Year: 2010
PDP Sweeps Kwara Council Polls
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has swept the local government elections conducted in Kwara State last weekend, winning all the…
Check KAI, Others, Lawyer Tells Governor
Lagos lawyer and property consultant, Chief Gabriel Giwa-Amu, has alerted Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State on the illegal…
Man Loses N20m Property To Fire
A Lagos-based management consultant, Mr. Gboyega Adejumo, has lost over N20m worth of property to a mysterious fire which gutted…
5 Teenagers Docked
Five teenagers, Ibrahim Muritala, 18, Ibrahim Kazeem, 18, Olawale Ogungbe, 18, Eyebioakin Babatunde, 19 and Tajudeen Nasiru, 20 have been…
Lagos Issues N1 Billion Retirement Bond
Lagos State government has issued over N1 billion retirement bond certificates to over 100 statutorily retired employees, making it the…
Disabled To Hold Beauty Pageant
President, Mobility Aid and Appliances Research and Development Centre, MAARDEC, Cosmas Okoli, has declared that efforts aimed at achieving the…
Alimosho Chiefs Task Fashola On Chieftaincy Dispute
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State has been urged to intervene in the simmering intra-communal crisis presently rocking Ayobo…
Ex-Eagles Favour Keshi
A slew of top former internationals have been lining up in support of Stephen Keshi’s candidacy for the Super Eagles’…
Banyana Can’t Stop Falcons — Hamilton
Former Super Falcons Coach, Paul Hamilton, is confident that hosts, Banyana Banyana cannot stop the Nigerian ladies when both teams…
Okocha Absent At Inauguration
Former Super Eagles’ captain, Austin Okocha seems not to be comfortable with his appointment into the Technical Committee of the…
Ebi Tips Nkwocha To Shine
Djurgardens IF of Sweden defender, Onome Ebi, believes her Super Falcons teammate is the best striker on the continent. Perpetua…
National Schools’ Sports Festival: Team Lagos Commended
The Lagos State’s contingent to the just concluded 2010 National Schools’ Sports Festival has been commended for a job well…
New Cricket Season Begins
The Nigeria Cricket Federation, NCF has continued to make giant stride since the coming of the Kwesi Sagoe-led board about…
President Cup Holds 27 Nov
Youth Sports Federation of Nigeria, YSFON has announced that the 2010 U-17 National President Unity Cup will kick off on…
NFF Officials Hit South Africa
Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, vice chairman Mike Umeh and Appeals Committee member, Sulaiman Kwande will leave for South Africa tomorrow…
Lekki: Once Upon A Time
Lekki, a suburb of Lagos, was once a sleepy and seedy land. That axis was so remote that it reminded…
Hue And Cry Over Privatisation Of PHCN
Despite the protest by members of the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, against the privatisation of the Power Holding…
NPA Gets New Image Maker
The newly appointed General Manager, Public Affairs of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Chief Micheal Kayode Ajayi, has assumed duty.…
Residents Decry Illegal Demolition
Residents of 15 and 23 Olufemi Ogunsola Street, Ogba, Ikeja, Lagos, have called on the Lagos State government and the…
LG Boss Gets Councillors’ Support
Councillors in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, have passed a vote of confidence on…
LG Boss Tasked Over Dev
Residents of Ilogbo Eremi in Olorunda local Council Development Area of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, have scored the council…
‘Ado-Soba, Durbar Roads Need Urgent Attention’
Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola has drawn the attention of some stakeholders to the deplorable condition of two roads in…
Encourage Artisans, Govt Urged
The three-tiers of government in the country have been urged to assist artisans and tradesmen to bring out the best…
Youth Group Commends Mamora, Others
Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora, Hon. Wole Diya and Hon. Lateef Abiru have been commended for their contribution to the development of…
ANACOWA Boss Lauds Opeifa
The Lagos State chairman of Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association, ANACOWA, Comrade Ade Ikuesan has commended the Special Adviser to…
NGO Donates To The Blind
Senior Women ‘s mentoring and Empowerment Guild, SEWmEG, has donated vocational materials to visually impaired female students at the Centre…
President Jonathan Receives Eight Envoys
Judging from recent tradition, President Goodluck Jonathan made history on Tuesday when he received eight ambassadors, an indication of growing…
Enahoro is alive and recuperating, says Assistant
The Special Assistant to Chief Anthony Enahoro on Public Affairs, Mr Olawale Okuniyi has assured Nigerians that the elder statesman…
ACN Slams House Of Reps Over Resolution On LGs
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the House of Representatives as lawless, petty and vindictive following its resolution…
Fashola Advocates Adoption Of Economic Diplomacy Through Nationals
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday received the new Consul General of the United States of America…