Year: 2013
Food Aid Pillaged In Central Africa
Hundreds of tonnes of food aid have been stolen from warehouses across the restive Central African Republic, the UN’s World…
Man Collects Lover’s Money, Then Dumps Her
A midddle aged woman, Amusa Taiwo, has been left in the lurch after she allegedly gave her lover, Adesokan Ifeoluwa,…
Nigeria Reps Condemn Fresh Flights By Dana
Nigeria’s House of Representatives has threatened to probe Dana Air following the manner in which the hitherto suspended airline recently…
Moses Tips Nigeria To Lift Trophy
Chelsea forward Victor Moses has boasted that the Super Eagles are poised to lift the 2013 African Cup of Nations.…
Jonathan, OBJ Clash Over BoT Chair
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan and his political godfather, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo will today engage each other in a…
Adewale Out Of African Wheelchair Tourney
One of Nigeria’s top wheelchair tennis players, Alex Adewale has opted out of the forthcoming African Championship billed to hold…
Nations Cup: Spurs’ Adebayor to play for Togo
Tottenham’s Togo star Emmanuel Adebayor has had a last minute change of heart and will after all take part in…
Nigeria to charge Russian sailors over arms import
Nigeria’s navy has transferred for prosecution 15 Russian sailors detained since October for allegedly transporting illegal arms, a navy spokesman…
Onitsha roars back to business with rain
Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria’s South-East and South-South, witnessed its first rain in 2013 that lasted for 40…
Panel uncovers N24b fraud in Abia
The judicial panel of inquiry set up by Nigeria’s eastern state of Abia to probe the Abia Physical Planning and…
Delta donates 30 patrol cars to police
Nigeria’s Delta State with the notoriety of being the nest of kidnappers is determined turn a new chapter, as a…
Petrol tanker drivers boycott Enugu state
Nigeria’s Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union has stopped the supply of products to Enugu State following the failure of the state…
Groups want PDP chairman suspended
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The struggle for the control of the Adamawa state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,…
Football, Headlines, News, Sports, World News
Messi wins record 4th Ballon d’Or
Lionel Messi, Barcelona’s amazing striker has won a record fourth Ballon d’Or, beating team mate Iniesta and Real Madrid’s Cristiano…
Inmates set South African prison on fire
Inmates set fire to the maximum security section of a prison in the centre of South Africa, the same region…
Over 40billion apps downloaded for Apple gadgets
Apple in San Francisco on Monday announced that more than 40 billion “apps” have been downloaded for its beloved gadgets,…
60 suspected oil thieves arrested in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDCs, have arrested 60 persons suspected of siphoning petrol…
Nigerian army elevates 2,900 officers
Nigeria’s chief of army staff, Lt.-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika announced in Abuja Monday the promotion of 2,900 soldiers. Ihejirika said at…
Nigeria stocks close higher
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) re-opened, on Monday, on a positive trend as some blue chips recorded huge…
2 pastors jailed over N1 billion deposit scam
A Nigerian High Court has sentenced two ‘men of God’, Pastor Glory Abrefera and Reverend Vincent Okpogo to 10 years…
5 Indians charged with gang-rape, murder
Five men were arraigned in court on Monday on charges of gang rape and murder of an Indian female student,…
One dies, several ill after New Year party
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin An end of the year party organized by the Benin office of Nigeria’s Integrated Data Services Limited for…
Oshiomhole explains sack of perm sec
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo state has come out to explain the reason for sacking Mr Alhassan…
Oshiomhole knows Fate on Friday
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Monday fixed Friday 11 January, 2013 to deliver judgment on whether Edo State Governor,…
INEC registry office gutted by fire
Nigeria’s National Emergency Agency, NEMA has confirmed that only one office was gutted by fire in the Abuja national headquarters…
Man Sets 6 Co-Workers On Fire
A Nigerian factory worker at Amuwo Odofin, Moses Ayogu, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State, for allegedly…
Nigeria Police Launches New Code Of Conduct
The Nigeria Police will launch the special ‘Code of Conduct and Professional Standards for its officers on Thursday at International…
Lagosians Must Be More Vigilant—Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Nigeria’s Lagos State has called on Lagosians to be extremely vigilant this year in order to…
Revamp Highway Patrol Team
The hands of Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar and those of his men may be full because of…
In Praise Of Nigerian Corruption
By Chido Onumah One of the most frightening things about the Jonathan administration is the president’s palpable lack of appreciation…