Month: July 2010
Opalemo Veers Into Hospitality Biz
King of gospel music, Evangelist Femi Opalemo, has joined the league of top artistes who have at one time or…
Obesere’s Hip Hop Album Ready Sept.
Popular fuji musician, Abass Akande Obesere, has said that the hip hop album he is working on will be released…
Waiting For Love
Have you ever experienced delayed marriage? Gone are the days we used to think it was a woman’s ‘palaver’ but…
Lions Standing Guard For The Kongi And Other Great African Writers
The first time I came across the name Wole Soyinka was in a book titled West African Verse: an anthology…
Siblings In Marriage
On Tuesday, I wrote about women and their siblings in marriage. As usual, men were so excited to have a…
SSP Set For Foreign Tour
Afro Juju music creator, Sir Shina Peters, is set to embark on a four-month musical tour of the United States…
Action Congress Chides PDP Over Zoning
The Action Congress today in Abuja slammed the ruling Peoples Democratic Party; PDP, for elevating what is purely an internal…
FCT High Court Gets 8 New Judges
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina–Alu, this morning in Abuja at the Supreme Court Complex swore in 8…
Kidnapped PDP Chieftain, Wife Released After 10 Days In Captivity
The chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers State, High Chief Sam Ezebalike of Iuowo community, Ahoada, in…
Kidnappers Ignore Onovo, Police IG, As Ultimatum Expires For The Release Of Journalists,
It appears the gunmen who kidnapped four journalists coming to Lagos on Sunday have chosen to ignore the ultimatum issued…
4 Killed In Multiple Crash
Tragedy struck this morning at Iyana Ilogbo, along the Lagos- Abeokuta Expressway when four people were killed in a multiple…
Appeal Court Endorses Sack Of Pro-Ladoja Chairmen
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State in Nigeria, this morning struck out an appeal brought…
Action Congress Courts Young Leaders In A Major Paradigm Shift
As against the controversy generated by the zoning policy of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the major opposition party,…
Cop Dies After Robbery Attack
A police corporal, Monday Ijebor attached to Idimu Police Station, Lagos, Nigeria, has died after sustaining gun shot wounds during…
Lagos Ministry Of Works Engineer Electrocuted
A civil engineer with the Lagos State Ministry of Works and Infrastructure, South West, Nigeria, Engineer Taofeek Oluwakemi Saromi, has…
Family, Friends Pray At Dipo Dina’s 50th Post-Humous BirthdayDina
The slain Action Congress governorship candidate for Ogun State, Adedipupo Dina clocked 50 years yesterday and a special prayer was…
Vasity Student, 2 Others Arrested With Guns
A 200 level student of Mass Communication of Tai Solarin University of Education, (TASUED), Ijegun near Ijebu Ode, Ogun State…
China To Build $8b Refinery In Nigeria
It will be the first of three refineries under a deal signed in May between Nigeria’s state oil company, NNPC,…
Man Remanded Over N30m Gold Theft
A man, Solomon John, 28 has been remanded in prison custody by a Tapa Magistrate’s Court, Lagos Island, for allegedly…
NIMASA DG Assures Of Quality Service
The Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Temisan Omatseye, has assured stakeholders…
Beware Of Sycophants, Jonathan Advised
A cleric, Prophet Samuel Olawale Kogberegbe, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to beware of pastors he described as prayer merchants.…
Gov Condemns Kidnap Of Journalists
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State on Wednesday condemned the kidnapping of four journalists and their driver and called on…
Elect Credible Leaders In 2011
Nigerians have been told to elect the right persons in positions of authority during the 2011 elections. Giving this advice…
43 Companies Profit From Tree Planting —Fashola
Forty-three companies have been formed while 4,800 people have been employed directly and indirectly following the introduction of the tree…
Police Arrest 17 Over Protest In Ekiti
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 17 persons from Ikere-Ekiti in Ikere Local Government Area over the protest against…
Lawyer Charged With Theft
A Lagos-based lawyer, Ochuba Peter, has been charged before the Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ebute-Metta for allegedly stealing a Volkswagen Bora…
Ex-militant Leaders Decry Kidnapping Of Journalists
Some ex-militants have condemned the kidnapping of four journalists in Abia on Sunday. Opunamah Adabafe and Awei Akoke told newsmen…
NAFDAC Amends Charges Against Offenders
National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has amended charges against Ukogu Tochuckwu Donatus and Nnaji Edwin…
Perversion Of Justice: Businessman Drags IG To Court
In a bid to forestall the perversion of justice by the men of the Nigeria Police in the office of…
N37Million Slammed On Nigerian Airforce
A Nigerian businessman, Mr. Ken Amah, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Ampec Royal Limited company, has slammed N37…