Month: October 2010
Shoprite Lower Price Claim: How True?
By all standards, Shoprite is a world class supermarket. With outlets in over 20Â countries, the supermarket chain is arguably…
CPC Cautions Airlines Over Maltreatment Of Passengers
Worried over the plight of passengers in the hand of airline operators, the Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has warned that…
HP Slate: The Business Notebook Without A Keyboard
HP has at last revealed its long-awaited Slate, an 8.9-inch tablet with capacitive multi-touch and running Windows 7. The Slate,…
Stakeholders Seek Rejuvenation Of Iganmu Industrial Estate
Chairman of Surulere Local Government, Dr. Olusegun Razak Folami, has called on stakeholders, both private and public, to bring back…
Commuters, Drivers Demand Park, Shelter
The persistent traffic gridlock at the Cele axis of Oshodi/Mile 2 Expressway, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, could become a thing of…
Community Appeals To LCDA Over Dev
Residents of Alafia Estate, Oke-Ira, Aguda, Ogba, in Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, have appealed to the…
HOD Stresses Importance Of Broadcast Media
The Head of Department of Mass Communication, Wolex Polytechnic, Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos, Mr. Fatai Akinbola, has stressed the importance of the…
Pedestrians Abandon Footbridge
Pedestrians have again abandoned the foot bridge and resorted to dashing across the expressway and rail line at Oshodi. Sometime…
Lawmaker’s Wife Becomes Iyaloja General
Alhaja (Chief) Monsurat Oluwayemisi Adunni Owolabi a.k.a. Ola Oluwa, the wife of a lawmaker representing Lagos Mainland Constituency in the…
Groups Laud LG Boss
Chairman, Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Hon. Demola Doherty, has been commended by different groups in the area…
FG Approves Funds For Remodelling 4 Airports
The Minister of Aviation, Mrs. Fedelia Njeze, this morning disclosed that the Federal Government has approved money for the remodelling…
Pastor Kumuyi Marries Secretly In London
Details have emerged on how the General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry, Pastor William Kumuyi, 71, remarried secretly in the…
Lagos ACN Lambasts Ekiti PDP Over NJC Petition
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has lambasted Ekiti PDP for petitioning against the universally applauded…
UK Police Probe Death Of Nigerian Teenager
A murder inquiry is under way in the United Kingdom after a Nigerian teenager was shot dead when two balaclava-clad…
3 Soldiers, Others Killed In Land War
Three soldiers drafted from the Recce Battalion, Ikom in Cross River State to calm communal hostilities between the warring communities…
Cholera Kills Over 1,500 Nigerians
At least 1,555 people have died of cholera in Nigeria this year, marking a likely peak in a three-year-old surge…
NB Plc Showers N26.5m On Gulder Ultimate Search Contestants
Nigerian Breweries Plc, through its Gulder Brand, celebrated the success story of the 12 Nigerian youths who excelled greatly in…
New Judge Takes Over Akingbola’s Case
The trial of the former Chief Executive Officer of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Dr. Erastus Akingbola, temporarily suffered a setback this…
Police Arrest 14 NURTW Members, Avert Mayhem
What could have been a serious mayhem in Ekiti was today averted by the Ekiti State Police Command as they…
Girl Held Over False Alarm
A 19-year old girl in Minna, capital of Niger State, North Central Nigeria, has been arrested by the police for…
Nigeria Escapes FIFA’s Axe, As NANF Withdraws Suit Against NFF
There is a ray of hope that the temporary lifting of ban on the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, by the…
Nigerian Players Set To Redeem Image
As Futures 2 of the 10th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship serves off today, Nigerian players are set to redeem…
NBBF Probes Age Scandal
The board of Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF, last weekend rose from its emergency board meeting held in Abuja with plans…
Northwest Holds Clinic/Tournament
A week-long tournament and coaching clinic for youth teams in the Northwest Zone of the country started yesterday in Kano.…
Coaching Education ’ll Help Nigerian Basketball
Patrick Omo-Osagie is a Principal Consultant with Sports Concern Nigeria Limited. He has been a basketballer from his days in…
Minister Promises To Sanitise Agric Ministry
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Prof. Sheik Abdullah, has promised to sanitise the ministry to ensure efficiency and…
I Want Justice, Mother Of Pupil Found Dead In Septic Tank Cries Out
Mother of the two-year old pupil found in a septic tank in a Lagos nursery and primary school has cried…
N/Assembly Tasked On LG Auditors General Office
The National Assembly has been urged to include the office of the Auditor-General for Local Governments in the proposed constitutional…
PDP Charges ACN To Ease Lagosians’ Burden
The Peoples Democratic party, PDP, has said it is a saddening development that life is becoming increasingly unbearable for the…
‘Why We Have Old Men In Neighbourhood Watch
Development, Prince Lanre Balogun has defended the inclusion of old men in the grassroots security outfit, Neighbourhood Watch, NW, saying…