Year: 2013
Why I Dumped Athletics For Wheelchair Basketball
Many sports athletes take delight in competing as an individual athlete as against taking part in a team sport. But…
Premier Lotto Tourney: Fajobi, Opara Dedicate Victories To Mates
Yetunde Fajobi of Government Senior College, Agege and Franklin Opara of Alimosho Senior High School have dedicated their victories in…
Boom Time For Keke Riders
A number of Lagosians are now compelled to get to their various destinations by tricycle rides courtesy of the restriction…
LASTMA Is Our Biggest Challenge
Despite the increasing demand for tricycles popularly known as ‘Keke Napep’, the Ikeja chairman of tricycle operators, Olainukan Adeagbo explains…
Residents Want Oko-Oba Abattoir Relocated
Siting an abattoir in Oko-Oba, Agege Local Government, was meant to boost the business activities in the area but has…
Man Blames Mother-In-Law For Crashed Marriage
A 28-year-old factory worker has told an Agege Customary Court, Agege, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, that his seven-year-old marriage crashed because…
Residents Seek Reopening Of Banks In Auchi
Residents of Auchi in Edo State have called for the reopening of three commercial banks shut in November 2012, after…
2015: Lawmakers Sure Of APC Victory
Two opposition lawmakers in the House of Representatives have expressed confidence that the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) will make a…
Ogba Residents Protest Over Blocked Streets
Residents of Olufemi Ogunsola Street under the aegis of New Life Community Development Association at Agege, Ifako Ijaiye Local Government…
Ladipo: 10 Bakassi Boys, 32 Others Sent To Jail
Ten suspected Bakassi Boys and 32 traders arrested at Ladipo Market in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria , last week have been…
Coup: Colonel, Bizman Arrested
Benin Republic said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military…
Prophet In Jail Over Love Potion
A prophet, Samson Egbeola, is now in prison custody at Kirikiri after he was arraigned in court for allegedly engaging…
Kenya’s Election: 4 Cops Killed In Mombasa
Kenyans stood patiently in long lines on Monday to elect a new president but machete-wielding youths on the coast killed…
Shell Bemoans ‘Unprecedented’ Oil Theft In Nigeria
Oil giant Shell on Monday raised alarm over “unprecedented” oil theft in Nigeria, particularly in relation to the sabotage of…
Bill Clinton, 258 others nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
A record 259 nominees are in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize — 209 individuals and 50 organisations…
Queen Elizabeth ill with gastroenteritis
Britain’s 86-year-old Queen Elizabeth II was admitted to hospital for the first time in 10 years on Sunday as a…
Ogun Customs command boosts revenue
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Despite all odds and constant campaign against smugglers, the Ogun state Custom boss, Prince F.Ade Dosunmu has declared…
Travelogue: My Experience With Nigerian Pirates
Simon Ateba Simon Ateba, a Senior Correspondent with TheNews Magazine and P.M.NEWS, who travelled by sea from Cameroon to Nigeria,…
Spurs double dampens Arsenal spirit
Gareth Bale stole the spotlight yet again as the Tottenham star inspired his side to a crucial 2-1 win over…
Fashola insists on clean up of Ladipo auto parts market
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, Sunday undertook an inspection of Nigeria’s biggest Auto Spare parts Market, in Ladipo, Mushin…
Benin foils coup against Yayi
Benin Republic said Sunday that authorities have thwarted an attempt to oust President Thomas Boni Yayi and install a military…
Shock, disbelief over murdered Police boss
Nigeria’s Police Command in Enugu State on Sunday confirmed that the Commissioner of Police in Kwara State, Mr Chinweike Asadu,…
Football, News, Sports, World News
Reports: Arsenal FC not for sale
Stan Kroenke has no plans to sell his majority stake in Arsenal, a spokesman for the Premier League football club…
20 Boko Haram members killed by Nigeria’s troops
No fewer than 20 militants suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect were killed today in Monguno by…
Nigerian Maritime Workers Union election mired in controversy
Simon Ateba/Lagos Even before the first vote is cast, the election of those who will run the affairs of the…
University annuls degree awarded ex-governor Kalu
The Senate of Nigeria’s Abia State University, Uturu, has revoked the degree in Government and Public Administration that it claimed…
Man swallowed alive in bedroom by Florida sinkhole
Rescue workers announced Saturday that they have halted their search for the body of a man whose bedroom was swallowed…
Obasanjo preaches on the value of leadership
Former Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo on Saturday identified lack of quality leadership among other factors as major hindrances to development…
Gov. Imoke back in action kicking football
Governor Liyel Imoke of Nigeria’s Cross River state who returned to Calabar Friday night, performed his first official function when…
M-Net Africa Loses Studios To Strange Fire
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE The multi-million naira state-of-the-art MNet Africa studios in Ojota Lagos, Nigeria was gutted by a strange fire Saturday.…