Month: March 2011
48 Ex-militants Arrested Over Threat To Raze Bank
Forty-eight ex-militants undergoing rehabilitation at Aluu near Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital were today arrested by the Rivers State …
Lagos ACN Warns PDP To Steer Clear Of Tinubu
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has warned that any attempt to arrest, detain or prosecute the indefatigable leader of the party…
EFCC Seals Igbinedion’s Abuja Properties
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which recently secured a forfeiture order against Chief Lucky Igbinedion, former Governor of…
Certificate Forgery: Gov. Suswam In Fresh Mess
Threats to Governor Gabriel Suswam’s second term ambition appears to be multiplying by the minute. The embattled Governor who is…
Ribadu’s Running Mate, Others Escape Death
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Fola Adeola, and other party chieftains narrowly escaped death…
Lagos Receives Vehicle For Malaria Prevention
Lagos State Commissioner for Dr Jide Idris has commended Swiss Biostadt Limited, formerly Syngenta Nigeria Limited, for the donation of…
LENTEN PERIOD: Fashola Urges Christians To Seek God’s Face For Successful General Elections
As Christians mark the commencement of the Lenten period with the Ash Wednesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN)…
Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
The Defence Headquarters,DHQ, today, at the 2 Amphibious Brigade Headquarters, Bori Camp Barracks, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Southsouth Nigeria, launched…
Adeola, ACN Stalwarts Escape Death
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Fola Adeola, and other party stalwarts narrowly escaped death…
University Don Decries Marginalisation Of Women In Nigeria’s Politics
A Political Scientist in the University of Ibadan (UI), Dr. Bukola Adesina today decried the low level of involvement of…
The Virus: Nation Killer
Last week Friday, in the men’s column, I wrote on this very topic from the angle of politicians, pastors, journalists…
Aregbesola Reads Riot Act Against Electoral Violence, Bloodshed
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Monday read the riot act against electoral violence and bloodshed as he partners…
Ladoja Berates Akala Over Projects Execution
Former governor of Oyo State, who is contesting the forthcoming governorship poll in the state, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja has…
84-Year Old Hunchback Murdered
Suspected ritualists have killed an 84-year old hunchback, Olu Esho at his 9, Imalefalaafia residence, Oke Ado, Ibadan, the capital…
Campaign Concert: Banky W, Weird MC Storm Alausa
Top Nigerian musicians including Banky W, Weird MC, Sound Sultan and Mo’Cheddar, among others, yesterday stormed the Lagos House, Alausa,…
I’m Tired Of Crime, Suspect Freed By Court After Plea
A suspected fraudster, Eugene Kuru has made a passionate appeal to court magistrate, Mrs. E. Kubanje at Isolo, Lagos State…
Office Sex Wrecks Woman’s Marriage
The marriage of a female manager with the Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc, has been wrecked after she was…
1.2 Million Houses In Lagos
At least, there are 1,194,525 houses in Lagos State, South West Nigeria housing the over 17 million population, the Lagos…
Gaddafi May Step Down Soon
Libyan Leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was reported last night to be ready to quit after 41 years in power, Daily Mail…
10 Charged In Nigerian Scam
Three of 10 defendants accused in an “advance fee†scheme led by a Nigerian national, in which elderly victims in…
Teacher Sues Dead Man Over Rent
A man, Chimezie Ojukwu, who died on Sept. 10, 2010, has been sued at a Jos Chief Magistrates’ Court for…
Don’t Ridicule Judiciary, Judge Warns EFCC
Justice Abubakar Umar of the FCT High Court has warned prosecutors handling cases for the EFCC not to expose the…
Ikosi-Ejirin Suspends Two Councilors
The legislative arm of Ikosi-Ejirin Local Council Development Area, Lagos state, southwest, Nigeria, has suspended two of its councilors. The…
‘Bring Boko Haram To Book’
A group, Concerned Citizens of Nigeria, CCN, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria and other law enforcement agencies not…
Non-Indigenes Pledge Support For Fashola
As the April general elections approach, non-indigenes residing in Lagos have pledged their support for the re-election of Governor Babatunde…
‘IMF Did Not Ask Us To Devalue Naira’
Mr Olusegun Aganga, the Minister of Finance, has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) did not ask Nigeria to…
KAI Disowns Suspected Rapist
The Kick Against Indicipline, KAI, the enforcement arm of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, Alausa, Ikeja Lagos, has…
Burglar Jailed With Hard Labour
A 32-year old burglar, Adeleke Adeoye, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment with hard labour for burglary and stealing…
LASG Launches Health Insurance Scheme For Ibeju Lekki
Lagos State has launched the Ibeju-Lekki Community Based Health Insurance Scheme for the provision of sustainable healthcare coverage for the…