As Lagos residents were making last minute preparations on New Year’s Eve to usher in2012, tragedy struck again, when a two-storey building, under construction, collapsed in Oshodi Local Government Area of Lagos State killing three persons.

Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah was an unusual draft in the nominations for Vanguard’s Man of the year. Neither her entrepreneurial skills which earned her a huge fortune in the oil and gas industry nor her acclaimed role in mobilising finances for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan’s presidential campaign mattered.

People that don’t have people to send them to school are helpless. President Jonathan should do everything to help the helpless; he should as the president of this country identify such people and provide the wherewithal for them to go to school” – Pa Tete Allen, (via an interpreter)

Nigeria began the new year Sunday under a state of emergency in areas targeted by Islamist attacks as soldiers flooded hard-hit cities in a bid to end spiralling violence in Africa’s most populous nation.

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and some eminent lawyers on Sunday hailed the Federal Government’s declaration of state of emergency in parts of Yobe, Borno, Plateau and Niger states.

The Parish Priest of St Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, Rev. Fr. Isaac Achi, has extended an olive branch to those who bombed his church on Christmas Day.

Manchester United continued to insist star striker Wayne Rooney missed Saturday’s shock defeat by Blackburn Rovers for fitness reasons after reports emerged he’d been dropped for a night out.

A former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Archbishop Magnus Atilade, on Saturday advised the federal government to accept offers from foreign countries to help tackle terrorism.

The federal governemnet has finally removed the controversial fuel subsidy. Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) made the announcement on Sunday.

LONDON (AFP) – Andre Villas-Boas admits Chelsea’s poor form in December has cost them any chance of winning the Premier League title race. But the manager remains confident his position is not under threat despite his admission that his side’s performances have fallen well short of expectations. Villas-Boas’s side sank to a 3-1 loss to […]

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has backed Dutch striker Robin van Persie to maintain his sparkling form in 2012.

President Goodluck Jonathan took a bold step yesterday to end the spate of gun and bomb attacks unleashed in some parts of the country by the Boko Haram sect. The president imposed a state of emergency in four states namely Borno, Yobe, Plateau and Niger.

The Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles will tomorrow take on Catalonia as part of its pre-Afcon 2013 training programme. The team which has been camping in Faro, Portugal for the past one week will jet out to Catalunya from Faro at 5am, Portuguese time(6am Nigerian time).

Anybody or group threatening the peace and security of Nigeria is challenging the will of God, the Chairman, Adamawa Muslim Council, Alhaji Shu’aibu Girei, has said.

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has urged Nigerians to stand firm in the Year 2012 and should not surrender to fear, even in the face of intimidation and violent attacks by those desperate to spread mutual hatred.