Year: 2013
Amosun appoints new chief of staff
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The Government of the western Nigerian state of Ogun today announced the appointment of Professor Ganiyu Olatunji…
Ojikutu Seeks To Quash Criminal Charge
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, western Nigeria, Thursday morning adjourned till 31 October, 2013 for the hearing of…
Naira Devaluation: Reps To Summon Sanusi, Okonjo-Iweala
The House of Representatives has mandated its committees to invite the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Malam…
The Death Of An Itinerant Revolutionary: A Tribute To Baba Omojola
By Denja Yaqub It was a sad moment for progressive activists not just in Nigeria; and not limited to the…
Remember Families Of Fallen Soldiers
The Nigerian Army got some respite after it recently killed 37 suspected Boko Haram fighters in a ground and air…
When Will The Marginalisation Of Kogi West Stop?
By Odunayo Joseph The endless journey of marginalization in Kogi State since its creation in 1991 (22 years ago) began…
76 Kids Storm Governor’s Cup For Clinic
Now fewer than 76 kids were on ground yesterday morning to take part in the first ever clinic for U-10…
Eaglets Ready For Iraq
Golden Eaglets’ captain, Musa Muhammed has declared that the Nigerian team are ready for tomorrow’s last group game against Iraq…
JMG To Handle MTN’s N1.3bn Network Upgrade
MTN Nigeria has awarded a £6million (N1.3billion) contract for the modernization of it mobile communications network in the country to…
Police Urge Lagosians To Be More Security Conscious
As they get deeper into the ‘Ember months’, the police in Lagos State, western Nigeria, Wednesday urged residents to be…
Dismissed MOPOL Jailed
An Osogbo Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced a dismissed Mobile policeman (MOPOL), Omopariola Muritala, 42, to 30 months in…
Cholera Hits 7 States, 80 Dead
An outbreak of cholera, a disease that causes unrestrained stooling and vomitting, has hit Lagos and six other states in…
Food Poisoning Kills Man, Wife, Kids Battle For Life
A man called Salim Adebayo has died of food poisoning while doctors are battling to save the lives of his…
SSS Prevents Press Coverage Of Boko Haram Suspect
There was pandemonium at the Federal High Court, Lagos, western Nigeria, Thursday morning when armed operatives of the State Security…
Outrage As Oduah Follows Jonathan To Israel
Nigerians have expressed shock and indignation over the trip to Israel by Stella Oduah, the embattled minister of aviation, who…
Nigerian pirates kidnap 2 US sailors
Armed pirates have attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both…
ASUU strike: ex-president urges parties face real issues
Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, the immediate past President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for patriotic approach in…
MTN’s 3rd quarter growth flat
South Africa’s MTN Group on Thursday reported a slower-than-expected one per cent increase in subscribers for the third quarter. The…
Reports: US baby cured of AIDS
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A little girl who was treated for HIV shortly after birth still shows no sign of infection…
Champions League: match results and scorers
European Champions League results on Wednesday: Group A At Leverkusen, Germany Bayer Leverkusen (GER) 4 (Kiessling 22, 72, Rolfes 50-pen,…
3 die in cholera outbreak in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Three persons have been confirmed dead as cholera outbreak hit Lagos. The Lagos State Government in a prompt…
Nigeria: Rape victim commits suicide
The Nigerian police in the southern state of Bayelsa has confirmed that an 18-year-old girl committed suicide after a gang…
No election in Delta Central, alleges Dafinone
Delta Central Senatorial Candidate of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP), Chief Ede Dafinone says Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)…
Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ coming to Nigeria soon
Get set…Snooping ‘Joe’ is on his way to Nigeria as your text, voice and internet conversations will now be monitored…
2,700 Niger Delta ex-militants for ICT, agriculture training
Nigeria’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja, approved N807 million for the training of 2,700 non-militant Niger Delta…
Fayose wants court to strike out EFCC charge
Former governor of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti, Ayo Fayose on Wednesday urged the Federal High Court in Ado…
Six returnee pilgrims with Boko Haram ties arrested
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of six pilgrims, who returned from…
Fayemi flags off building of 5,000 houses in Ekiti
The Government of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti says it will build 5,000 low cost housing units before the…
Court puts Nwoye on ballot, strikes out Ukachukwu
A Nigerian Court of Appeal on Wednesday in Port Harcourt nullified the recognition of Nicholas Ukachukwu as the PDP candidate…