Month: May 2010
Handball Boss Counsels NOCBoss
President of the Handball Federation of Nigeria, HFN, Yusuf Dauda has advised Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, to hold the election…
A Contract To Save, Transform Nigeria (1)
At independence in 1960, Nigeria was celebrated for its potential: the magnitude and vitality of its peoples, the enormity of…
That There May Be A Hitch Free World Cup
There is no place the cowardly Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaeda don’t strike. They can kill innocent people without compunction. Now…
Ribadu Reinstated As AIG, Retired
The Police Service Commission, PSC, has reinstated the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Malam Nuhu…
Dangote Denies Bid For Arsenal
Contrary to the story published in many daily newspapers in Nigeria today and rest of the world that Nigeria’s richest…
Sex Orgy In Lagos School
Teachers and parents of the junior secondary arm of the Oriwu College, Ikorodu were shell-shocked to learn that students had…
Unrepentant Criminal: Deportee Swallows Heroin On Way Back
After spending five years in an Afghan prison for drug trafficking, a Nigerian drug convict again swallowed 88 wraps of…
Fashola Swears In Ogunlewe As HOS
Govenor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, Nigeria today swore in the new Head of Service, Mr. Adesegun Ogunlewe, with a…
Nurse Sends Pregnant Woman To Grave
A nurse who doubles as a midwife, Rachael Ogu, has allegedly sent a pregnant woman, Ebere Obaji Nwagwu, to her…
Fresh Religious Violence Hits Jos
Fresh violence between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria left one person dead and another seriously wounded on Sunday, a day…
Youth Leader Killed In P/H
An anti-robbery squad has been deployed to Elingbu Community, in Obio/ Akpor local Government area, a suburb of Port Harcourt,…
Fashola Hands Over Rebuilt Palace Of Lagos Oba
Amidst rich cultural display, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Sunday handed over the reconstructed and renewed Palace of…
Don’t Appoint Akunyili As INEC Boss —AC Warns Jonathan
The Action Congress (AC) has said it will be a mistake of epic proportion if President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria…
Lagos Was Bankrupt When I Took Over In 1999, Says Tinubu
Former Governor Bola Tinubu of Lagos State on Sunday in Lagos said the state was bankrupt when he took over…
‘FG Not Sincere On Electoral Reform’
Former governor of Oyo State, Nigeria and a chieftain of the Action Congress (AC), Alhaji Lamidi Adesina, has accused the…
Taxi Crushes Man
A man in his early 40s lost his life on Thursday’s afternoon at Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. He was knocked down…
Woman Claims Pastor Charmed Her For Marriage
A mother of two, Mrs. Omotayo Raymond Amajee, 30, has told Ojo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court at Olojo Drive, Ojo,…
Fishermen Blame Fish Scarcity On Oil Spillage
Fishermen operating in the Atlantic shoreline in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria have attributed the current fish scarcity in the area…
Jealous Lover Stabs Girlfriend
A 37-year old barber, Sunday Bassey, has been arrested by the police at the Makinde Police Station, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria…
Pro-Fashola Group To Hold Re-Election Rally
A group, Babatunde Raji Fashola (BARAFAS) Fans Club, has vowed to hold a state-wide rally on 29 May to drum…
KAI Prosecutes 2,831 Lagosians
Officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) have prosecuted at least 2,831 Lagosians who violated the environmental laws of the…
Baby Girl Stolen At Beer Parlour
AÂ toddler, Morenikeji Bilikisu Sadiq has been stolen by a lady who gave her name as Amarachi. Amarachi, who claimed…
IBB Replies His Critics In A New Book
Former military Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida this morning in Abuja upped his bid to actualise his ambition…
Chicken With Four Limbs In Ogun
Residents of Ojuore in Sango area were amazed when a chick with four limbs was hatched by a mother hen…
Church To Sue Akala For Demolition Akala
Following the demolition of both the main and temporary auditorium of the Jesus The Great Miracle Ministry, a church in…
Equatorial Guinea Urged To Retry Nigerian Coup Suspects
Amnesty International today called for the fair retrial of seven Nigerian nationals, convicted by a court in Equatorial Guinea for…
U. I. Pays Two-Month Salary Arrears To Staff
After eight months withholding of August and September 2009 striking salaries of The staff of the University of Ibadan, (U.I),…
Nigerian Convicted For Exam Fraud In South Africa
A Nigerian aspiring commercial pilot was yesterday found guilty by the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court of getting a friend to…
Late Dipo Dina’s Will Out
The last will and testament of the slain gubernatorial candidate of the Action Congress, AC, Otunba Dipo Dina, prepared by…