Month: July 2011
Land: Court Rules In Favour Of Osolu Family
The recurring war over who actually owns the land of Iyagbe-Irewe village in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos…
Nigerian Governor Tackles Youth Joblessness, Targets 20,000 Jobs
The Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today inaugurated a six-man committee headed by his deputy, Moses Adeyemo Alake on…
Diamond Estate: NNPC Allays Fears On Possible Explosion At Oil Leak Site
The Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, on Wednesday debunked insinuation of possible explosion at the oil leak…
Ogun Denies Sack Rumour
The Ogun State government today denied the rumour that the Sen.Ibikunle Amosun-led administration in the state has concluded plans to…
ACN Tasks Amaechi On Provision Of Water For Rivers People
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has called on Governor Rotimi Amaechi to provide clean drinking water…
Lagos Lawmakers In Intense Lobby For Chairmanship Of Committees
With the screening of cabinet members of the Governor Babatunde Fashola-led government of Lagos state over, the attention of the…
Lagos Appeals For Donations For Displaced Flood-Affected People
As a fallout of last Sunday’s flood in Lagos and its attendant effect, the state government has urged well meaning…
BOKO HARAM: Rivers Students In Borno Send SOS To Amaechi
Trapped Rivers State students attending the University of Maiduguri in Borno State have sent a distress call to the Rivers…
Ogoni Leaders Want Kidnapped NNPC Staff Freed
Ogoni leaders have called for the release of Monday Uebari, aged, 50, a staff of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation…
Trial Of Boko Haram Leader’s Killers Stalled
Five persons suspected to have murdered the leader of the Boko Haram sect, Alhaji Mohammerd Yusuf, were on Wednesday docked…
NATIONWIDE STRIKE: No Going Back, Says NLC
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has vowed to go on with next week’s warning strike over the refusal of state…
Aviation Staff Slumps, Dies At MMIA
A staff of Aviation Logistics Management, this morning, slumped and died at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, in Lagos…
Man, 58, Arrested For Car Snatching
The operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS, at Adeniji Adele Street, Lagos Island, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have…
Air Arik Gets Ultimatum To Pay N2b Debt
The newly appointed Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Ada Oduah, has given Arik Air, thirty days ultimatum to pay off…
2 Varsity Teachers Arraigned
Two lecturers of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, have been arrainged in court for allegedly stealing the sum…
Woman Pays Man N3m To Marry Her Daughter
A 41-year old man, Emeka Okafor has landed himself in a big trouble after he allegedly collected N3 million from…
Shop Burgled, N14m Recharge Cards Stolen
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, have arraigned two men before an…
LG Poll: Monarch Advises Against Imposition
The traditional ruler Candoso town in Ayobo-Ipaja Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, High Chief Abdul’Moroof Aremu Owonla a.k.a.…
Family Petitions IGP Over Alleged Threat To Life
Members of Ogunbanwo Chieftaincy Ruling Family of Igbokuta near Ikorodu, Lagos State, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police over…
Seventh Lagos Assembly: Will FOI Bill Sail Through?
One of the bills which suffered in the sixth session of the Lagos State House of Assembly is the Lagos…
Suspect Caught With Sub-Machine Gun
Anti-robbery policemen attached to the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Yaba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a middle…
Students, Area Boys Clash Over Mobile Phone
One person has been arrested by the police at Oko-Oba Division, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, following the invasion of Lagos…
UBA 25,000 Minimum Account Balance: Consumers Take Protest To Facebook, Blackberry
Following the planned introduction of N25,000 minimum account balance by the United Bank for Africa, some consumers have undertaken a…
Onosode Advocates Effective Human Capital Development
For Nigeria to attain her expectations as member of the World 2020 economy, Dr Gamaliel Onosode has enjoined those in…
Flood Disrupts Operations At Eko Hospital
The two-day rainfall in Lagos has partly crippled operations at the high brow Eko Hospital, Ikeja, the News Agency of…
NRC Loses N3m To Lagos Flood
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Tuesday announced it lost about N3 million to flooding that followed the rain on…
Rain: Lagos Agency Urges PHCN To Check Installations
The Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC) on Tuesday advised PHCN to conduct a thorough check on its installations in the…
Why Team Lagos Finished 9th At Garden City Games
With three days to the end of the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, next year’s host, Lagos State…
U-23 Eagles Must Qualify For Olympics —Ugbade
Former Nigerian international, Uduka Ugbadehas condemned the country’s U-23 Eagles to qualify for the football event of the London 2012…
Stakeholders Task New Sports Minister
Football stakeholders in the country have tasked the new Sports Minister, Yusuf Suleiman to focus more on development of sports…