Year: 2013
Female Graduate Leads 7-Man Robbery Gang
A seven-man robbery gang led by a woman, Chioma Ezekwesiri, has been smashed by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in…
Lord’s Chosen Fake Miracle CDs Flood Market
The police in Lagos have launched investigation into the massive production of audio and video CDs of purported miracles performed…
Attack On Young Shall Grow Boss: Igbo Festac Residents Plan Protest
Following the failed assassination attempt on the Managing Director of Young Shall Grow Motors Limited, Chief Vincent Obianodo, and the rising…
‘Molue’ Banned From Lagos Island
The Lagos State Government has banned commuter buses, popularly known as Molue, from plying routes on Lagos Island, Lagos, southwest…
APC Condemns PDP’s Daylight Vote Robbery In Offa
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the daylight vote robbery by the PDP in last Saturday’s rerun at the…
Lagos Assembly Slams LG Bosses Over Bloated Budgets
The Lagos State House of Assembly, western Nigeria, has frowned at what it calls a funny trend where council chairmen…
FRSC To Install Speed Limit Devices In Buses
The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, is to make sure that “speed limit devices” are installed in all commercial buses,…
US Open: Serena v Li , Azarenka v Pennetta in semi final
World number one Serena Williams, seeking her 17th Grand Slam title, leads a charge of 31-year-olds into Friday’s US Open…
US Open: Nadal books semi-final battle with Gasquet
Merciless Rafael Nadal crushed Spanish compatriot Tommy Robredo, the shock conqueror of Roger Federer, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to…
Man charged with sodomy
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigerian police in southern Nigerian state of Rivers has arraigned a 30 year old suspect, Godface…
Nigeria Customs shuts NAHCO, SAHCOL warehouses
The Nigeria Customs Services (NCS), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) command, on Wednesday ordered the closure of two cargo warehouses…
Dangote seals loan deal for refinery, visits Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan pledged Wednesday in Abuja that his administration will keep on implementing policies and measures that will continuously…
Nigeria: Car parts thieves invade dep. governor’s home
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Stern-faced security operatives at the official residence of Delta state deputy governor, Prof. Amos Utuama, in Asaba the…
Reports: Messi pays $6.6m tax debt
Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father paid off five million euros ($6.6 million) they owed to the taxman ahead…
Tukur: ‘I head the real PDP’
The National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, on Wednesday in Abuja, said he was still heading…
Nigeria’s stowaway boy reveals family crisis
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Contrary to the account by Osaigbovo Oikhena, father of 13-year-old stowaway boy, Ricky Daniel, that he did not…
I didn’t win the Offa election, says PDP councillor
Stephen Oni/Ilorin In a rare move, a councillorship candidate of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party, in the 31 August council poll…
Jonathan begins 3-day visit to Kenya
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will begin a three day visit to Kenya tomorrow. The official visit was on the invitation…
Prison warder kills driver, injures pastor
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A taxi driver was shot dead by a trigger-happy prison warder in the suburb of Port Harcourt…
Obama rallies global support for Syria strikes
DAMASCUS(AFP) – US President Barack Obama Wednesday urged world support for punitive strikes against Syria for its alleged use of…
Indian doctors separate Nigeria’s conjoined twins
Indian doctors declared Wednesday that a pair of formerly conjoined twins, born in Nigeria, were healthy and happy after they…
Ajudua Seeks Bail Again
Fraud kingpin, Mr.Fred Ajudua has asked a Lagos High Court in Ikeja for a fresh bail. Ajudua’s counsel, Mr. Olalekan…
Malawi Delegation Arrives Thursday For Eagles’ Match
The delegation of Football Association of Malawi, FAM, to Saturday’s 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against African champions, Nigeria…
Say No To High Cost Of New Number Plate
By Nze Kanayo Chukwumezie The recent change of vehicle number plate in Nigeria and the high cost of replacing the…
Huge Losses Through Poor Healthcare System
Two days ago, President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, Dr. Osahon Enabule, put Nigeria’s annual loss through travelling abroad…
How Ministers Keep Public Officers Due For Retirement
By Olufemi Fafore From the days of missionary public servants, who served Nigeria in words and deeds, before independence and…
New PDP Gains Ground
The crisis rocking Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP, worsened on Tuesday with the newly formed faction gaining traction and…
Drug Addict Goes Wild
A suspected drug addict on Tuesday went berserk, stabbing six people. One of the victims, a 40-year old man, died…
Prisoner Hangs Self After 1,000 Years Sentence
Ariel Castro, the Cleveland kidnapper who held three women against their will for a decade, is dead after hanging himself…
Kidnappers Of Lawmaker’s Wife Killed
Two suspected members of a kidnap gang, Freeborn Okwundu and Monday Ekpeki, have been killed by operatives of the Delta…