Month: June 2011
4 Bankers Arraigned For Fraud
Four staff of an old generation bank in Calabar have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court for alleged illegal…
Army Chiefs Meet Over Boko Haram
Operations to bring an end to the menace of Boko Haram will begin soon, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.…
Air Nigeria Grounded For 9 Hours
The financial crisis steamrolling Air Nigeria, yesterday, took a turn for the worse when the airline, owned by business mogul,…
I Won’t Attend Council Of State Meeting —Buhari
Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the CPC Presidential candidate in the April general elections, says he will not participate in…
Bomb Detector SUV Escorts Fashola
Following the increasing wave of bombings in the country by Islamic sect, Boko Haram, Governor Babatunde Fashola now goes around…
Prostate Cancer: 14 Men Die Daily In Nigeria
Each day, Nigeria loses 14 men to prostate cancer, a disease that is said to be on the increase world…
Ekiti State Indigenes To Honour Gov Fayemi
The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Fayemi, is to be honoured as the Grand Patron of the Ekiti Parapo, a…
What Do You Want In A Relationship? (1)
I have never failed to ask this question whenever I am speaking to singles on relationship matters. I have come…
Electricity Consumers To Pay More From July 1
Despite the epileptic power supply in the country, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has approved an increase in electricity…
NBC Assures Customers Of Products Safety
The Nigerian Bottling Company Plc has assured its numerous customers across the country of the safety of its products in…
Security: Ex-Lawmaker Applauds Police Chief
An Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) stalwart in Lagos, Mr. Kunle Ademoye, has affirmed strong faith in the remarkable sense…
Ijaw Plot Way Foward
Ijaw National Congress, INC, the umbrella body of all Ijaw nationality all over the world recently held a conference on…
Lagos Residents To Carry Identity Cards
Governor Babatunde Fashola on Monday said that the government would soon issue electronic identification cards to all Lagos residents to…
Man Caught With Pistol
The police in Lagos have arrested a 27-year old man, Segun Oshinowo, for being in possession of a pistol. The…
Police Arraign Handset Dealer For Murder
A handset dealer, Segun Dada, 18 has been arraigned before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for alleged…
PHCN Staff Pray Against Return Of Barth Nnaji
Staff of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, nationwide, under the auspices of National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE,…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
NFF Loses Hope In Falcons
There are strong indications that the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, is gradually losing confidence in the ability of the Super…
‘Be Ruthless With Germany’
The failure of Super Falcons of Nigeria to secure a victory against France in the opening match of the FIFA…
Adeleke Targets Gold Medals For Team Lagos
Adeolu Adeleke, Para /table tennis player and member of the Lagos State contingent to the National Sports Festival in Port…
What Do You Want In A Relationship? (1)
I have never failed to ask this question whenever I am speaking to singles on relationship matters. I have come…
Life Of Soccer Seminar Holds In Lagos
Hundreds of young players, athletes and sports administrators attended a seminar tagged Life of Soccer recently held at the God…
Combating The Threat Of Flooding In Lagos
Flooding is a global phenomenon that has continued to constitute a major threat to cities and indeed nations across the…
Senator Babafemi Ojudu: What Next?
Senator Babafemi Ojodu, an Ekiti-born journalist is, a man I respected much in his quest and doggedness for egalitarian society.…
Nurses And Their Attitude To Patients
A hospital is supposed to be a place of succour; a place where the sick and the wounded expect to…
Community Commends Lagos Police, Appeals To Fashola
Stakeholders of Ilaje community in Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have commended men of the Special Anti…
Alimosho Drivers Salute Fashola
The Chairman of the Alimosho Branch ‘A’ of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Chief Olusope Bodude, has…
Trader Docked For Assault
Policemen at the Abattoir station, Agege, Lagos have arraigned a trader before Magistrate Owolabi Komolafe of the Abule Egba Magistrate’s…
Jonathan Promises To Transform Nigeria’s Economy
President Goodluck Jonathan has appealed to Nigerians to be patient with him as he will be taking some hard decisions…
Soldier/Police Clash: Army Sacks Errant Soldier
Belligerent soldier, Sunday Ayodeji, who spearheaded last week’s clash between soldiers and policemen at Obanikoro area of Lagos State, Southwest…
ACN Vows To Continue With Cases Against PDP
Despite mounting pressures on the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rivers State chapter and outside the state to drop its…