentalist…
Uncertain Respite For Airlines
Doubts trail President Goodluck Jonathan’s budget proposal to waive duty on importation of aircraft parts The recent announcement by the…
Yanking Off CBN’s Freedom
The House of Representatives appears set to pass the proposed Amendment Bill on the 2007 Central Bank of Nigeria Act…
Unending Fuel Woes
Nigerians appear to be ending the year the grim way they started it, with nationwide fuel woes. Many see it…
Lagos Communities To Get More Transformers
The Lagos State Government has disclosed that it will spend N984 million in providing 140 transformers to light up rural…
Almajiri System Breeds Terrorists
Mr. Ibrahim Kpotun Idris, Kano State Commissioner of Police, tells MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH that a reform of the Almajiri system is…
Fleecing Customers
The Central Bank of Nigeria moves to rein in banks which have been fleecing their customers through spurious charges The…
Why We Produce Cassava Bread
Foluso Olaniyan, Managing Director/Chief Executive, UTC Nigeria, leading baker and processor of meat products, explains why the company embraced the…
Security Brouhaha
A basic aspect of security that the current personnel of the Nigeria Police in general and the Ota Area Command…
Convening A Sovereign National Conference In Nigeria
BY EGHES EYIEYIEN The Sovereign National Conference, SNC, is not a cure-all panacea. It is a beginning. It will bring…
Showcasing Lagos State’s Agricultural Potentials
Lagos State flaunts its agricultural wealth Last month, the world celebrated the World Food Day to mark the anniversary…
Chelsea’s duo out of Nigeria’s squad for Venezuela
Chelsea of England stars, John Mikel Obi and Victor Moses have opted out of this week’s international friendly match between…
Oil subsidy scam: More Suspects for trial
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has concluded arrangement to arraign seven more suspects in the on going trial…
Plagiarism: 2 Nigerian teachers sued
Nnamdi Felix / Judiciary Correspondent Two professors lecturing at the Department of Economics, University of Port Harcourt, have been dragged…
Falcons Lose AWC Bronze To Cameroon
•As E/Guinea Whitewash SA 4-0 To Win Cup Adebobola Alawode The Super Falcons of Nigeria on Sunday lost the bronze…
The last moments of Lam Adesina(1939-2012)
Gbenro adesina/Ibadan Former Governor of Oyo State and leader of Action Congress, Oyo State Chapter Alhaji Lamidi Onaolapo Adesina took…
ECOWAS agrees on 3,300 strong force for Mali
West African leaders at an emergency summit on Sunday agreed on a 3,300-strong force to wrest control of northern Mali…
Boko Haram: 5 Igbo iron welders killed in Yobe
Five Igbo residents of Gaidam in Nigeria’s Yobe state have been killed by gunmen, suspected to be Boko Haram members,…
Jonathan: Why West Africa needs the Mali Force
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan told a regional summit on Sunday that an intervention force was needed to flush out extremists…
Eastern Nigeria demands more states, more seats
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha, said on Saturday that the grassroots debate on the constitution…
Oba Akiolu calls for true federalism in Nigeria
.PDP decries alleged exclusion at congress True Federalism is the only way forward for Nigeria, the traditional ruler of Lagos,…
Kano rejects state police, new states
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The people of Kano, northwest Nigeria on Saturday overwhelmingly rejected state creation, state police and rotational presidency. Opinion…
Indigeneship clause causes uproar at public hearing
Jamiu Yisa The clause on Indigeneship and Citizenship this morning, caused an uproar at the Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency’s public hearing…