Month: July 2011
Unnecessary Hysteria Over Islamic Banking
There is so much hue and cry across the country about the introduction of Islamic banking. Christian leaders have been…
Lobby For Deployment Takes Over Alausa
Extensive lobby by civil servants for deployment to juicy ministries and career progression have taken over the Lagos State Government…
Man Docked Over N.23m Theft
The police in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a man Farouq Alebiosu, 30, before the Igbosere Magistrate court on a…
Stakeholders Seek Repair Of Apapa-Oshodi Trunk Road
Mr. Chris Ogbonna, the Public Relations Officer, Ports and Terminal Multiservices Ltd. (PTML) Command, Tin-can Island, has urged the Federal…
Flood: Agege Resident Donates Relief Materials To Victims
Following the flood occasioned by the torrential rainfall in Lagos recently, a concerned citizen at Papa Asafa area of Agege…
Gov. Amaechi Appoints New CPS, COP
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has approved the appointment of Mr. David Iyofor as his new Chief…
Aviation Minister Orders Rehabilitation Of Kaduna Airport
The new Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, has ordered the immediate rehabilitation of the Kaduna airport, Northwest Nigeria.…
ACN Urges President Jonathan to Trim Government
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to lead by example incutting the high cost of…
How Nigerian con artists dupe Britons In the Name of love
The Sun newspaper in England, quoting an upcoming Channel 4 documentary titled 419: The Internet Romance Scam, has recounted the travails…
Bomb wounds three soldiers in Nigerian city
A bomb blast blamed on Boko Haram militants targeted a patrol team in violence-wracked northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, leaving three…
I Did Not Collect Money To Withdraw Petition Against Amaechi -Sekibo
Dr. Abiye Sekibo ,the governorship candidate of ACN in Rivers State, Southsouth Nigeria, has denied withdrawing the petition against Governor…
Boko Haram Scare For Nigeria’s Police Boss
All roads leading to Police Academy, Wudil, Kano state, North-West Nigeria were cordoned off Saturday by fierce looking policemen from…
NDLEA Arrests Fela’s Wife, 2 Others Over Marijuana
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested one of late Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s wives with substances suspected to be…
Fashola Tasks FG On Budgetary Consideration For Roads In Lagos
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday received the Minister of Works, Architect Mike Onomolemen in audience, asserting…
Fashola Advocates Hard Work, Integrity As Panacea To Rescue Nation’s Economy
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Friday advocated the virtues of hard work, perseverance, honesty and integrity as the…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Flying Eagles Sad; .After Poor Outing At 4-Nation Tourney
Players and officials of the Flying Eagles are feeling bad they failed to live up to expectation at the just…
FIFA U-20 World Cup: Synagogue Boy, Emmanuel, Others Make F/Eagles’ Squad
Nigeria’s U-20 coach John Obuh has named his final squad for the 2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup which begins in…
Nigerian Presidency Defends Hosting of British Prime Minister in Lagos
The Presidency on Frida defended the decision of President Goodluck Jonathan to receive David Cameron, the Prime Minister of Britain…
Glo drops international call rate to N9
Leading operator Globacom has announced the reduction of its International Direct Dialing (IDD) rate to N9 a minute, the most…
Bomb Rocks Prime Minister’s Office
Norwegian police have said that an explosion in Oslo this afternoon was caused by a bomb, and has led to…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
LG Poll: ACN To Release Guidelines Next Week
The Lagos state chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Otunba Henry Ajomale has disclosed that the guidelines for the…
Lagos Licenses 4 More Water Transport Companies
The Lagos State Commissioner for Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa on Friday said the number of private operators in its water…
Robbers Kill 2 Cops, Rob Bullion Van
A gang of armed robbers numbering about 15 on Friday brought commercial activities in Nsukka to a standstill for about…
Air Nigeria set to launch flights to Sao Tome & Principe
Air Nigeria is set to launch flight operations to Sao Tome via Douala and Libreville, in continuation of its regional…
34 Houses For Demolition On Lagos Island
Following incessant cases of collapsed building in the state, the Lagos State Government has shut down 34 distressed buildings on…
Scrapping Of SAN: Braithwaite Leads Court Battle
There is no cause to celebrate yet for the lawyers newly selected for the award of Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
Tanker Driver Crushes 3 Cars, Destroys PHCN Transformer
A petroleum tanker driver on Thursday smashed his vehicle into three cars on Funsho Williams Road in Surulere, Lagos. The…
Urban Development Bank Plans N100b Bond For Infrastructure
The Urban Development Bank of Nigeria (UDBN) will soon float a N100 billion bond for a metropolitan common service agency…