Month: August 2011
Lagos Formulates Policy On Climate Change
In a determined effort to combat its menace, the Lagos State Government has developed a policy framework that will serve…
Niger Insurance To Float N2.5bn Shares
The Niger Insurance Plc., one of the leading insurance companies in the country has concluded plans to float a N2.5…
5 Survive Building Collapse, As Traders Lose N20m Goods
Five people were rescued after a three-storey building collapsed on Saturday evening at Oroyinyin Street, Adeniji-Adele area of Lagos Island,…
Suspected Thief Caught Inside State House
Security operatives attached to the State House, Marina, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria have arrested a man, Oghenevo Ijoko, for allegedly jumping…
HP Quits Smartphone, Computer Business
Computer giant, Hewlett-Packard, is pulling out of the tablet and mobile phone market after poor sales of its products and…
Court Dismisses Objection To Stop Forgery Charge
A Lagos Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Ikeja have dismissed a preliminary objection raised by Yusuf Adeniran Adeleke, 43, challenging…
EU Begins Enforcement of Bulb Ban In September Sept
The European Union, EU, will next month begin the implementation of the ban on 60 watts electricity bulbs in homes…
Indomie Gives Summer School Pupils Free Lunch
As part of its partnership with Lagos State Government especially in the area of education, Dufil Prima Foods Plc, makers…
Startimes Gets UEFA Sub-Saharan Media Rights
UEFA has announced that the 2012-15 free-to-air media rights for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League in sub-Saharan…
‘Making Of A Chef’ Debuts In Nigeria
The top cooking reality TV show popularly called “Making of A Chef”, created by Rhodium LLC in the United States…
Church Embarks On Humanitarian Service
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, last weekend, embarked on a humanitarian project in Abule Egba area…
Groups Organise Empowerment Programme
A five-day empowerment training and exhibition of products and ideas tagged One Family, One Product Or Service, commenced yesterday at…
Group Bemoans Government’s Insensitity To Traditional Religion
Chairman, Association of African Traditional Religion, Nigeria and Oversees (AATREN), Lagos State chapter, Chief Olusegun Elegushi, has described none recognition…
How We Selected Maputo Games’ Team — Akinloye
Head coach of the Nigerian Tennis Federation, Rotimi Akinloye, has described the final list of players for All Africa Games,…
We Won’t Dissappoint Nigerians —Abinu
One of the short listed players for the All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, Fatima Abinu, has promised that the…
2011 IAAF World Athletic Championship: Okagbare Hopeful
Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, has declared that she won’t be at this year’s IAAF World Athletic Championship in Daegu, South…
Lagos Set Standard For Sports Associations
As part of its effort to reposition and return the lost glory of sports in Lagos State, the government of…
Women And Childbirth
It is sad seeing the number of women lost daily as a result of complications during child delivery. The hospitals…
Lagos SWAN To Play Entertainment Writers
Members of the pen profession in Lagos State, also known as the Sports Writers Association of Nigeria, SWAN, will on…
FRSC Warns Against Traffic Offences
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has renewed efforts at arresting and prosecuting traffic offenders in Abuja, Mr. Augustine Aipoh,…
Motorists Protest Against Police Extortion In Bariga
Members of the National Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Oworo unit in Lagos, yesterday staged a protest against what they described…
Car Wash Operators Warned Against Road Abuse
Car wash operators in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have been warned against damaging the roads through their operation. The call…
Suspect Steals Gold Watches, Docked
The police in Lagos have arraigned a man, Ibrahim Shittu, 21 on a three-count charge of stealing before the Ikeja…
Commissioner Decries Poor Sanitation In Zamfara
The Zamfara State Commissioner for the Environment, Alhaji Mukhtar Lugga, on Monday decried poor state of environmental sanitation in the…
Police Officers’ Wives Want Barracks Renovated
Wives of police officers at the Iponri Police Barracks in Lagos, on Monday, appealed to the Federal Government for the…
A Lady Among Abductors Of Mikel Obi’s Father
The abductors of Elder Michael Obi, father of Chelsea mid-fielder, John Mikel Obi were arrested in Kano, North-West Nigeria by…
Mikel Obi’s father found In Kano
The father of Chelsea and Nigeria star John Mikel Obi has been found alive in the Nigerian city Kano, reports…
Amaechi Accuses Lawyers Of Not Fighting For Poor People
Rivers State Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has challenged the Nigerian Bar Association to fight for an equitable economic system…
Atiku Calls For Strict Observance Of Constitution
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for strict observance of the constitution in the resolution of the crisis of…
