Year: 2012
I’ll Defeat Mimiko
Governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ondo State, Barrister Rotimi Akeredolu is optimistic about his chances in…
Mimiko Is Clueless
Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the 20 October polls in Ondo State, Dr. Olusola Oke, in…
Awo The Best President Nigeria Never Had– Ojukwu
“In political terms, he would be considered an adversary of the Igbo given the intense rivalry between him and Dr.…
I Was Fair To The Igbos –Awolowo
During the war I saw to it that the revenue which was due to the Iboland – at that time…East…
A Dying Sector
More Nigerian airlines are dying in a choking business environment When Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd. completed the building of the…
Ship Business Is Like Suicide
Chief (Dr.) Isaac Jolapamo, Chief Executive Officer, Morlap Shipping Company Limited and chairman, Indigenous Ship Owners’ Association of Nigeria, umbrella…
Pains Of Nigerian Ship Owners
Indigenous ship owners in Nigeria contend with an unfavourable business environment Given the harsh environment in which they operate, the…
Anger Over Aluu Killings
Violent protest by students of the University of Port Harcourt over the killing of four of their colleagues leads to…
Police Detonate Explosive Device In Minna
An explosive device suspected to be a bomb was today found in Minna, the Niger state capital, northcentral Nigeria, and detonated by…
Police Arrest Monkeys, Minders For Theft
There was a mild drama at the weekend when the police at Ikotun Division, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, arrested three…
Fela’s Museum Opens
Fela museum which has been renamed ‘Kalakuta Republic’ Museum on Gbemisola Street, Ikeja, Lagos State Southwest Nigeria, was formally opened…
Female Cashier Bolts With N2m
A female cashier with Kentuckey Fried Chicken, KFC, is now facing trial for allegedly diverting the eatery’s sales proceeds and…
Capital Oil Boss, Uba To Remain In Custody
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, this morning refused to hear the bail application filed before it,…
Ondo GOV Polls: ACN Accuses INEC Of Partisanship
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the Election Monitoring and Observation Unit of INEC of engaging in gross…
Students Protest In Ijebu-Ode
Students of Tai Solarin College of Education, TACOED, Ijebu in Odogbolu local government area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, this…
UNILAG: Race For VC Hots Up
The race for the position of the vice-chancellor, VC, University of Lagos, Unilag, Akoko, is getting hot after the institution’s…
Walking For Nature
Hundreds of Lagosians staged a walk at the weekend in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to sensitise residents on the danger of…
N2.5m For Injured LASTMA Men
The Lagos State Government has given N2.5 million as benefits to 23 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority,…
2 Docked Over Missing Corpse
Two mortuary attendants, Olumuyiwa Awobajo, 44, and Theodore Okere, 59, attached to the Military Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have…
Estranged Wife Pours Hot Water On Rival
An estranged housewife, Adio Abiola, 36, has been arrested by the police at Adeniji Adele Division, Lagos Island, Lagos State,…
The Shame Of A Nation
By Akunna Ejim How much is a human life worth? Is there any way to calculate an exact amount that…
Ekiti, My Small Nigeria
By ‘Dimeji Daniels At independence, Singapore was confronted with a serious problem of nationhood owing to the diverse nationalities that…
Professor Eghagha’s Kidnap
The abduction of Professor Hope Eghagha, poet, playwright, newspaper columnist and Commissioner for Higher Education, in Delta by some unidentified…
Learn To Control Your Expenses
I continue in this edition with the encounter I had with my mentor in London. Not long after my Mentor…
No winner for the Mo Ibrahim Leadership Prize
LONDON (AFP) – The Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership — the world’s biggest individual prize — was not…
Governor’s Cup: Tough Foes For Nigerian Players
The chances of Nigerian players going far in the 2012 Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship is very slim as most…
Don’t Celebrate Yet, Keshi Warns Eagles
Nigeria manager, Stephen Keshi, has told supersport.com that he is not carried away by his team’s 6-1 thrashing of Liberia…
Mauritanians want truth on president’s shooting
Mauritania’s opposition on Monday demanded a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the shooting which wounded President Ould Abdel Aziz…
Olukoya Cup Excites ISL Coach
After their victorious performance at this year’s final of Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya Basketball Competition, coach Ijeoma Ernest of International…
NSF Invites Players For African Tourney
The Nigeria Scrabble Federation, NSF, has invited 10 male and 2 female players for camping ahead of the forthcoming African…