Year: 2012
Traffic Law: Police, Aturu Disagree Over Clampdown
There is a disagreement between the Lagos State Police Command and Bamidele Aturu over the ongoing clampdown on commercial motorcycle…
Kidnappers’ Lucky Charm Maker Arrested
Luck has run out on a 75-year old native doctor, Akugbe Ugbo, who specialises in preparing ‘goodluck’ charms for kidnappers…
Fans Angry As Obesere Shuns Felabration
Fans of Abass Akande Obesere were disappointed yesterday as the top fuji star shunned the 2012 edition of Felabration currently…
Osun College shut over protests
The Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun was shut on Thursday, following a violent protest by students of the institution. The News Agency of…
Falae’s Verbal Attack On Tinubu Unfortunate —LG Supervisor
The verbal attack on the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, by a…
50 Policemen Get Quit Notice
The Lagos state police command has served a two-week quit notice to over 50 serving members of the command to…
Court Halts Proceedings Against 3 Bank Officials
An appeal court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has restrained a federal high court judge, Justice Okon Abang, sitting in…
NDLEA Arrests Runaway Convict
Nemesis has caught up with an ex-convict, Ejike Martins, who was convicted by a federal high court in Lagos, southwest…
Law Firm Sued Over Intrusion On Premises
A Nigerian oil support service industry expert, Mr. Scott Gregory, has slammed a N10 billion suit on a Lagos law…
Bank Manager Arraigned For Stealing N4M
A Senior Manager of Skye Bank, Aregbesola Michael, alleged to have defrauded a customer of the bank to the tune…
Wole Soyinka: If Religion Was Taken Away, I’d Be Happy
The Nobel prize-winner Wole Soyinka spoke this week at the Hay Festival in Mexico. In an extract from his talk,…
Graft Killed Eko Today —Ayobolu
Former Special Adviser to Governor Babatunde Fashola on Information and Strategy, Segun Ayobolu has lamented that corruption and mismanagement killed…
Groups Harp On Women Protection
Justice For All in Collaboration with Civil Society Groups on Tuesday launched a handbook on “Guidelines For Responding to cases…
Lions Club Takes Eye Screening To Schools
As part of activities to mark this year’s World Sight Day, the Ikoyi Lions Club recently took its humanitarian services…
Humanizing The President And Presidency
By Ernest Omoarelojie Party primary (convention) is always an interesting affair. It is the culmination point of all political intrigues,…
The Great Mission Of The Progressives In Ondo State
By Joe Igbokwe On Monday, 15 October, 2012, Ondo State of Nigeria witnessed an unprecedented great assembly of the nation’s…
Uniport 4: The Police And Jungle Justice
The murder of four University of Port Harcourt undergraduates on 5 October once more brings to the fore the insecurity…
Sunshine FC Keeper Sick
Nigeria’s Sunshine Stars will be without Number 1 goalkeeper Moses Ocheje for Sunday’s CAF Champions League semi-final at Ahly. Ocheje,…
Governor’s Cup First Leg: Atseye: Japanese Star Better Than Me
Nigeria’s Henry Atseye has confessed that his opponent in yesterday second round match in the first leg of the Governor’s…
Igbinovia Retires
Nigerian tennis player, Sunday Igbinovia, has said that this year’s Governor’s Cup will be the final tournament in which he…
I’m Nigeria’s Best For Now
London-based Nigerian female tennis player, Adeyinka Elisabeth Thompson told DAMILARE OKUNOLA at the ongoing Governor’s Cup lagos Tennis Championship why…
Can Sunshine Scale Ahly’s Hurdle?
For Nigeria’s remaining representatives in the ongoing Confederation of Africa Football, CAF Champions League, Sunshine Stars of Akure to qualify…
I Disappointed My Fans
Defending Champions, Judiciary Football Team lost 3-5 to State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB in a penalty shoot-out after 1-1…
Lagos Street Soccer: Organisers Give Winners N12.9m
In fulfillment of its promise, MTN Plc yesterday doled out N12.9million to successive teams in the season five of the…
NCF Calls Up 25 To Camp
The Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF, has called up 25 players to camp ahead of the forthcoming U-I7 ICC-Africa North West…
Sambo To Flag-Off Abuja Auto Fair
The Vice President, Arc. Namadi Sambo will lead other dignitaries from the public and private sectors to declare the 14th…
Toyota Recaptures Corporate Loyalty Leadership
Toyota Motor Corp. has recaptured the top spot among automakers in U.S. customer loyalty for the first time since the…
Stallion Motors Berths In Owerri
In line with global standard practice, Stallion Motors Nigeria, multiple automobile franchisee has inaugurated another ultramodern 3S facility (Sales, Service…
Newsweek Magazine ends print edition, goes digital
Venerable US magazine Newsweek, whose first issue rolled out of the press on 17 February 1933, announced Thursday its last…
Corrupt Italy set to tighten laws
Italy, ranked 69th on the Transparency corruption index and with a reputation as bad as Nigeria’s, is set to clean…