Year: 2012
FG Okays N34b For Pension Payment
The Federal Government has approved an additional N34 billion for the payment of contributory pension, says Mr Muhammad Ahmad, Director…
I Got N10m In One Operation —Pirate
A suspected vessel hijacker has revealed the megabuck he makes in every operation his syndicate carries out on the high…
I Begged To Be Admitted Into Pirate Gang —Suspect
A suspected pirate has lamented how he begged a sea pirate gang before he was admitted into its fold. The…
Man In Court For Defaming Police
The police, on Monday, arraigned one Musibau Abdullahi, 34, for defaming the Nigeria Police Force. The police prosecutor, Mr Amby…
Suspects Sell BB Phone N3,000 To Fuel Stolen Car
In order to escape arrest, a gang of three armed robbers who were heading for Lagos from Asaba, Delta State,…
Why I Ran To Ikeja —Ikuforiji
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has denied being chased out of the politics of…
‘Why Achebe Wrote About Awolowo’
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuf, representing Alimosho Constituency 1, has explained that as a…
UNIPORT 4: Lawmaker Decries Culture Of Impunity
The representative of Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has lamented the increasing lawlessness…
Port Harcourt 4: 13 Suspected Remanded In Prison
The thirteen suspects accused of killing the four University of Port Harcourt students were today arraigned in Port Harcourt Magistrate…
Tackling Maternal Mortality
By Rasak Musbau Statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF reveal that a woman in Nigeria has a…
Alleged Subsidy Fraudsters Get N10m Bail
Petroleum products importers who were alleged to have fraudulently obtained the sum of N1.051 billion (about $656 million) from the…
How Judges Weaken Anti-Corruption Laws (2)
By Ojelimafe Anthony Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State is being prosecuted by the EFCC at the Federal High…
Criminals As Law Enforcers
The detection of a criminal suspect among recruits at the Nigerian Police College in Kaduna State few weeks ago was…
Man Stabs Lady For Snubbing Him
A businessman, Ikechukwu Ogbodo has stabbed a lady identified as Adaku Kalu and bit Grace Suwa after they snubbed him …
It’s Called A Breakup… Because It Was Broken
Accepting the dissolution of a relationship is just as difficult as accepting the dissolution of a business. When you think…
Give Up Your Scale
Before we focus on the key fat-burning factors, I’d like to address the issue of your bathroom scale. Your first…
Karate On The Rise In Nigeria
Yahaya Adamu, a West African Zone 3 KATA champion and KADA Games 2009 gold medallist spoke with BIMBO AJAYI on…
Nina Writes Off Nigerian Players
Top seed in the Women’s Singles, Russian Nina Bratchikova has declared that Nigerian players taking part in the ongoing 12th…
‘Sports Festival Not A Do Or Die Affair’
As the 18th National Sports Festival draws closer, Lagos State Commissioner for Sports and Youth Develpoment, Enitan Osodi, says the…
‘Tennis Is Big Business In Egypt’
While Nigeria still finds it very difficult to maintain her stand in tennis in Africa, Egyptian tennis is on the…
Keshi’s Huge Challenges
Coach of Nigeria, Stephen Keshi, may have succeeded in qualifying the team for the South Africa 2013 Nations Cup but…
You’re Fifth Columnists, Mark Slams Presidential Aides
Just falling short of asking him to sack them, the Senate this morning asked President Goodluck Jonathan to caution his…
Navy Throws Out 55 Trainees over Certificate Forgery
The Nigerian Navy Basic Training School (NNBTS), Onne, Port Harcourt, on Tuesday, withdrew the admission of 55 trainees, including four…
Eid-el- Kabir Day to be marked 26 October
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, on Wednesday declared 26 October as Ed-el-Kabir Day following the sighting of the…
200 LASTMA Officers Face Sack
At least 200 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Southwest Nigeria, have been recommended for dismissal for…
Lagos Trains MVAA Men On Orientation Change
The Lagos State Government has trained 100 staff of the Motor Vehicle Administration Agency, MVAA on attitude and orientation change…
Man Docked Over Phone Accessories Theft
One Abumike Okoliagu,31, has been arraigned before Ikeja magistrate’s court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for stealing phone accessories valued N19million. Okoliagu…
Hotel Manager Steals 3 Bottles Of Drinks
A hotel manager in Solitude Hotel and Spa situated at 2, T.Y Danjuma Street, Victoria Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,…
Smartphone users top 1 billion worldwide
Five years after the release of the iPhone, there are now over a billion smartphone users worldwide, according to a…
Heavy Bombing in Potiskum
Heavy explosions and gunfire rocked Potiskum, the Yobe state capital Wednesday, residents said, after violence this week left at least…