Year: 2013
Fraud: ‘Lagos Female Judge Must Defend Self’
The Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee has dismissed Justice Ibironke Harrison’s objection challenging her invitation to respond to an allegation of…
Ex-Minister Slams N90b Suit On NIMASA, DG
The former Interior Minister, Captain Emmanuel Iheanacho, has slammed a N90 billion suit on Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency,…
Bullet Lodged In Ex-Biafran Soldier’s Body For 44 Years
A bullet lodged for 44 years in the body of Israel Nwokoma, a security guard at a company in Ilupeju,…
Lagos Population Our Biggest Challenge —Lagos Speaker
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has disclosed that the continuous growth of the population of…
Pope Benedict XVl hours away from abdication
Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday vowed “unconditional obedience” to his successor on his historic final day as leader of the…
House Leader, Councillors Sentenced
A Port Harcourt High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, Southsouth Nigeria, has convicted Emeka Godwin, the…
Outrage Over Attack On Ojukwu Library
Prominent Igbo leaders this morning took umbrage at the reported demolition of a library built in memory of the late…
South Africa: FA Cup shocker No 3
AmaZulu became the third top-flight club in South Africa to be eliminated from the FA Cup by lower-league rivals when…
UEFA clears Drogba for crunch match at Schalke
Didier Drogba will be allowed to play in Galatasaray’s Champions League clash against Schalke after the German club had their…
Who killed Nasarawa Varsity students as Army, police deny?
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Contrary to widespread reports, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday denied that its men were involved in the killing…
Man jailed 20 years for patricide
JETHRO IBILEKE/Warri A Nigerian Court in Delta State, has sentenced a 20 year-old man Opukeme George to 25 years in…
Emir of Kano returns from UK
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Emir Ado Bayero, the traditional ruler of Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city has returned home, after spending 38…
2015: Gov Aliyu Alleges Blackmail Plot
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Governor Babangida Aliyu of Nigeria’s central state of Niger has alleged that some highly placed politicians based in…
Mali: Chad urges speedy deployment of troops by ECOWAS
Chad’s President Idriss Deby Itno on Wednesday urged the Malian army and West African force to speed up the deployment…
Another top lawyer faces disciplinary panel, says NBA
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, on Wednesday confirmed that it had set up machinery for the…
Can it happen in Nigeria as Greece sends ex-mayor to life jail
A court in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, on Wednesday handed life sentences to the city’s ex-mayor and two other municipal officials…
Pope Benedict admits a stormy reign as he bows out
Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday admitted “stormy waters” during his papacy as he gave his farewell speech in St Peter’s…
Lagos assembly mulls extending tenure of council chairmen
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Lagos State House may soon begin the debate on a bill seeking to extend the tenure of…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
ACN Wins Ajeromi By-Election
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has won Tuesday’s by-election in Ajeromi Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, Southwest…
Nigeria’s Female Banker Steals Customer’s N26m
A staff of a mortgage bank in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Folayemi Oluwayemisi Adedayo, 41, has been charged to court for…
Political Class Has Ruined This Country —el-Rufai
The former minister of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has blamed the political class for ruining this country.…
‘My Wife Knows I’m A Fraudster’
A 39-year old suspected fraudster, Tony Obi, who was arrested by the police in Lagos, has confessed that he has…
Tributes For Ogo Oluwa Kitan Boss
Nigerian musicians and stakeholders have continued to pay tribute to late music mogul, Chief Joseph Olayiwola Afolabi, the boss of…
Accountants Can Practice Taxation —ICAN
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has declared that its members have the right to practice taxation unhindered.…
Wheelchair Basketball Can Win Medals For Nigeria
For so long before 1996 Olympics, most Nigerians believed that the best sports the country could win a gold medal…
Will Name Change Improve Nigeria League?
“Change of name doesn’t really mean anything to me. I think the best thing now is that we can start…
Premier Lotto Tourney: ISL Coach Wants Athletes Kept Together
Chief Coach of the International School, Unilag, ISL, Ijeoma Ernest, has urged the Lagos State Government to keep athletes to…
‘Tourney ‘ll Help Develop My Skills’
Representing Ojota Senior Secondary School at the ongoing Premier Lotto Lagos School Athletics Championships to George Oluwafemi is an opportunity for him to…
‘Mr. Nigeria’ Wants Eagles To Beat Kenya’
Following the Super Eagles’ Africa Cup of Nations, AFCON, triumph in South Africa, one of the foremost supporters of the…
Nigerian Celebrities Storm Omotola’s Birthday Party
Entertainment celebrities on Monday night stormed the surprise birthday bash organised for Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde by her husband,…