Month: June 2010
17 Years After June 12
If anybody had told the annullers of June 12, 1993 presidential election results that in 2010 Nigerians will still be…
N10b On Jamboree Of Failure
It is unreasonable and even disheartening that the Federal Government has budgeted N10 billion to celebrate the 50th anniversary of…
FG Promises Support For Anti Graft War
The AGF, while expressing government support to the anti-graft agency , stated that government was not oblivious of the resolve…
10 Kids Rescued From Fake Orphanage
Officials of Lagos State Government, Nigeira, have shut another illegal orphanage and rescued 10 children from the home located at…
EFCC Probes Akala’s N8b Road Contract
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has intensified its probe of Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala’s claim that his…
Injured Woman Escaping From Our Agents, Says NDLEA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has denied that its men who raided 20, Ogunnaike Street, Palmgrove, Lagos Nigeria,…
Hitv Boss, Toyin Subair Risks Jail Over Contempt Of Court
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Entertainment Highway Limited, also known as Hitv, Toyin Subair, may be jailed…
Marriage To 13-Year Old: Islamic Group Plans One-Million-Man March For Yerima
The group contended that Yerima’s marriage was strictly a private affair and that he should be left alone and warned…
INEC’S JOB: Mixed Reactions Trail Jega’s Appointment
Mixed reactions have trailed the appointment of Professor Attahiru Jega as the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, by President…
Fire Razes Igando Market
Traders and artisans arrived Igando Market early this morning and wept when they saw that their shops, stalls and goods…
Ibadan Calm As Parliament Building Under Lock And Key
Following the crisis that erupted yesterday as a result of the moves by sixteen members of the Oyo State House…
Lagos Assembly Splits LASPHIDA Into Three Agencies
The Lagos State House of Assembly, South-West Nigeria, has finally split the State Ministry of Physical Planning & Urban Development…
Lawmakers Suspend Council Chairman, Another Escapes Attack
The chairman of Emure Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Sesan Aruwaji, has been suspended by the state House of…
64 Unilever Workers Seek Redress Over Sack
Over sixty-four sacked workers of Unilever Nigeria PLC have approached a Lagos High Court presided by Justice T. Ojikutu-Oshodi, to…
Man Burgles Court Twice
“I must confess that I am a habitual criminal. I have been involved in several criminal activities since I came…
Ekiti Council Workers’ Salaries Trapped In Bank
The Ekiti State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), has raised the alarm that the recent…
We’re Open To Criticism, Bariga Council Boss Tells Residents
Chairman, Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos State Akeem Omoyele Sulaimon, has said that his administration is open to…
Why Lagos Honoured Okoya-Thomas —Adele
Lagos State Government says it named the Sports Hall of Teslim Balogun Stadium after Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas because of his…
Ndanusa Commissions First Roof Court Commissions
President of the Nigeria Tennis Federation Engr. Sani Ndanusa on Sunday commissioned the Roof Tennis Court of the Best Western…
NBBF Moves Out Of Abuja Stadium
The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, rose from their board meeting last weekend to review the on-going 2009/2010 DStv Premier League…
Averting Gang Wars In Lagos
Monday this week was another day rival gangs in Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria, clashed. The clash resulted in wanton destruction of…
Hoodlums Attempt To Burn BCOS
Mayhem that erupted today in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, Nigeria, over an attempt to impeach the Speaker of Oyo…
Jonathan Picks Prof. Jega As INEC Chairman
President Goodluck Jonathan has nominated Prof. Attahiru Jega as the new Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. The…
Hoodlums Attempt To Burn BCOS
Mayhem that erupted today in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, Nigeria, over an attempt to impeach the Speaker of Oyo…
Bayelsa Assembly Directs CJ to Set Up Probe Panel on Deputy Governor
Amidst tight security the Bayelsa House of Assembly, South-South, Nigeria, today passed a resolution directing the State Chief Judge, Justice…
INEC Chairman: Buhari, IBB, OBJ Storms Council of State Meeting
For the first time in many years, all former Nigerian leaders were present at the epochal meeting of National Council…
7 Months After: 10-Year Old Escapes From Kidnapper’s Den
A 10-year old boy, Oche Emmanuel John, allegedly kidnapped seven months ago has been found by two passers-by around Akilbu,…
EKITI GOVT. PROSECUTES SEVEN FOR ALLEGE MURDER
Seven persons are now facing trial in various courts in Ado-Ekiti their alleged involvement in murder. Solicitor General and Permanent…
INEC Is Cheating Lagos —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has cried out over perceived continuous cheating of Lagos State by the Independent National…