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Match Fixing: Italian Court Orders Referee To pay $5 million
An Italian court has ordered the referees involved in the 2006 match-fixing scandal to pay $5.25 million in damages to…
Robben Will Retire At Bayern, says Hoeness
Bayern Munich president, Uli Hoeness has made it clear the club are desperate to keep Arjen Robben until the end…
Xavi Plans To To End Career At Barcelona
Xavi insists that he has no intention to leave Barcelona as he is keen to end his active career at…
Sand Eagles For Dubai Beach
The NFF has confirmed Supersand Eagles participation in the Eight-Nation Samsung Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup competition in Dubai, UAE from…
Okocha Won’t Set AFCON Target For Eagles
Nigeria legend, Austin ‘Jay jay’ Okocha has voiced his sentiments following the Super Eagles’ qualification for the 2013 Africa Cup…
Fire Guts Sulu Gambari’s Palace
A section of the palace of the Emir of Ilorin, Alh. Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has been gutted by fire. The…
Jonathan jets out tomorrow to Niamey, Bamako
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, whose wife returned today after spending close to seven weeks in Germany, will undertake a working…
Patience Jonathan back
Moyo Fabiyi Wife of Nigeria’s president, Patience Faka, returned to the country Wednesday afternoon after about two months overseas, declaring:…
Police impose curfew on Ondo state
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has slammed a curfew on Ondo state, 72 hours to the governorship election.…
Gunmen Abduct 2 School Children, Demand N30m Ransom
Some gunmen on Tuesday kidnapped two children of the same parents in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, Southsouth Nigeria.…
Okada Ban: Police Begin Clampdown
The police at Area ‘G’, Ogba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, on Tuesday began to enforce the state Traffic Law banning…
Groom Kidnapped, Tortured To Death On Wedding Day
A groom, Zubairu Balogun, who was abducted on his wedding day in Ilorin, Kwara State, northcentral Nigeria, and held incommunicado…
Lagos Maternal Deaths Hit 1.1m
The maternal mortality rate in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has hit 1.1 million annually, says the Lagos State Government as…
Felabration Day 3: Obesere, Ajasa Storm Afrika Shrine
As the 2012 edition of Felabration entered day three today, lewd music crooner, Abass Akande Obesere, Lord of Ajasa, Femi…
Edo To Jail Parents Of Out Of School Children
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State Government, Southsouth Nigeria, has warned that parents and guardians who fail to send their…
NDLEA Arrests Wanted Suspected Drug Baron
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Martins Okon, a 23-year old suspected drug baron, in Uyo, the…
BBC, Society For Family Health Train Journalists
Towards effective reportage of good governance and family health care in Nigeria, the British Broadcasting Corporation Media Forum, in partnership…
Akwe-Doma Wants Al-Makura To Explain Misuse Of N4b
Former Nasarawa State Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe-Doma, has demanded explanation from the Al-Makura-led administration in the state over an alleged…
FG Okays N34b For Pension Payment
The Federal Government has approved an additional N34 billion for the payment of contributory pension, says Mr Muhammad Ahmad, Director…
I Got N10m In One Operation —Pirate
A suspected vessel hijacker has revealed the megabuck he makes in every operation his syndicate carries out on the high…
I Begged To Be Admitted Into Pirate Gang —Suspect
A suspected pirate has lamented how he begged a sea pirate gang before he was admitted into its fold. The…
Man In Court For Defaming Police
The police, on Monday, arraigned one Musibau Abdullahi, 34, for defaming the Nigeria Police Force. The police prosecutor, Mr Amby…
Suspects Sell BB Phone N3,000 To Fuel Stolen Car
In order to escape arrest, a gang of three armed robbers who were heading for Lagos from Asaba, Delta State,…
Why I Ran To Ikeja —Ikuforiji
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has denied being chased out of the politics of…
‘Why Achebe Wrote About Awolowo’
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuf, representing Alimosho Constituency 1, has explained that as a…
UNIPORT 4: Lawmaker Decries Culture Of Impunity
The representative of Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has lamented the increasing lawlessness…
Port Harcourt 4: 13 Suspected Remanded In Prison
The thirteen suspects accused of killing the four University of Port Harcourt students were today arraigned in Port Harcourt Magistrate…
Tackling Maternal Mortality
By Rasak Musbau Statistics from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF reveal that a woman in Nigeria has a…
Alleged Subsidy Fraudsters Get N10m Bail
Petroleum products importers who were alleged to have fraudulently obtained the sum of N1.051 billion (about $656 million) from the…
How Judges Weaken Anti-Corruption Laws (2)
By Ojelimafe Anthony Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti State is being prosecuted by the EFCC at the Federal High…