Day: November 1, 2013
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Sports
Mexico’s Octopus Stop Brazil In Marathon Penalty Shootout
Holders Mexico shaded a marathon penalty shootout to send three-time champions Brazil crashing out of the FIFA U-17 World Cup…
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FG Hands Over Abuja Distribution Company Plc To New Owner
The Federal Government on Friday handed over the Abuja Distribution Company Plc (DISCO) to its new owner, KANN Consortium Utility…
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News
Appeal Court Sacks Katsina Senators, House Of Rep Members
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday fired two Senators and eight House of Representatives members from Katsina state,…
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Multimedia
Photo News: FCMB Holds Customers’ Forum For S/West Zone
The Executive Director, Lagos and South-west of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), Mr. Olufemi Bakre; the Managing Director of Mosope…
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Opinion
Opinion: Don’t Write Off Jonathan Yet By Olu Obafemi and Banji Ojewale
Perhaps the most vilified civilian President Nigeria has ever had is Goodluck Jonathan; and perhaps also for sometimes legitimate reasons.…
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Metro
Group Lauds Aregbesola, Says UK’s Adoption Of Sukuk Vindicates His Adoption Of The Islamic Bond
A socio-political group and volunteer organisation, Rise4Rauf, has extolled the foresighted leadership of the Governor of the State of Osun,…
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Metro
Akhigbe’s Body Arrives Saturday
New York – The body of late former Chief of General Staff, Vice-Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is expected to arrive in…
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Commotion As LAGBUS Erupts In Flames At Terminal
Commuters at the Ojodu/Berger terminal of LAGBUS on Friday took to their heels in panic after a bus which had…
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Multimedia
Photo News: Ayodele Adewale Marks 1,827 Days In Office
Chief Henry Ajomale (R) and Comrade Ayodele Adewale (2nd R) in a discussion at the occasion of the 5th year anniversary in…
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News
APC In Ruthless Recruitment Drive —Buhari •Leads Tinubu, Fashola, Others To Woo Kwankwaso, Lamido
NATIONAL leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, in Kano, on Thursday, said the party is on…
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Metro
Fashola, Ajomale, Tinubu-Ojo Shower Encomium As Adewale Marks 5th Year In Office
The Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government on Wednesday rendered account of his stewardship in the last five years, saying…
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News
My Colleagues Betrayed Me – Salami
Retired President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Ayo Salami, yesterday, likened himself to the biblical Joseph, saying he…
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Oduahgate: Lagos Denies Requesting For N255m BMW Cars
The controversy over the N255 million BMW bullet proof cars yesterday took a new turn when the Lagos State Government…
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Metro
I Came From Jos To Lagos For Pipeline Vandalism –Boy, 15
Fifteen-year-old Sani Musa on Thursday shocked onlookers during a parade by policemen attached to the Inspector General of Police Special…
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News
2015: Jittery Jonathan Holds Secret Talks With Amaechi, Dickson
THERE were indications that President Goodluck Jonathan, the Rivers State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and his Bayelsa State counterpart, Mr.…
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Confusion As Bride-to-be Commits Suicide
Usar community in Kwande local government are of Benue State was thrown into confusion when a bride-to-be allegedly committed suicide.…
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Teacher Arrested For Allegedly Sodomising 10 Pupils
Police in northwest Zimbabwe arrested a 24-year-old primary school teacher, who is accused of repeatedly sodomising at least 10 male students, state…
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Court Adjourns Babalakin’s Trial Till November 27
The ongoing trial of Dr. Wale Babalakin, the chairman, Bi-Courtney Limited., accused of transferring N4.7 billion on behalf of convicted…
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Metro
92 Migrants Found Dead In Sahara Desert
Rescuers have found the bodies of 92 migrants, most of them women and children, strewn across the Sahara desert in…
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Ex-LG Boss Killed By 17-Year-old Homosexual Partner
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed that the former chairman of Ingawa local government area of the state, late…
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