Emmanuel Gyang of Plateau State has set the first record of the KADA 2009 National Sports Festival, creating a new national record in the 10,000m event. The 18-year old athlete, was first to reach the finish line in the10,000m event yesterday as he returned at a time of 30min 29.02 secs to dust the record [...]
A customer of Yaba, Lagos branch of Sterling Bank Plc, Nomor Limited, alleged to have lost the sum of N9.5million in a banking transaction, has petitioned Special Anti Fraud Unit of the Nigerian police force. In a letter authored by the counsel to the company, it was alleged that on Friday, 16 January, the company [...]
A US Congressman, Russ Feingold, stirred the hornet’s nest recently with his categorization of Nigeria as one of Africa ’s failed states. Senator Feingold is the Chairman of the US Senate Subcommittee on Africa . His scathing comments expectedly elicited reactions from the Nigerian government and people. While some notable Nigerians concurred with the US [...]
Good Sheperd Schools, Meiran held its fifth Inter-House Sports competition on Tuesday with Ojokoro Micro-Finance House, which is Red House emerging winner. The competition held at the playing ground of Lagos State Model College, Meiran saw Ojokoro Micro-Finance House winning 17 gold, 17 silver and 7 bronze. Green House came second with 12 gold, 8 [...]
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Food, have destroyed fake drugs valued at N20 million in Mushin/Isolo area of the state. This is part of the sustained war against fake drugs in the state, to ensure high drug quality and rid the state off [...]
Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), yesterday assured market men and women who have made deposits at the Kaiyero Model Market in Oshodi that they would not be displaced for sellers of electronic items in the market. The governor also denied that the state government had authorised the sale of forms in respect of [...]
