Month: June 2011
Grandma Sent To Kirikiri For Fraud
A 71-year old woman, Mrs. Chinyere Madu has been sent to Kirikiri prison Apapa, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for alleged…
Drama In Court: Divorce-Seeking School Principal Presents Underwear To Sway Judge
There was a mild drama in Ikpoba-Oka Area Customary Court, sitting at Agbesan, Benin, Southsouth Nigeria, when a divorce-seeking school…
PIT LATRINE TRAGEDY: Lagos Govt Pays For Boy’s Burial
The Lagos State Government has paid for the burial of Master Lawal Buhari, the seven-year old pupil of Irepodun Primary…
It’s Hell On Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Lagos Lawmakers Cry Out
Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly have lamented the harrowing experiences of commuters who ply the Lagos-Badagry Expressway…
Jonathan Must Accept State Police Now
Former Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mufutau Egberongbe, in this interview, speaks…
State Of The Nation Worries Lagos Lawmakers
Just back from Rwanda, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly were almost moved to tears during a sitting…
Okotie Celebrates 53, Decries Insecurity
Presidential candidate of the Fresh Democratic Party F.R.E.S.H in the April 2011 Presidential election, Rev Chris Okotie was 53 on…
Abuja Bomb Blasts: Okah To Call 103 Witnesses From Nigeria
Militant leader, Henry Okah, on Tuesday told a Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court that he would call 103 witnesses from Nigeria to…
Team Lagos Ready For Festival
The Lagos State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival holding in Port-Harcourt are ready for action, the state government…
Eagles Will Beat Ghana
Ex-international and member of the Dream Team V technical crew, Ben Iroha, told ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE in this interview at the…
Babalola Backs Ophanage Tourney
Managing Director and Proprietor of the defending champions of the NBBF Women Basketball league, First Deepwater Basketball Club, Engr Tunde…
Ebun Comets Lose To Kada Stars
Kada Stars of Kaduna recorded the first upset at the ongoing DSTV Basketball final Eight play-off at the Indoor Sports…
‘Nigerian Constitution Our Problem’
A lawmaker representing Ifako/Ijaiye Constituency 1, Dayo Fafunmi, has said that the country can only become one of the world’s…
Imoke Splashes N250m On Athletics Trials
As part of efforts to ensure a smooth 65th Athletics Federation Championship, Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, has…
Review Federal Character Principle —Lagos Deputy Governor
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has called for an urgent review of the concept and practice of federal character…
Crisis In Lagos Pools: LASPAA Insists On Tripartite Meeting
The executive of the Lagos State Pools Agents Association, LASPAA, has insisted that achieving sanity in pools business in Lagos…
FRSC To Provide 15 Towing Trucks To Kaduna Command
Mr. Osita Chidoka, the Corps Marshal, said in Kaduna on Tuesday that the FRSC would provide 15 towing trucks to…
Amosun Repairs Sango-Ota Road
Motorists and commuters were full of praises for Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, Tuesday for commencing the rehabilitation of…
Mark Reassures On Good Governance
Senate President David Mark on Tuesday re-assured Nigerians and the international community that the seventh Senate would make laws for…
Oyekan Told Me I’ll Succeed Him, Says Akiolu
Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu 1 has revealed a secret he never told anyone, saying that the late Oba Oyekan…
Robbery Suspect In Police Net
A 40-year old man has been arrested by the Police for alleged robbery. The suspect, Temitope Joseph Mathew was arrested…
19 Area Boys Arrested
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement Unit) stormed Mile 12 area of Lagos, South West Nigeria…
Jonathan Must Save Aviation Industry Now
The aviation industry in Nigeria is in dire straits and President Jonathan must not allow it to collapse. Over the…
39-year Old Peacemaker Stabbed To Death
A 39-year-old man has been stabbed to death while trying to settle a dispute. The deceased, Obayomi Abel, a tailor…
Bank Restrained From Seizing Client’s Assets
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has stopped Sterling Bank from impounding the assets of one of…
Are Nigeria’s Boko Haram Getting Foreign Backing?
Last week’s bomb attack by Boko Haram in the capital Abuja has raised questions about Nigeria’s ability to defend itself.…
Let’s Start The Festival Fire (II)
Again, making her giant contribution to the struggle for women liberation, Mariama Ba writes in her novel “So long a…
Man Seeks To Divorce Wife
A businessman, Mr. Jimoh Sulaimon has approached the Agege Grade ‘A’ Magistrate’s Court, Lagos to dissolve his marriage because his…
5 Held Over Hijack Of Truck-Load Of Milk
The police at Owode Onirin Police Station, Ikorodu, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested five suspected robbers who hijacked a truck…