Year: 2012
Gates Donates $750m To Fight AIDS, TB, Malaria
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will inject $750 million into the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria,…
Damilola Taylor’s Killer Back On The Street
The killer of schoolboy Damilola Taylor now enjoys his freedom — wandering the streets on his first full day of…
Players’ Union Compound NFF Woes, Files Fresh Court Case
As the problems plaguing the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, rages on, the registered Trustees of National Association of Nigeria Footballers,…
2012 Olympics: No National Camp For Team Nigeria —Ekeji
As the London 2012 Olympics draws closer, Director General of the National Sports Commission, NSC, Patrick Ekeji, has revealed that…
Customs Denies Attack On Area Comptroller
The Sokoto Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has denied reports that its Comptroller, Alhaji Atiku Mustapha, was attacked…
NUJ President Condemns Incessant Killing Of Journalists
Alhaji Muhammed Garba, National President, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has condemned the incessant killings of journalists in the country,…
52 Traffic Managers Sacked For Fraud
More than 52 staff of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency (EDSTMA) have been sacked for allegedly extorting money from…
Lagos Bizwoman Docked
Policemen at the Special Fraud Unit, Milverton Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a woman, Victoria Ekpa a.k.a. Asewo…
Expert Advocates For Elders’ Rights Act
Dr. Folashade Oluwole, a Senior Registrar at the Nephrology and Geriatrics Unit, Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, has advocated…
Fake Soldier Arrested For Smuggling
The Lagos State Police Command Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, has arrested a 37-year suspected smuggler in army uniform. The suspect,…
Niger Delta Militants Take Over Maritime
It has being alleged that the Federal Government has contracted the nation’s maritime domain to a Niger Delta ex-militant, through…
Explosive On-board Ship Foils Inauguration Of Tanker Wagons
Inauguration of 20 fuel tanker wagons meant for the haulage of petroleum products by the railway system was foiled yesterday…
LCDA Partners World Bank On Infrastructure Dev
The Chairman, Orile-Agege Council Development Area, Taofeek Abiodun Adaranijo, is partnering the World Bank for effective development of the council…
FG Urged To Fulfil Promises On Fuel Subsidy Removal
The Federal Government has been urged to ensure that all the palliatives needed to cushion the pains of fuel subsidy…
Lagos Junior League: Nath Boys Thrash Lagos Mainland
Nath Boys’ 2-0 victory over Lagos Mainland last Wednesday at the Legacy Pitch of the National Stadium sees them go…