Month: March 2011
Schools Tourney: Red House Dust ’Em
Athletes of Red House were at their best as they dusted other houses to win the 7th Inter House Sports…
Senate President’s Wife Seeks Violence Free Elections
The Wife of the Senate President, Mrs. Helen Mark, has urged parents, youths and security operatives to be vigilant to…
Why Fashola Will Win By A Landslide
The the governorship election in Lagos State is just two weeks away from now. The big question is: what are…
Ogunnusi: A Patriot Races For House Of Reps
As candidates take to the political turf for the April elections, it is intriguing to contemplate how they would approach…
Remi Tinubu Will Represent Us Well
It is a well known fact that behind every successful man, there is always a great woman. Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu,…
The Die Is Cast
All is set for the National Assembly election on Saturday 2 April. Though events preceding the election are far from…
Edo Politicians Abandon Homes For Hotels
With barely few days to the April general elections, politicians and candidates seeking various political offices have resort to staying…
Women Seek Electoral Peace
Mrs. Asabe Aliyu, Chairperson, “Women for peace in Plateauâ€, an NGO, has appealed to stakeholders in the political system to…
12 Political Parties Adopt Salvador For Lagos West Senatorial District
People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Lagos West Senatorial District candidate in the forthcoming National Assembly elections, Hon. Moshood Adegoke Salvador has…
Electricians Endorse Jonathan
The Licensed Electrical Contractors Association of Nigeria (LECAN) on Wednesday endorsed President Goodluck Jonathan of the PDP in the presidential…
Land Speculator Docked
The police at Ogombo Division, Ajah, Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a…
Insurance Agent Charged With N3m Fraud
The police at the Bar Beach Division, Victoria Island, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested an insurance agent for allegedly…
Election: LAWMA Assures On Cleaner Environment
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has put necessary strategies in place to ensure that the environment is kept clean…
Transport Union Boss Sues For Peaceful Polls
Commercial motorcycle operators in Lagos State have been urged to maintain peace during the general elections that will start this…
Scavenger Kills Colleague
A scavenger at Olusosun dumping ground has been remanded at the Ikoyi Prisons on the orders of an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s…
2011 Elections: I’m Not Under Pressure —Jega
Two days to the commencement of Nigeria’s general election, Professor Attahiru Jega, the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC…
Security Agencies Must Ensure Safety At Polling Centres — U.S.
The United States has called on security agencies in Nigeria to do everything possible to ensure safety at polling places…
Breach Of Contract: Soft Drink Company Dragged To Court
Acivil engineering company, Lanfar Nigeria Limited, has dragged Coca-Cola Nigeria Limited before a Lagos High Court over a breach of…
Businesswoman Drags EFCC To Court
In a bid to safeguard her right, the Managing Director of Edla Petrochemical Company, Edith Ezeala, has dragged the Economic…
Society Campaign For Environmental Preservation
The Justice for Peace Development Commission (JDPC) of the Catholic Church says it has stepped up its enlightenment campaign for…
Developer Dupes 70 Tenants Of N12m
A Lagos-based developer, Atanda Abiodun, 43, of no fixed address has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court in…
Winding Up Petition Against Oil Company Adjourned
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, South West Nigeria, has adjourned till 8 June, 2011, the winding up petition…
Day Ikare Akoko Stood Still For Jobi —Fele
In the layman’s language, former chairman, Oodua Group of Companies, Otunba Mohammed Aliu Jobi-Fele was “hale and hearty” when he…
ACN Rejects Plan To Use Soldiers For ElectionsPlan
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected the federal government’s plan to deploy soldiers for the 2011 general elections…
Court Stops Nigerian Varsity from Evicting Sacked Lecturer
The National Industrial Court in Abuja has made an order restraining Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and its Vice Chancellor from…
Fashola Reiterates Call On People To Come Out To Vote
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Wednesday reiterated his call on all Nigerians to come out en masse…
Billionaire Jimoh Ibrahim Vows to Smash Nigerian Governor
There was serious drama at the Akure International Airport on Wednesday as billionaire businessman and a chieftain of the Peoples…
Airtel Rewards Winners in Feel Free Promo
First set of winners in the on-going Feel Free Promo, an interactive SMS (Short Message Service) based trivia game at…
Court Okays Gov Sullivan For Enugu Guber Election
A federal high court in Abuja on Wednesday dismissed the suit filed by Enugu State governorship aspirant under the platform…