Month: October 2010
From Growing Pains To Terminal Disease?
A paper presented by Professor Wole Soyinka at the 40th Annual Accountants’ Conference It is the season of stock-taking, or…
ACN Decries Police Role In Political Persecution In Akwa Ibom
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has strongly condemned the role of the police in the ongoing political persecution of…
Chilean Miracle: Buried 33 Miners Rescued After 69 Days
Sixty-nine days after they were trapped almost 700 metres underground, the 33 Chilean miners were being rescued this morning one…
SEX ROMP: Lawyer Dies In Hotel Room
A lawyer, George Eneji, who worked with Edem Egba Eneji, a law chambers along Barracks Road in Calabar, Cross River…
Halliburton Bribes: OBJ’s Aide Pleads Not Guilty
Mr. Adeyanju Bodunde, former aide to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, was this morning arraigned before Justice Adamu Bello of a…
Simeon, Sabdat Evicted From GUS
As the Gulder Ultimate Search competition inches closer to its climax, two other contestants -Simeon Okorougo and Sabdat Ahmed were…
K-1 Plays For Fela
The New Afrika Shrine will be agog tonight as Fuji King, Wasiu Omogbolahan Anifowoshe, a.k.a. K-1 De Ultimate, performs in…
I’ve Been Unfairly Treated —Dingyadi
As the day of decision for the resolution of the Sokoto State governorship election dispute approaches, the candidate of the…
Niger Gov Urges Saraki To Step Down
Governor Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, North Central Nigeria, has urged Kwara State Governor, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, to…
Nigerians Will Miss Fafunwa —Okunnu
Nigerians have continued to eulogise former Minister of Education, Prof. Babatunde Fafunwa who died in Abuja on Monday. Eminent personalities…
Fashola, Tinubu, Others Pay Last Respects To Prof Babatunde Fafunwa
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Tuesday joined eminent personalities like former Governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and…
Eguavoen Opts For U-23 Job
Interim Coach of the Super Eagles, Austin Eguavoen says he will be better off with the coaching job of U-23…
Osayemi In Tears, LOC Withdraws Her Gold Medal, Indian Also Fails Dope Test
It has been an endless weeping and gnashing of teeth for Damola Osayemi, the Nigerian athlete, who failed a dope…
Fake MOT Syndicate Smashed
The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police in its continued crusade against fraudsters has smashed a five-member syndicate which…
ICPC Chairman Charges Parties On Corruption
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Miscellaneous Offences Commission (ICPC) has demanded that political parties submit their anti-graft strategies for…
25 Parties Gang Up Against ACN In Lagos
Ahead of the 2011 governorship election, 25 registered political parties in Nigeria have formed a coalition to wrestle power from…
Govt Needs To Review, Enforce Pools Edict
Major Sammy Ogunyebo (retd), President, Lagos State Pools Agents Association, LASPAAÂ speaks on the problems facing the pools industry and…
Lagos Marks Nine Buildings For Demolition
In a bid to stem the spate at which buildings collapse in the state, the Lagos State Lagos State Physical…
Industrialist Tasks Mimiko
An industrialist and prominent indigene of Oka Akoko, Ondo State, Prince Olusegun Ologbese has frowned at the exclusion of indigenes…
Omole Golden Rotary Club Takes On Poverty
Rotary Club of Omole –Golden has identified hunger and poverty as critical issues to be addressed in the community, if…
Court Remands Man In Prison
A man,Thomas Dada, 27 who allegedly assaulted a lady identified only as Kudirat, has been remanded in prison custody on…
Lawmaker Appeals To Somolu Residents
Residents of Somolu have been urged to be steadfast on the choice of candidates that will represent them at the…
Fake Soldier Charged With Stealing
A fake soldier who claimed to be a private in the Nigerian Army, Francis Erebulu, 41, has been arraigned on…
Golden Girl Turns Subject Of Hate In India
In what has become almost inevitable at multi-sports events, Commonwealth Games Federation president Mike Fennell announced the first doping case…
Coach Esu Fired!
Nigeria Premier League debutants Crown Football Club of Ogbomosho have fired their chief coach, Godfrey Esu. Chairman of the club,…
The Siege In Aba Is Real
I did not realise that the siege on Aba is no tea party until I got home in Nnewi Anambra…
Jail Term For Ibru: A Slap In The Wrist
The six months jail sentence meted out to Cecilia Ibru, for defrauding Oceanic Bank Plc of an eye-popping N191 billion…
Belts, Trophies For BRF Wrestlemania Land In Lagos
The Local Organising Committee, LOC, of the BRF Wrestlemania 2010 has taken delivery of golden belts and trophies meant for…
Community Tasks Govt On Roads
To the members of Sunmoni Hughes community in Ifako-Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria, good roads and functioning…
Cab Operators Assure On Safety
Lagos State Taxi Drivers and Cab Operators Association (LASTDCOA), operators of conventional taxi and cab system in Lagos State, has…