Month: June 2011
Time To Face The Electricity Quagmire
Will Nigerians ever have uninterrupted power supply? The question has become a recurring decimal since the mid 1970s when power…
Ojora Denies Harassment Allegation
Contrary to the deposition of Aro of Ijora, Chief Mufutau Oloyede, in a N10 million suit he instituted against the…
New Area Comptroller For Tin Can Port
The Nigeria Customs Service’s newly appointed Area Comptroller of the Tin Can Island Command, Edike Charles recently took over the…
Man Threatens To Kill Mom, Sister
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday remanded a 31-year old man, Abraham Aina, in prison custody over a threat to…
Mimiko Denies Nominating Aide For President Jonathan
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko on Tuesday denied reports in some sections of the media that he nominated a…
Amosun Dragged To Court Over Dissolution of OGSIEC
The Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has been dragged to an Abeokuta High Court over the dissolution of…
N93m Scam: Ex-Adamawa Gov Knows Fate July
Justice Adamu Bello of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned till 26 July, 2011 to hear…
N2.5 Billion Fraud: Court Orders IG To Producer Daily Times Owners
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Hafiz Riigim to produce the owners…
Benue Governorship Tribunal Fixes Date For Hearing Of Petition
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Makurdi today June 29, 2011 has fixed July 11, 2011 for commencement of…
Governor Amosun: How Daniel Raped Ogun State
On Wednesday 28 June, at a meeting with traditional rulers and other stakeholders in Ogun State, Governor Ibikunle Amosun, just…
Grandpa, Four Others Charged With Murder
An Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has ordered that a 76-year-old man and four others be remanded for…
ARMY/POLICE CLASH: Dismissed Soldier Faces Trial
Sunday Ayodeji, 32, the Lance Corporal who instigated the soldier and police clash at Obanikoro area of Lagos State, South…
FRSC Loses Zakary Mohammed
Popular Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, FRCN, broadcaster, Zakary Mohammed is dead. He died recently, though the cause of his…
DPP, Police At War Over Trial Of Olohunwa, MC Oluomo
The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, and the police were literally at war today at an Ikeja magistrate’s…
Senate Begins Screening Of Ministerial Nominees
Nigerian Senate this morning began the screening of the 34 ministerial nominees sent to the upper chamber yesterday by President…
Fashola’s Cabinet: Bello, Disu Others Screened
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly this morning began the screening of 37 cabinet nominees sent by the…
Herdsmen Demand N0.5 Trillion Compensation
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), on Tuesday demanded N500 billion as compensation for the families of…
Nweke Jnr. Chairs Secretaries’ Summit
Director General of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), Mr. Frank Nweke Jnr will tomorrow, 30 June, in Lagos, preside…
Provost Eha-Amufu COE Kidnapped
The Provost of Federal College of Education Eha-Amufu in Isi-Uzo Local Government area of Enugu State, Prof. Ben Mba was…
Smoke Chokes Mother, 2 Kids To Death
A woman and her two kids have been choked to death by smoke after fire razed their home in Ikotun,…
Siasia’s Axe On Osaze, An Error
Former youth international, Anthony Emedofu, a.k.a “Poropoâ€,who played for both the Golden Eaglets and the Flying Eagles, told ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE…
National Sports Festival: Port Harcourt Bubbles As Games Begin
The city of Port-Harcourt has come alive with the arrival of over 30 teams. The 17 th edition of the…
Lagos ‘ll Host Memorable 2012 Games —Fashola
The Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola, is optimistic about the state’s level of preparedness to host the 18th edition…
Police Bust 3-Man Robbery Gang
Nemesis has caught up with a three-man robbery gang robbing motorists and commuters on the IBB Bridge by Adeniji Adele…
An Evening With Goodluck Jonathan
I was a year older recently. It was a privilege not only to be alive but in a clime like…
Yet Another Season Of Fuel Subsidy Debate
To understand these ceaseless threats of removal of oil subsidy our rulers have found rather very pleasant to harass us,…
Air Travellers Must Be Protected
The embarrassing and unfair treatment Nigerian passengers go through at the country’s airports must be jettisoned. Daily, flights are delayed…
‘Lagos Assembly Now Research Centre’
The clerk of the Lagos House of Assembly, Olatunji Taiwo, has described the Assembly as a flourishing research and civic…
Boko Haram, A Tip Of The Iceberg —Bisi Yusuf
The lawmaker representing Alimoso Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuf, has warned Nigerians to expect…
What The Lagos Residents’ Registration Law Is About
If there is one thing that makes Omowunmi Olatunji-Edet, a lawmaker at the Lagos State House of Assembly proud, it…