Month: June 2011
Athletes Burn Calabar Tracks
The 65th Athletics Federation Championship gets underway in Calabar, Cross River State with the opening ceremony taking place this afternoon.…
Lagos Fumigates 136,000 Houses Against Malaria
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday says it has commenced a 15-day indoor residual spraying exercise of about 136,526 households…
Dialogue With Boko Haram, UAD Pleads
Pro-democracy group, United Action for Democracy, UAD has called on the federal government to engage the leadership of the Islamic…
Ex-GTB MD, Tayo For Burial Friday
The late Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Bank, GTB, Mr. Olutayo Aderinokun, will be buried next…
Tinubu Versus HID
I write to commend the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the mature manner in…
Osama Bin Laden
President Barack Obama of the United States of America has been a terror to the countries harbouring terrorist. His efforts…
Little Lawal Buhari Shouldn’t Die In Vain
The death of young Lawal Buhari, who fell into a pit latrine in his school has once again brought to…
Tribunal Set To Hear Petition Against Ikuforiji
Hearing of a petition filed by a People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the last state assembly election, Barrister Olajumoke…
Lagos Rewards 514 Public Servants
The Lagos State government has rewarded 514 public servants who have served the state for more than thirty years. The…
New Area Comptroller For Tin Can Port
The Nigeria Customs Service’s newly appointed Area Comptroller of the Tin Can Island Command, Edike Charles recently took over the…
NAFDAC Introduces Fake Drug Detection Machine
The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has introduced the Mobile Identification System Device to identify…
I’ll Start My Football Career In Europe
Michael Johnson plays for Smart Strikers Football Club of Oke Aro. His team won the Baale Omole Cup recently. He…
Boska Cup: Goal FC, Others In 2nd Round
Goal Football Club of Ikeja have joined other 10 clubs to book a place in the second round of the…
Baale Cup: Smart Strikers Deny Iwuanyanwu Victory
Smart Strikers football Club of Oke Aro came from behind to defeat Iwuanyanwu Football Club of Ifako-Ijaiye to lift Baale…
Electrocution: Iwaya Residents Send SOS To PHCN
Residents of Audu Baale Street, Iwaya in Yaba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, have appealed to the authority…
Human Rights Abuse: Couple Slams N170m Suit On Businessman
In a bid to enforce their fundamental human right, a Lagos couple, Anthony Adeola and Mariam Oladejo alongside three others,…
Lagos Takes Students On Transport Education Tour
The Lagos State School Traffic Safety Advocacy Programme recently organised a transport education tour for the 18 finalists of the…
Bizman Drags Wife To Court Over Adultery
A Nigerian businessman based in the Republic of Ireland, Mr. Abayomi Olaore, 33, has dragged his wife before the Agege…
8 Permanent Secretaries To Go In Ogun
Eight Permanent Secretaries will be quitting their jobs in Ogun State Government soon. The affected senior officers have either…
3 Lagos Bizmen Face Criminal Charges
Three traders, Titus Amako, Joseph Orji and Nwokeji Ifeanyi, alleged to have imported fake drugs into the country for the…
Pregnant Woman Steals Generator
A 30-year-old pregnant woman was on Wednesday charged before the Somolu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing items worth N300,000.…
Diesel Thieves Docked
Two men have been arrested by the police for stealing diesel worth N1.6m. The suspects, Daniel Omorah, 27 and Muhammed…
Nigeria Police Recants on “Suicide Bomber†Claim
The Nigerian Police has retracted its claim that last Thursday’s that last Thursday’s bombing of its national headquarters in Abuja…
Oshiomhole Redeploys Commissioner, Drops Another
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has announced changes in his cabinet. Dr (Mrs) Cordelia Aiwize, formerly the Commissioner…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
PDP Stalwart Slams Edo Speaker
The failure of the Edo House of Assembly Speaker Rt. Hon. Uyi Igbe to accept the nomination of Mr. Emmanuel…
Ogun Assembly Wades Into Motorcycle Riders’ Crisis
The Ogun State House of Assembly today set up a 7-man Committee to look into the immediate and remote causes…
LASG Assures Civil Servants Of Improved Working Condition
The Lagos State Government has assured workers in the state public service of its readiness to provide them with improved…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Tribunal Strikes Out Ilaka’s Application
Oyo State National and state House of Assembly election petitions tribunal siting in Iyaganku High Court 20 today struck out…
Police Evacuate Seized Vehicles From Stations
The Lagos State Police Command has carried out the instruction given by the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Hafiz…
Bizman Murders Brother, 13, Hides Body In A Sack
A Lagos businessman, Onyebuchi Onuoha, 48, has been cooling his feet in the cell of the State Criminal Investigation Department,…