Year: 2012
Balogun, Edo State Police boss bows out
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Police Commissioner, Olayinka Balogun this morning bowed out of the police service after attaining the retirement…
Successful bidders for Nigeria’s power firms unveiled
Another milestone was recorded in the ongoing privatisation in Nigeria’s power on Monday with the announcement of the preferred and…
US election: Latest Job data to be released 2 November
The US Labor Department said Tuesday it expects to release its most recent unemployment data — a key marker of…
Rise of Islamic extremism worries Catholic bishops
VATICAN CITY, Oct 29, 2012 (AFP) – Fears of Islamic extremists, precarious relations with Muslims and secret conversions to Christianity…
Nigerian juju sex trafficker jailed in UK
A Nigerian sex trafficker who used witchcraft rituals to silence the teenage girls he smuggled into Britain for prostitution was…
Hurricane Sandy shuts down America’s East Coast
WASHINGTON, Oct 29, 2012 (AFP) – The massive storm bashing the US East Coast froze commerce, shut down stock exchanges…
Edo House sacks council committees
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo state House of Assembly has dissolved the 18 local government transition committees with immediate effect. This was…
Supreme Court Affirms Dickson’s Victory
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the victory of Governor Seriake Dickson and dismissed a suit…
Oshiomhole gives doctors sack warning
JETHO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has threatened doctors and other medical workers on the pay roll of…
K1’s palatial home in Ijebu-Ode
Fuji Music Star, Wasiu Ayinde, K1, leads family and friends into his new multi-million naira Ijebu Ode country home FUNSHO…
AWC: Nigeria’s Falcons beat Cameroon
Sunday Akintoye Defending champions of the African Women Championship, AWC, the Super Falcons of Nigeria Monday evening at Nkoantoma Stadium…
ACN awaits post mortem on Ondo election to make a stand
The national chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, Chief Bisi Akande said today that the party’s final stand on…
Nigerian paedophile,62, arrested by police
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Police in Ogun state, western Nigeria have arrested a 62 year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem who…
Disabled beggar donates ”widow’s mite” to flood victims
A middle aged Nigerian beggar, identified as Simon Ozoemena, has stunned government officials in Anambra state, eastern Nigeria, by making…
Bombing: Catholic Church leader calls for true dialogue
The Kaduna Catholic Archdiocese, on Monday called on the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to dialogue with the Federal Government…
Obama back in WH to battle Hurricane Sandy
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama rushed through the edge of Hurricane Sandy Monday, putting his re-election bid on hold…
Cap-In-Hand Burundi begs for $1billion
Burundi’s vice president on Monday asked international donors gathered in Geneva for over $1.0 billion to help finance his country’s…
Kaduna: Residents indoors as troops patrol city
Nigerian soldiers patrolled the streets of Kaduna Monday, a day after at least 10 people were killed and 145 wounded…
Dead man boarded Arik plane from Lagos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Monday it has established that the man whose corpse was…
SUICIDE BOMBING: Shops Shut In Kaduna
Following reprisal attack in the wake of the bombing of Saint Rita Catholic Church, Anguar Yero, Malahi, Kaduna, Kaduna State,…
Lawyers Decry State Of Courts In Lagos
Some Lagos-based lawyers have appealed to the Lagos State Government to provide electronic gadgets in magistrates’ courts to facilitate court…
Ibori’s $15m: EFCC wants contempt charge for Clark
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Smarting from a recent call for his removal as head of Nigeria’s anti corruption agency by…
Police Smash 3-Man Robbery Gang
The police in Lagos, southwest Nigeria have smashed a three-man armed robbery gang and arrested two of them while the…
Community On Rampage Over Dead Man Found In Well
Hell was let loose recently in Abayawo, Ilorin, Kwara State capital, Southwest Nigeria after a middle aged man’s corpse was…
Fashola-Okada: When The Going Was Good
In the heat of electioneering campaign for the 2011 Governorship election, the romance between Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State…
Why Fashola, Amosun Failed To Resolve Ode Omi Crisis
Although, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his counterpart in Ogun State, Mr. Ibikunle Amosun, were able to resolve…
Contending With Rising Cases Of Rape
By Rasak Musbau “All men are rapists and that’s all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws,…
When Patience Is Not A Virtue
By Chido Onumah If you want to appreciate the integrity deficit of the Jonathan administration, look no further than the…
Imbibing The Spirit Of Sacrifice
Last weekend’s Eid-El-Kabir celebrations were about sacrifice and the need to be accommodating, but how accommodating have we been in…
Never Rely On One Source Of Income
We continue with the encounter my mentor had with Dele in London. As I later learnt, Dele had spent close…