Year: 2010
IBB For President: An Exercise In Futility
It pains me to the marrows anytime I read IBB’s useless and unwanted stories on the pages of our newspapers…
Enough Of The Threats Over Zoning
There appears to be no end to the daily threats being issued by zoning protagonists to force the rest of…
The Pains Of Lagos Electricity Consumers
Some Consumers of electricity in different parts of Lagos, last week narrated the pains and agony they go through in…
ZAIN: When Will The Name Change Stop?
The company started as Econet Wireless Nigeria in 2001 then changed to Vodacom Nigeria in 2004. The same year it…
Raising Children The Healthy Way (2)
Last week we started this topic on raising children. Thanks for all your comments and questions. Raising children is a…
3 Houses Sealed, Reopened, For Flouting Sanitation Law
Houses number 8, 10 and 12 on Gaskiya College Road, Badia in Apapa/ Iganmu Local Council Development Area of Lagos…
FG To Partner With Private Sector In The development Of Gas Blocs —Sambo
Vice President Namadi Sambo, has disclosed that the Federal Government is desirous of partnering with the private sector to develop…
Aftermath Of Gang Attacks In Bayelsa: JTF Relaxes Security
The Joint Military Task has temporarily relaxed the security beefed up in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital last week after…
NNPC Staff Kidnapped —Residents Of Akwaka
Panic has gripped over 500,000 residents of Akwaka, in Rumuodamaya, the headquarters of Obio/Akpor local Government Area, suburb of Port…
New Executive Secretary For NEITI
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Mrs. Zainab Shamsuna Ahmed as the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Extractive…
Large Crowd At Ighodalo’s Church
Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) have moved in droves to Trinity House, a church founded by…
Oyo NURTW Boss Defies Court
Security has been beefed up in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, South-West Nigeria, following the tension caused by the refusal…
Workers Shut Down Shoprite
ShopRite, a South African grocery chain in Lekki, Lagos, South West Nigeria, where the wealthy and influential shop, is under…
2011: Northern PDP Govs, Leaders Fear Buhari
Governors elected on the platform of People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the Northern geopolitical zone are under increasing dilemma over…
Lawmakers kick Against Change Of Varsity’s Name
Ogun State lawmakers are poised for a showdown with the state governor, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, over the change in the…
AC Calls For Sanction Against Errant Senator
The Action Congress (AC) has called for the immediate suspension of the Chairman of the recently-dissolved Senate Committee on Communication,…
Cocaine: NDLEA Arrests 6 Suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said it arrested six persons for unlawful possession of powdery substances…
Clamp Down On Sanitation Offenders
Tough times are here for Lagos residents who break the environmental sanitation laws as government has stepped up enforcement to…
Lateness: Gov Fashola Sanctions Cabinet Members
The disease of late coming to work is not only spreading among Lagos State civil servants, but has now shifted…
Bad Road: Hope Rises For Egbeda, Ikotun Residents
Motorists plying the Egbeda-Idimu-Ikotun road will soon heave a sigh of relief as the Lagos State Government has assured that…
Navy Ordered To Pay Teacher N150m
The Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, South-South Nigeria, has awarded the N150 million against the Nigerian…
BRT Operators Increase Fare By 30 Percent
Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operators on Sunday commenced implementation of the marginal fare increase from Mile 12 to CMS. The…
Labour, MAN, Hail Release Of N30b Grant
The national body of textile workers union and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have commended the Federal Government for…
Lagos Begins Enumeration Of Enterprises
The Lagos State Government of Nigeria has kicked off the enumeration of all enterprises in the state in a bid…
Lagos, Civil Servants At War Over Heavy Tax
Members of the Lagos State Public Service are currently at war with the Babatunde Fashola-led government over heavy taxation as…
Voters’ Card: INEC To Rely On Biometric Data
INEC has said that it will rely on its biometric database to compile a fresh voters’ register ahead of the…
‘Why I’m Vying For House Of Reps’
Chairman, Ojodu Local Council Development Area, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, has declared his intention to represent Ikeja Federal Constituency in…
Presidency To Host Falconets
Nigeria’s Falconets, who are due back from Germany tonight after winning silver medal at the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup…
Anyansi Rues Enyimba’s Exit
Chairman of Enyimba Football Club of Aba, Felix Anyansi has lamented the ouster of his team from the CAF Confederation…