Month: June 2011
Rivers Police Arrest Suspected Kidnapper After 3-Year Manhunt
Rivers State Police Command has arrested Emeka Mishack who has been on the wanted list of the Police for the…
Migrating Fulani Herdsmen Blamed For Clashes In Benue/Nassarawa
The recent skirmishes between Fulani Herdsmen/Tiv Farmers has been attributed to the incursion of aggrieved Fulani migrants from other parts…
U-23 Eagles Player Robbed In Festac
Harmony Ekandem, a member of the Under 23 Eagles team was robbed toady of about $10,500 by armed robbers in…
Late AIT Correspondent For Burial Thursday
Mrs Aisha Bello Aigbe, Crime Correspondent, Africa Independent Television, who died Tuesday last week from kidney and heart related ailments…
ACN Tasks Jonathan On Roads
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has challenged the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently come up with a…
Lagos Adopts New Methods To Tackle Malaria Scourge
Lagos State has adopted a multi prong approach with emphasis on evidence based research for policy formulation and programming in…
Fashola Nominates 37 For Commissioner
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state Friday night said he has sent a list of cabinet members of his government…
Revival Of Rivers Economy Is Key To Me -Amaechi Tells New Commissioner
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has tasked the newly appointed commissioner into the State Executive Council of…
U-17 W/Cup: Congo Land In Round 16
Congo have advanced to the knockout stages of the 2011 FIFA Under-17 World Cup with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against…
U-23 Eagles Beat Ghana 3-1
Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles this evening defeated Ghana’s Black Meteors 3-1 in an All Africa Games qualifying match at the Samuel…
Ujah Moves To Bundesliga
Red-hot Nigerian striker Anthony Ujah has joined German Bundesliga club Mainz for three million euros. Reports from Norway say his…
Adefulire Tasks Residents of Fed. Govt. Estates
Lagos State Government has expressed concern over the lack of cooperation from Federal Government institutions, especially Federal Housing Estates in…
ACN Decries State Of Roads In Rivers
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rivers State chapter is disturbed by the sudden reappearance of potholes on almost all…
Police Foil Car Snatching Attempt, Shoot Robbers
Men of the Rivers Police Command on Friday thwarted an attempt by robbers to snatch a man’s car at about…
Train Kills Lady In Lagos
An unidentified lady was on Tuesday crushed to death by a moving train near Shogunle bus stop in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest…
Fashola Signs Two Bills On PPP And Disability Affairs Into Law
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday signed two bills on the establishment of the Office of Disability…
I Don’t Want To Be A Housewife –Ibinabo
President of the Miss Earth beauty pageant, Ibinabo Fiberesima, says she can’t be a housewife anymore, adding that the time…
Oyo Legislators End 3-Day Induction Today
As Oyo State House of Assembly today concludes three days induction course held at Micom Golf Course, Ada, Osun State,…
Oshiomhole Hails Benin Monarch
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has described the contributions of the Oba of Benin, Oba Erediauwa, to the development,…
Lagos ACN Counsels Soldiers Against Breach Of The Law
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has advised officers and per of the Nigerian Armed Forces…
SSS To Apply Stick And Carrot Method On Sponsors Of Boko Haram
The Assistant Director, Public Relations of the State Security Service SSS, this morning said that a carrot and stick approach…
Amosun Meets With Students’ Reps
The Governor of Ogun State, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun has reiterated his commitment to reducing school fees in the state to…
Boy Starved For 3 Days, Then Murdered
Fresh facts have emerged on what transpired before a businessman, Onyebuchi Onuoha, murdered his 13-year old brother, John Iroh Udeh…
We’re Awaiting Fashola’s Cabinet —Lagos House
Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly have declared that they are still awaiting Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola’s cabinet…
CAN Moves To Stop Debate On Jesus
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, is currently moving to stop the proposed debate between Christians and Muslims in Lagos…
Asian Drug Suspects Get New Judgment Day
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has further reserved judgement till 8 July, 2011 in the…
Two Ex-LASG Staff Arrested For Extortion
Two former staff of the Lagos State Government have been arrested by the police in Lagos, South West Nigeria for…
3 Months To CBN Deadline: Union Bank Shops For N282b
Barely three months to the 30 September deadline set by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for the eight banks…
Absence Of Counsel Stalls Trial Of Bankole’s Brother
The absence of Barrister Adedotun Akinmade, counsel to former House of Representative’s speaker Dimeji Bankole, Toyin Bankole, the brother to…
EFCC Investigates Auto Firms Over Tax Evasion
Auto firms in Nigeria are on the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as the anti-graft agency…