Year: 2012
Boko Haram plots to strike on Sallah day, says JTF
Nigeria’s military on Tuesday said it had uncovered a plot by Boko Haram militants to carry out “massive attacks” during…
UEFA Champions League results and scorers
Tuesday’s European Champions League results: Group E At Copenhagen Nordsjaelland (DEN) 1 (Beckmann 50) Juventus (ITA) 1 (Vucinic 81) At…
Why ACN lost Ondo election
Seun Bisuga Former Ondo State Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), Chairman, Jumoke Anifowose (nee Ajasin) believes that the party lost…
Serena makes it a winning start in Istanbul
Serena Williams survived an injury scare in Istanbul, Turkey Monday to make a winning start in her bid to cap…
Robbers kill Currency Changer in Lagos
AYODEJI DEDEIGBO/Crime Reporter A Bureau De Change operator was shot dead this evening at Alade Market, Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos,…
Tennis: Lawal, Abinu Battle Top Seeds In Second Round
Taiwo Adelu It will be tough battles for the Nigerian male and female Number one players as they play top…
Iyayi: Nigeria’s civil servants world’s most inefficient
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Nigerian public servants have been described as the most inefficient and ineffective in the world. A former President…
EFCC Docks Customs boss Impersonator
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, October 23, 2012, arraigned Bello Godwin Onimisi, before Justice Adebukola Banjoko…
2 robbery suspects killed in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two suspected armed robbers were shot dead today on Ada-George Road in the Nigerian oil-rich city of…
Dele Cole: Stolen Nigeria’s oil goes to Singapore, balkans
The main buyers of the estimated 180,000 barrels of oil stolen each day in Nigeria are based in the Balkans…
Bomb Scare On Arik Flight
There has been a bomb scare on an Arik Air flight from Maiduguri to Abuja but the Ministry of Aviation…
Court Orders Bizman To Forfeit N102m To FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria Tuesday ordered officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,…
Kidnappers Demand N50m Ransom To Free Housewife
Gunmen who kidnapped a housewife, Mrs. Ime Abasi in Calabar, Cross River State; southsouth Nigeria, have contacted her husband, Mr.…
OKADA MENACE: 3,000 Bikes Seized
Several commuters were today stranded as the Lagos State Government withdrew its BRT buses from Ikotun-Iyana Ipaja axis to save…
Army Officers Pledge To Obey, Enforce New Lagos Traffic Law
The implementation of the new Lagos Traffic Law has got the backing of the Military as the General Officer Commanding…
9 Charged With N300m Petroleum Theft
Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit, SFU, Milverton Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested nine suspected petroleum thieves and…
Bank Guard Steals N1m From ATM
A security guard, Danjuma Abutu, 36, attached to Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB, Lagos has been arraigned before an Igbosere…
Man Caught With N1b At Airport Docked
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today took Abubakar Sheriff Tijani, 25, the man arrested with N1.1billion at Murtala…
Fashola Presents 2013 Budget
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state, Southwest Nigeria, has announced he would present the Year 2013 budget to the state…
Traffic Law: Bus Drivers, Conductors To Wear Uniforms From January
Commercial bus drivers and conductors will begin to wear uniforms and badges as from January 2012, says the Lagos State…
LASG Approves N77.5m For Scholarship Award
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has approved N77.5 million for scholarship award to 337 qualified indigenes of the state in…
Why Students Fail Examinations —Oladunjoye
Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Olayinka Oladunjoye has attributed low performance of students in various examinations to the non-usage of…
45,249 Babies Delivered At Lagos MCCs
At least 45,245 babies have been delivered at the various Maternal and Childcare Centres, MCCs, across Lagos in the last…
Squatters Take Over Major Road In Apapa
Squatters have taken over Bristrol street in Apapa GRA and all efforts by the authorities to dislodge them have so…
Mikel: Chelsea Too Hot For Shakhtar
Mikel Obi has said Chelsea are in hot form to beat Shakhtar Donetsk tonight to open a gap at the…
Mixed Fortunes For Nigerian Players
The first day of the Main Draws of the second leg of 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship was of…
Lagos Dep Speaker Tips Boxers To Shine
As the National Sports Festival draws closer, the Deputy Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Kolawole Musbau, has…
Nigerian Players Are Wonderful
One of Nigeria’s professional tennis players, Sunday Igbinovia told DAMILARE OKUNOLA that the local players in the ongoing Governor’s Cup…
Ndanusa Thumbs Up Local Stars
The performance of Nigerian players at the 12th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Open has been described as fantastic. This was…
Super Falcons/ Black Queens Friendly cancelled
Wednesday’s friendly match between the Super Falcons of Nigeria and the Black Queens of Ghana billed for Ghana has been…