Month: July 2011
TARABA: Soldiers, MOPOL Sent To Crisis Zone
Soldiers and mobile policemen have been deployed to some communities in Taraba State were eight persons including a serving councilor…
3 Killed In Maiduguri Bomb Blast
An early morning explosion today killed three persons in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, North-East Nigeria. Residents believed it could…
Senator Sent To Prison For Forgery
A Minna Chief Magistrates’ Court has ordered Sen. Ibrahim Musa (CPC-Niger North) charged for alleged falsification and forgery, to be…
Okonjo-Iweala Set To Return As Finance Minister
With the allocation of portfolios to all the ministers that have been sworn-in so far yesterday by President Goodluck Jonathan,…
Amaechi Assigns Commissioners Portfolios
The seven new commissioners sworn-in recently by Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi have been assigned portfolios. A statement from the office…
Flood Sweeps Okada Rider Away
A motorcycle rider in Aboru near Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, simply known as Baba Adija, was swept away by…
Two Ex-LASG Staff Arrested For Extortion
Two former staff of the Lagos State Government have been arrested by the police in Lagos, South West Nigeria for…
Lagos Assembly Endorses Commissioner For New Ministry
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly during plenary on Monday afternoon ratified the appointment of Mr. Taofik Tijani…
Problems Facing Nigeria Self Inflicted, Says Cleric
Special Apostle Israel Akinadewo of Motailatu Church, Cherubim and Seraphim Worldwide, Sanctuary Parish, Lagos, has said that the problems confronting…
Rain: Rep Condoles With Lagosians
A member of the House of Representatives representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke, has condoled with Lagosians, especially…
Lagos Housewife Faces N3m Theft Charge
A 28-year old housewife, Precious Nathaniel, was on Monday in Lagos charged before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged…
Lagos ACN Sympathises With Flood Victims
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has sent a message of condolence to victims of the…
‘Soldier Deserves Punishment’
Erstwhile ‘Ewi’ exponent turned businessman, Mr. Olusesan James Adewusi, a.k.a. Tantolorun, has observed that the errant soldier who caused commotion…
7 Die In Lagos Canal
No fewer than seven people, including a woman and a baby strapped on her back, were on Monday found drowned…
Federation Invites Festival Judokas To Camp
In its bid to ensure that Nigeria presents its best legs in the Judo event of the All Africa Games…
What Do You Want In A Relationship (2)
I started this topic two weeks ago and promised concluding it last week,but you know,as humans, we sometimes forget. I…
Obasanjo: Is He An Anti-Graft Agent?
World leaders who assembled during the 100th International Labour conference in Geveva, Switzerland, in June, got some not-so-edifying insights into…
Horn Of Africa Drought: ‘A Vision Of Hell’
The UK’s Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has launched an emergency appeal to help the more than 10 million people affected…
Lagos Floods: The Need To Be Pro-Active
Most residents of Lagos who had one reason or the other to come out last Sunday would have by the…
Ogun Assembly Clears The Air On Barring Of Journalists
The Ogun State House of Assembly has explained the rationale behind the barring of private media practitioners from covering the…
Ajimobi Slashes School Fees By 50%
Oyo State governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi today ordered a 50 per cent reduction in the tuition fees paid in tertiary…
Another Bomb Explodes In Northern Nigerian City
A week after the Boko Haram sect threatened to launch bomb attack on the Northern Nigerian city of Kaduna ,…
5 Found Dead In Ikeja
Five girls were found dead this morning in Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, after yesterday’s heavy rains forced them to…
AFTERMATH OF FLOODS: Many Die, Buildings Collapse, Highway Damaged
Several people died while others sustained injuries as houses and fences collapsed after yesterday’s torrential rain that lasted over 14…
Flood Kills 8 In Katsina
Eight persons were killed and 100 families rendered homeless following heavy rainfall in Katsina metropolis on Friday. The rainfall, which…
Oshiomhole Signs Wage Bill Into Law
Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, this morning signed into law the new minimum wage bill. The minimum wage of…
In Pictures: Floods Wreak Havoc In Lagos
Photos: Oluwasanmi Joseph, Kola Aliyu & Emmanuel Osodi
Plateau LGs Can’t Pay N18,000 Minimum Wage
The Plateau chapter of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), says its members cannot pay the N18,000 minimum…
NAFDAC Advocates Research Culture Among Students
Dr. Paul Orhii, Director General, National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has called on students to imbibe…
Friends, Relations Of British Airways Passengers Panic Over Flight Diversion
Friends and relations of passengers on board a British Airways airplane were in a panic on Sunday following the diversion…