Year: 2013
FG advises states to stop using motorcycles for transport
The Federal Government has called on states to stop the use of commercial motorcycles as means of transportation. It said…
Marseille coach expects Arsenal fight for Euro glory
Marseille manager Elie Baup has backed Arsenal to make a strong bid to win the Champions League this season. Baup’s…
NFF to decide premier league start
Nigerian football chiefs are to meet this week to thrash out a new date for the delayed start of the…
Labour Party boycotts Anambra partial poll
The National Chairman of Nigeria’s Labour Party, Chief Dan Nwanyanwu, on Monday announced the decision of the party to boycott…
NFA slams 10 year ban on Lam Adesina, board member
The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) on Monday, imposed a 10-year ban on a member of the board, Mr Olaleye Adepoju,…
APC splits in Niger state
A faction of All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Alhaji Baba Aminu, has emerged in Niger state. Aminu emerged as…
Police confirm attack on aviation minister’s car
The Nigerian Police Command on Monday in Abuja confirmed that gunmen fired shots at the car of the Minister of…
AIB begins investigating Ilorin plane crash
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Accident Investigation Bureau, AIB, has opened an investigation into the Ilorin plane crash which occurred on…
Judiciary workers sue state, Federal government over funding
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Judiciary Staff Association of Nigeria, JUSUN, has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court…
APGA ’ll Win Anambra poll even if conducted 10 times, says Obi
Governor Peter Obi of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra said on Monday that there was no rigging in the…
3 escape death as training aircraft crashes
Three crew members on board a training aircraft of International Aviation College, Ilorin, escaped death as the plane crashed during…
Trading closes lower at NSE
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed lower on Monday with the market indices dropping marginally by 0.06 per…
Anambra election: INEC official remanded in police custody
A Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court, in the Nigerian Federal capital of Abuja, on Monday, ordered that an INEC…
Ebonyi university breaks ranks with ASUU, reopens for lectures
The management of Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, in eastern Nigeria on Monday ordered all the lecturers and students to return…
Supporters of Museveni remove Kampala Mayor
The mayor of Uganda’s capital Kampala was ousted from office by local councillors on Monday after a lengthly power struggle…