Year: 2010
Islamic Militants Invade Jos Village
A farmer was killed and two others are unaccounted for after around 200 people raided a Christian village near the…
Christ Embassy Dragged To Court Over Land
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s church, Believers Loveworld a.k.a. Christ Embassy, has been dragged to a Lagos court in Nigeria over land…
DOCTORS’ STRIKE: Patients Locked Out Of Hospital
The industrial action embarked upon by medical doctors in government-owned hospitals in Edo has resulted in patients being evacuated from…
Fake AIG Nabbed
A 62-year old man who has been paraded himself as an Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Aderemi Wunmi, was yesterday arrested…
FIFA Meets Over Nigeria
World football governing body, FIFA has commenced an emergency meeting to discuss Nigeria’s situation following President Goodluck Jonathan’s reversal of…
Don’t Contest In 2011, Jonathan Warned
President Goodluck Jonathan has been warned against contesting next year’s presidential election as the controversy over zoning of the president…
Commissioner Pledges More Govt Presence In Agboyi-Ketu LCDA
The Lagos State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Prince Rotimi Agunsoye, has pledged to continue to execute developmental…
Let’s Stop Praying And Start Planning
South African 2010 FIFA World Cup Local Organising Committee, LOC CEO, Danny Jordaan, in this interview with Tunde Oyedele in…
Proud Ghana Welcomes Back Black Stars
Ghanaians turned out in their thousands to cheer their soccer team’s arrival home late yesterday spraying their jet with water…
Lagos Inter-Tertiary Games: School Officials commend Fashola
Most of the senior officials of the participating institutions who were present at the final ceremony of the 2nd edition…
When Honourable Turn Pugilists…
What transpired on the floor of the NASS on June 22, 2010 is a reflection of the decadence and collapse…
African Junior Table Tennis Championship: Nigeria Clinches Bronze Medal
Nigeria Table Tennis Federation has clinched the third position at the just concluded African Junior Table Tennis Championship in Congo…
Watch Your Back
I pride myself as being extremely careful on those whom I call friends. How many of them would reach the…
Corrupt Public Office Holders Everywhere
The revelation by the Senate panel on Housing and Urban Development that N1.2 billion proceeds from the sale of Federal…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Nigeria Escapes FIFA Ban
The Federation of International Football Federation, FIFA may have suspended its plan to ban Nigeria over interference in the adminitsration…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
FIFA BAN: Jonathan Bows to Pressure, Reverses Withdrawal Of Eagles From Tournaments
Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan this evening bowed to pressures from both the country and international community, reversing his decision to…
E/African Leaders Deploy 2,000 troops to beef up African force
East African heads of state on Monday vowed to urgently deploy 2,000 troops to beef up the African force protecting…
House Fracas: Bankole Apologises To Students
Dimeji Bankole, the Speaker of the House of Representatives today apologised to the students of City Royal Secondary School Nyanyan,…
N5.2 Billion Scam: No Respite For Elumelu, Ugbane, Others
There seems to be no respite for Senator Nicholas Ugbane, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power and his…
Sunny Ade’s Wife Causes Laughter At Lagos Assembly
Wife of notable Yoruba juju musician and member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Risikat Adegeye, yesterday afternoon,…
Hours To FIFA Deadline: Aso Rock Exposes Cabal
With a few hours to the deadline given to Nigeria by the Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, to rescind…
Nigerian Girl Jailed Over False Rape Claim
A student has been jailed for 18 months for falsely claiming a cleaner had raped her – so she could…
Father, Son, Die In Inferno, Wife Severely Burnt
A vulcaniser, Isiaka Ishola and his 19 month-old son, Ibrahim Ishola, died when their one-room apartment was razed by fire…
Oritsejafor Is New CAN President
National President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor was today in Abuja, Nigeria, voted in as the new…
We Are Laying Off Redundant Workers — Indomie Makers
De-United Foods has explained that the recent redundancy exercise carried out by the company was purely a pragmatic business decision…
Lagosians Support Registration of Residents
The plan to register every resident of Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, through an agency that may be set up by…
Noise Pollution Lagos Moves Against Churches
The Lagos State Government has banned churches in the state from using loud speakers outside the churches during their services…
Doctors Endorse Removal Of Womb
Medical doctors have said that there are no health risks when women undergo hysterectomy (surgical removal of the womb or…
2,000 Lagos Pilgrims Set For Jerusalem
Over 2000 Lagos State pilgrims are set to embark on the holy pilgrimage to Jerusalem, Israel in October. They have…