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Nigerian senate prescribes stiff penalties for human traffickers
The Senate on Wednesday passed a bill prohibiting trafficking in persons which stipulated stiffer penalties for offenders. The Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition) Bill seeks to repeal and amend the...
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Mourinho charged with improper conduct
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, still celebrating his Chelsea team’s quarter finals qualifications in Europe’s Champions League, has been charged with improper conduct by the English Football...
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Sanusi’s suit suffers another adjournment
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till 8 April hearing in Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi’s suit, challenging his suspension as the Governor of the Central Bank by President...
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France charges son of E-Guinea’s leader with money laundering
Teodorin NguemaFrance has charged the son of Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema of money laundering, his lawyer and a judicial official said Wednesday. Teodorin Obiang was charged as...
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Nigeria’s army chief tells Boko Haram dialogue or get crushed
Nigeria’s military on Wednesday told Boko Haram militants that talks remained an option, as top brass visited troops in the group’s traditional stronghold. “To the insurgents, the dialogue table is...
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‘Motherfuckers’ in government in Nigeria
Olufolaji Fadeyibi I know I am going to receive a lot of advice on how I am too old to use profanity. Do not waste your time sending one. I ain’t gonna read your shit. The Nigerian government prides...
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RVP’s hat-trick sees Man United through
Robin van Persie scored a sensational hat-trick as Manchester United beat Olympiakos 3-0 to progress to the Champions League quarter-finals on Wednesday, while Borussia Dortmund joined them in the last...
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CBN submits 2014 budget to National Assembly
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Wednesday submitted and defended its 2014 budget proposal before the House of Representatives Committee on Banking and Finance. It was the first time that the CBN...
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PDP challenges opposition to a debate
The leadership of Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday in Abuja, challenged the opposition parties to a debate on the achievements of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led...
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Obama: Malaysian plane search top priority
President Barack Obama said Wednesday the search for the missing Malaysian airliner was a “top priority” for the United States and offered every possible resource — including the FBI. In his first on...
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Lafarge WAPCO to pay N3.30k dividend
Lafarge WAPCO, Nigeria’s second largest cement producer has released its trading result for last year, with profit after tax jumping almost 100 per cent from N14.7billion in 2012 to N28.2billion last...
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Day Polytechnic Students Paralysed Activities In Lagos
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Students of Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, government-owned polytechnics in Lagos State and a non government organisation, Education Rights Campaign, on Monday, expressed...
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NIJ Graduates 484 Students
Damilare Okunola At least, four hundred and eighty four students graduated from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, during its fourth convocation and prize giving ceremony held on Wednesday at...
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As States Face Bleak Economic Future
On 3 March, Governor Babatunde Fashola stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly with a new set of challenges of governance. Just like his face showed as he stepped up to address the state lawmakers,...
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Put A New Filter In Place
By Sharon Jane Akinyemi Maybe I shouldn’t have been surprised. But I was. Since cutting gluten from my diet for this season of Lent, I’ve been making some changes, even to my snacking. Now, I don’t...
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DPO Batters Female Trader
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Oko-Oba Police Station, Mr. Akintade Williams, on Tuesday night at Olayinwola road Abule-Egba battered a female trader identified as Madam Pere. The victim...
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Man Dumps 2 Kids In Court To Protest Wife’s Arrest
Cyriacus Izuekwe There was drama at Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Wednesday, when a man identified as Emeka Akabundu, dumped his two kids at the court premises in protest over...
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Mopol Knocks Down LASTMA Official With Gun Butt
Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A Mobile Policeman a.k.a. MOPOL, knocked unconscious an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Wednesday, following an argument. The Mobile Policemen...
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Bowen University Students On The Rampage
Taiwo Okanlawon Students of Bowen University, Iwo, on Wednesday night went on the rampage while kicking against the university authorities’ plans to increase tuition fees. The students of the private...
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Battle Between Otudeko, Dangote Rages Over Port Land
Akin Kuponiyi As the legal battle for the ownership of a portion of land at Apapa Port rages on between two foremost Nigerian businessmen Oba Otudeko and Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the plaintiff in the case...
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