AFN bans athletes, suspends Golden League
Athletic Federation of Nigeria has banned two athletes for three years each for their allegedly leading the protest that marred the second leg of its Golden League, forcing the AFN to suspend the...
View ArticleKanu retains NBB of C post
The Godwin Kanu-led Nigerian Boxing Board of Control was on Saturday re-elected for another four years. Kanu edged boxing promoter Damola Omotosho 11-9 in a tightly contested NBB of C presidential...
View ArticleVan Persie frustrates Arsenal
Robin van Persie scored on his return to Arsenal as newly-crowned Premier League champions Manchester United drew 1-1 at Emirates Stadium on Sunday. On his first appearance back at his former home...
View ArticleNadal claims eighth Barcelona title
Rafael Nadal recovered from a slow start to beat compatriot Nicolas Almagro and win his eighth Barcelona Open title in nine years on Sunday. The Spanish left-hander has not lost at the venue since 2003...
View ArticleGunmen bomb Ringim town in Jigawa
Suspected gunmen on Sunday bombed many places in Ringim town in the Ringim Local Government Area of Jigawa, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Eyewitnesses told NAN the incident happened around...
View ArticleLate filing of opposition stalls hearing of al-Mustapha’s appeal
Hearing of the appeal by Maj. Hamza al-Mustapha, who was sentenced to death for the murder of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, was on Monday stalled at the Court of Appeal, Lagos due to late filing of the...
View ArticleOnions: A remedy for many ailments- Dietician
A Dietician at the Garki Hospital, Abuja, Miss Yemisi Olowookere, on Monday recommended the consumption of onions as a remedy for many ailments. Olowookere told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
View ArticleFamily of seven killed in accident
A ghastly motor accident has killed a family of seven on the Katsina-Kano road in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Police Command in the...
View ArticleImo pays stipends to school children
Imo State government has begun the payment of stipends to school children as well as distribution of school materials to public schools in the state. While inaugurating the programme at Owerri City...
View ArticlePirates abduct five expatriates in Bayelsa
Again, gunmen suspected to be pirates have attacked a German flag vessel and abducted five expatriates at 10 nautical miles, Middleton River, close to Sangana in Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa...
View Article‘NASS sending wrong signal to investors on SEC’
The decision of the National Assembly not to approve any allocation to the Securities and Exchange Commission in the 2013 budget has been described as an act that has sent a wrong signal to investors...
View ArticleSenate seeks experts’ opinion on PIB
The Senate Joint Committee on the Petroleum Industry Bill has said it is engaging the services of experts and consultants to help it reach an acceptable consensus on the bill. Following the new...
View ArticleInvestors will determine PHCN workers’ fate –FG
Private investors are to determine the fate of workers of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria and its 17 successor companies, the Federal Government has said. The Head of Public Communications, Bureau...
View ArticleICRC faults $24.7m lottery contract
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission said on Monday that the procedure the National Lotteries Commission used in awarding controversial $24.7m lottery contract was faulty. The contract...
View ArticleBars, joints everywhere
The rate at which bars and drinking joints are springing up in different parts Lagos indicates that more residents are looking for ways to burn out stress, writes SAMUEL AWOYINFA A columnist once...
View ArticleLASTMA in re-engineering process
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has been making efforts to re-invent itself despite the existence of some black sheep in its fold. Ensuring free traffic flow in a megacity like Lagos is a...
View ArticleDesperation, fraud mar 2013 UTME … as FG moves to widen access
SEGUN OLUGBILE highlights how inadequate space in universities enhanced fraud in the conduct of 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination Last Saturday, 1,735,720 candidates sat for the 2013...
View ArticleThree UNILAG graduates bag Elumelu Prize
Honours came the way of three graduates of the University of Lagos on April 23, when they received the Elumelu Legacy Prize from the Tony Elumelu Foundation. They are Adijat Isiaq, Moninuola Ojikutu...
View ArticleAjimobi solicits support for Oyo varsity
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has solicited for the support of well-meaning individuals and corporate bodies towards the development of the education sector in the state. He made the call in...
View ArticleTwo more ‘I don port’ videos surface on YouTube
As the phrase, ‘I don port’ gradually finds its way into the vocabulary of Nigerians home and abroad, thanks to the new MTN Nigeria commercial on mobile number portability, two more videos of ‘I don...
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