Month: July 2011
FG In Fresh Moves To Avert NLC Strike
The Federal Government has initiated fresh moves to stop the three-day national strike planned to commence next Wednesday by the…
Tinubu Slams PDP For Bad Governance
The immediate past governor of Lagos State and the National leader of the foremost opposition party in Nigeria, the Action…
FEAR OF BOKO HARAM: Illegal Aliens Arrested, Deported
The menace posed by Boko Haram Islamist sect in parts of the north has led to a massive crackdown on…
Akwa Ibom Gov Tussle: Tribunal Gives It To Akpabio
The Chairman of Akwa Ibom Electoral Tribunal, Justice Adam Ochume Onu this morning struck out the petition filed by the…
NURTW Members Clash
Members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, went on the rampage this morning at Ajegunle near the…
Interpol’s Red Notices Used To Punish Political Opponents —ICIJ Report
A new investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has revealed that aside from helping several security agencies…
Ketu Building Collapse: Landlord Still On The Run
The landlord of a one-storey building that collapsed in Ketu area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, on Friday, killing at…
F/Eagles Face Panama Test
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles will have their hands full tonight when they confront Panama’s U-20 team in the opening match of…
Pembe Coach: Sunshine Better Than My Team
Chief Coach of DC Motema Pembe of Congo, Andy Mfutila, has admitted that Sunshine Football Club of Akure, Nigeria, outplayed…
Floods: Day Lagosians Learnt Their Lesson
Residents of Lagos State would continue for a long time to count their losses as a result of the flood…
Lagos Agrees To Pay LTV, Eko FM Staff Minimum Wage
The Lagos State government has averted what could have been an embarrassment to it by agreeing to pay staff of…
Flood: Federal Legislators Seek FG’s Urgent Intervention
National Assembly members from Lagos State have called on the Federal Government to assist the state as a matter of…
Gov Fayemi Sacks 5,000 Council Workers
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has ordered the immediate sack of 5,000 workers from the state’s local government service.…
FG Earmarks N500m As Loans To NYSC
Brig.-Gen. Maharazu Tsiga , the NYSC Director–General, says the Federal Government has earmarked N500 million for disbursement as loans to…
Flood Victims Seek Refuge Inside Church
Most residents of Lagos rendered homeless by last Sunday and yesterday’s floods have sought refuge in churches, mosques and under…
Nigeria Target Gold Medals
Nigeria Karate coach, Dave Jegede, is confident that his karatekas can clinch all the gold medals meant for Karate event…
Taekwondo:Chukwumerije Gets Federation’s Support
The injured Beijing Olympic Games bronze medalist, Chika Chukwumerije, has been assured of adequate medical treatment to enhance his quick…
Beggars In A Mega City
Lagos state is the leading commercial centre in Nigeria. According to the 2006 census exercise conducted in Nigeria, Lagos was…
Sports Festival: Ogun Lawmaker Slams Rivers State
A member of the Ogun State delegates to the just concluded National Sports Festival, tagged, ‘Rivers 2011’, Hon.Olufemi Allen-Taylor, has…
Lagos Rain Of Fury: Matters Arising
As people begin to come to terms with the reality of the havocs inflicted by the heavy downpour that recently…
Jonathan’s Bloated Cabinet
President Goodluck Jonathan may have stuck to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution when he picked members of his cabinet…
Fashola, Others Defy Rains, Plant Trees
The rain poured in torrents, making the Lagos metropolis environment drab, yet Governor Babatunde Fashola led top government officials to…
Lagos Tasks Parents On Child Abuse
The need for parents and guardians to desist from abusing their wards formed the fulcrum of this year’s School Social…
Families Of Deceased Staff Receive N6.3 Million
The Lagos State government has paid N6.3 million to families of eight of its staff who died in active service…
Taskforce Arrests More Area Boys In Oshodi
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested more street urchins, popularly known as area boys…
Commissioner Seeks Funds For Lagos Flood Victims
The Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Bosun Jeje, on Sunday urged the Federal Government to release funds to the…
Film Review
Title: Nigeria The Beautiful Playwright: Odia Ofeimun The drums began to beat a pacy rhythm adrenalin-raising rhythm. As…
Reel Profile
Uche Jombo was born in Enugu, Eastern Nigeria and she grew up in Aba in present day Abia State in…
‘I Read About Pa Kasumu’s Ill-Health In The Newspapers’
Veteran actor and former National President of Association of Nigeria Theatre Arts Practitioners, ANTP, Prince Jide Kosoko, has said that…
Actors Celebrate Hakeem Rahman @ 55
Members of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria, Lagos State Chapter, honoured the guild’s Vice President, South-West, Hakeem Rahman during his…