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Inmate Dies In Custody
A 40-year-old man, Toyese Kehinde, who allegedly died in the cells of Benin Central Prisons in the early hours of…
ASUU: Protesters Paralyse Abeokuta
Commercial activities were paralysed in some parts of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, today as civil right groups under the…
Lagos Vows To Weed Out Bad Eggs From KAI
The Lagos State Government has vowed to weed out corrupt officials from the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, Brigade. This follows…
Jonathan, Nigerians And Corruption
On Tuesday at the 54th annual conference of the Nigerian Economic Society in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan scored a point,…
Riot At Yabatech
Reports reaching us from Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, Yaba College of Technology, YCT, Akoka, Yaba, Lagos, have it that there…
Afolabi Olawole: Rarity Of A Stand
By Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni In the last few weeks, I have followed with keen interest and a discerning mind, the story…
Lagos And The Revival Of Football In Nigeria
By Tayo Ogunbiyi A few days ago, the city of Lagos was agog, as the final of the 68th edition…
Ekiti And FRC Report
By Sina Pius The recently released Fiscal Responsibility Commission (FRC) report for 2011, which claimed that Ekiti State is among…
Champions League: Blame Me For Chelsea’s Loss —Mourinho
Jose Mourinho accepted responsibility for Chelsea’s shock 2-1 loss at home to Basel and admitted it was ‘one step back’…
Relief At Last For Ali, Oba King Takes Over World Title Bout
There are strong indications that the much awaited Guinness Book of World Record fight between Nigeria’s Bashiru Lawrence Ali a.k.a…
MTN Lagos Street Soccer: LOC Goes Tough On Teams
For obvious offence, which contravened the law guiding the championship, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the season six of…
Osun state selling Nigeria’s first Islamic bond
Nigeria’s Osun State has begun offering the country’s first Islamic bond, taking a major step towards developing an Islamic finance…
Crime rates soar in South Africa
After years of decreasing crime, South Africa is grappling with a rise in murders, home burglaries and car hijackings, the…
Ibori’s shares in Nigeria’s fertilizer firm listed for forfeiture
Reuters (London)Jailed Nigerian former governor James Ibori used front men and shell companies to acquire a hidden stake in privatised…
Construction worker on the run over murder of lover
The Nigerian Police in Bayelsa State Command has begun a manhunt for a construction worker suspected to have murdered a…
UNCTAD warns on mono-culture agriculture, urges mosaic approach
Farming in rich and poor nations alike should shift from monoculture towards greater varieties of crops, reduced use of fertilizers…
SSS arrests kidnapper whose 5-year-old victim died
Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) in Abuja, the capital, has arrested a 43-year-old man, Saturday Dewakei, said to have abducted…
10-man Dortmund crashes in Napoli
Napoli condemned last season’s Champions League runners-up Borussia Dortmund to their first defeat of the season on Wednesday as the…
FG to buy 30 buses for Federal civil servants
The Nigeria federal government on Wednesday approved the purchase of 30 33-seater buses for transportation of civil servants in the…
Hat-trick man Messi destroys Ajax
Lionel Messi hit a hat-trick as Barcelona began their Champions League campaign with a 4-0 win over Ajax on Wednesday.…
Bad night for Mourinho’s Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
LONDON(AFP) – Jose Mourinho’s return to the Champions League with Chelsea started in dismal fashion as FC Basel came from…
Walcott, Ramsey give Arsenal victory in Marseille
MARSEILLE (AFP) – Arsenal got their Champions League campaign off to the ideal start on Wednesday as second-half goals by…
PDP insists on Nwoye for Anambra, fights court order
Nigeria ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP insisted on Wednesday that Prince Tony Nwoye remains its candidate for the Anambra State…
Nigerian wins Muslim world beauty pageant
A Nigerian, Obabiyi Aisha Ajibola, tearfully prayed and recited Koranic verses as she won a world beauty pageant exclusively for…
Nigeria sends troops to fight ethnic militia
Nigeria’s Federal Government on Wednesday ordered immediate troops’ deployment to North Central State of Nasarawa where clashes between members of…
New PDP: No Deal Yet With Jonathan
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Alhaji Abubakar Baraje-led faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said it has not agreed to any peace…
US Fed leaves stimulus unchanged at $85 bn
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday left its $85 billion a month stimulus program in place, against broad expectations that…
340 Lagos Students To Get Scholarships
At least 340 indigenous students of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, studying in tertiary institutions across the state will on 5…
Suspected Oil Subsidy Thieves Face Criminal Charges
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till Thursday, a N3.2 billion oil subsidy criminal case…
UK court sees video of Ibori’s palatial home in Abuja
The confiscation hearing of the assets of former Nigerian governor, James Onanefe Ibori continued in London today, with the court…