Month: June 2010
Amaechi Threatens To Deal With Corrupt Officials In Rivers
Worried about the flamboyant lifestyles of some persons holding high offices in the Rivers government, the State Governor, Chibuike Amaechi,…
Thugs Foil Sack Of Oyo State Speaker
There was a huge commotion at the Oyo State House of Assembly in Ibadan, Nigeria, today as thugs stormed the…
Kogi Governorship Aspirant Docked For Money Laundering
The immediate past Commissioner for Finance in Kogi State, Mr. Samuel Abiodun Ojo, Tolurunjuwon Joseph Fawiyi, the state Commissioner for…
Fashola Meets Hamburg Business Community
At the instance of the German Consul-General, the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday led a…
NURTW Crisis Rocks Mushin
The week-old crisis rocking Mushin area of Lagos State, Nigeria, has continued unabated as parties in the crisis have continued…
AC Chieftain Slumps, Dies
A national officer and one of the leaders of Action Congress, AC, in Lagos State, Nigeria, Alhaji Ola Bode Abdullahi…
Muslim Leaders Alert Jonathan On Religious Violence
Unable to bear the continued harassment and killings that have trailed the crisis between the Shiites and the Sunnis, two…
I Came To Lagos To Make Money, Suspect Tells Court
A 24-year old man, Obi John, has told an Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, Nigeria presided by Mrs. M.B. Folami that…
LASIEC Sets To Create Additional Wards, Polling Units
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) on Monday announced plans to create additional wards and polling units. The News…
SNG Tasks Politicians On Credentials
The United Kingdom branch of the Save Nigeria Group (SNG) has tasked Nigerians to demand that politicians aspiring for public…
Pilgrim Warns Against Fake Hajj Operators
As the 2010 pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia approaches, intending pilgrims have been warned to be wary of fake…
Don’t Allow Oshoffa’s Legacy To Die —Prophet
The President and Founder, City Gate Ministries in Benin City, Edo State, Prophet Ojo Agge, has reiterated that the unification…
Beware Of Argentina, Okocha, Kalika Warn Eagles
Erstwhile skipper of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, Austin “Jay Jay†Okocha and assistant coach of the Dream Team IV…
Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme, Screening Begins 18 June
A comprehensive screening exercise, aimed at picking budding stars for the Adopt-A-Talent Sports Programme has been slated for Teslim Balogun…
Emmanuel, Abinu Relish CBN Open Crowns
Winners of the Men and Women’s Singles of the just concluded Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Open, are happy that…
Golden Chance Lotto Cup Enters Semi Finals
The semi final matches of the ongoing Golden Chance Lotto Cup Championship will be played today and tomorrow at the…
Abiola: What Jonathan Should Do
“If Kudirat Abiola and her husband Moshood Abiola and all other martyrs to General Abacha’s tyranny are not to have…
Obasanjo’s Self Delusion And 2011 (II)
Back to the South-West, the earlier the PDP begins to re-assess itself if present day realities are anything to go…
Unfinished Police Business
It is gratifying to note that the crime rate in Lagos, the nation’s busiest commercial centre, has dropped significantly and…
Glo Wins Telecom Licence In Senegal
Africa’s telecommunication giant, Globacom has recorded another milestone in its bid to build the biggest and best network in Africa…
Ibori’s Sister, Mistress Sentenced
Two associates of former Delta State governor, James Ibori, namely Udoamaka Okoronkwo (his mistress) and his sister, Christine Ibie-Ibori, have…
EFCC Probes $15m Daimler, ANAMMCO Bribery Scam, Quizzes Four Officials
Farida Waziri, the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC said today in Abuja that she is not bothered…
Robbers Throw Down Woman From Storey Building
The Ogunshakins who reside at 20, Ogunnaike Street, Palmgrove, Shomolu, Lagos, Nigeria, will not forget in a hurry their ordeal…
Island Club Poll: Court Stops Ademola Dada
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos this morning, while assuming jurisdiction to hear the Island Club suit, disqualified the…
Uniport Shut —Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
As tension brews at the campus of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria over the alleged killing of…
Beware Of OBJ, Akiolu Warns Ribadu
The Oba of Lagos, Nigeria, Oba Rilwan Osuolale Akinolu, has warned the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes…
Fire Razes LG Electronics
The office of electronics merchants, LG Electronics, at Warehouse Road, Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria was razed by an early morning fire,…
Bayelsa Lawmakers, Govt Trade Words Over Impeachment
The plan by members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly to impeach the Deputy Governor, Mr. Peremobowei Ebebi, is…