Month: June 2011
520 Killed in Post Presidential Election Violence in Nigeria -Police
Nigeria Police have said a total of 520 persons lost their lives in the violence that followed the 19 April…
Atiku Hails Passage of FOI Bill
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended what he called the courage of President Goodluck Jonathan to formally sign into…
Amaechi Forwards List of Commissioner-Nominees
Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the immediate past Commissioner for Information and Communications is one of the Commissioner-nominees forwarded to the Rivers…
Mimiko Signs Law To Revise Ondo Laws
Thirty three years after it was last reviewed, the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko on Wednesday at the State’s…
Ex Gov. Nnamani Regains Freedom
Justice Benedict Agbata of the Enugu State High Court today adopted earlier conditions by Justice E. F .Olayiwola of the…
7 Ikoyi Prison Inmates Regain Freedom
Seven Ikoyi prison inmates yesterday regained their freedom as part of efforts by the Chief Judge of Lagos state, Justice…
Ex Afribank MD, Sebastian Adigwe, Others Remanded In Prison Over Theft
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that former Managing Director of Afribank Nigeria Plc, Mr. Sebastian Adigwe…
Bankole: EFCC’s Patience Running Out
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, appears to be running out of patience following the failure of the outgoing…
3 Robbers Meet Waterloo
It was a bad day for three yet to be identified young men who met their waterloo this morning in…
EJECTION ROW: Landlord Hammers Tenant’s Spinal Cord
A landlord, Innocent Uchendu of 14, Oyebo Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos State Southwest Nigeria has been charged to Apapa magistrate’s…
Media Big Guns Hail FoI Law
President, Nigeria Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, President, Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena and other…
Election Petition Tribunal Inaugurated In Lagos
The Election Petition Tribunal that will hear all cases concerning the April general elections was inaugurated at the Lagos High…
Jilted Man Stabbed For Demanding Refund From Lover
A jilted man, Anthony Nwagbo, who resides in Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos, has been stabbed for demanding a refund of all…
WHO: Smoking Could Kill 6m In 2011
The World Health Organisation says tobacco smoking, WHO, will kill nearly six million people this year, including 600,000 non-smokers around…
I Didn’t Beat My Wife
Recalled Nigeria’s ambassador to Kenya, Dr. Chijioke Wilcox Wigwe, alleged to have battered his wife, Mrs. Tess Wigwe in Kenya,…