Month: August 2011
Burial Committee Set Up For Loco
National President of the Actors’ Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Segun Arinze, has set up an 11-member burial committee for versatile…
Lawmakers, Council Boss Mourn Loco Efe
Tributes have continued to pour in over the recent death of ace and versatile actor, Sam Loco Efe, the latest…
Mercy Johnson Keeps Fans In The Dark Over Wedding
Barely 12 days to the troubled wedding of Mercy Johnson, the actress has kept her fans in the dark over…
ABC Scandal: 24 Journalists, 60 Others Abandoned At Gwagwalada!
In what could be described a show of shame, a luxury bus belonging to ABC Transport Company, today abandoned 24…
I Want A Rematch, Ghana’s Agbeko Demands After Losing To Mares In U.S.
Ghana’s Joseph Agbeko is demanding an immediate rematch after a serious backlash over referee Russell Mora’s performance in Agbeko’s bantamweight…
CAF Champions League: Enyimba Silence Raja Casablanca
Nigeria’s representatives in this year’s CAF Champions League, Enyimba Football Club of Aba, put up a superlative performance against their…
English Premier League: Bright Start For Champions Man United
Manchester United opened the defence of their English Premier League title with a 2-1 victory at West Bromwich Albion today.…
Stoke Hold Chelsea To Barren Draw
Chelsea’s bid to give new coach Andre Villas-Boas a winning start in his first Premier League match was scuppered by…
Rivers Police, Robbers In Gun Battle
Rivers State Command Anti-Robbery Squad patrol teams at about 11.22 p.m. along Omagwa/Ozuoha road in Port Harcourt, engaged armed robbers…
U-20 World Cup: Brazil’s Oscar Predicts Classic Tie With Spain
Brazil U-2-0s playmaker Oscar believes that the quarter final clash in the ongoing FIFA U-20 World Cup clash against Spain…
Rogers Cup Finals: Djokovic Faces Fish, Serena Battles Stosur
Novak Djokovic will face Mardy Fish in the final of the ATP Rogers Cup in Montreal, after the Frenchman Jo-Wilfried…
Fashola Leads Campaign Against Polio
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Saturday joined his 36 states counterparts under the aegis of the Governors’…
Banks In Ogun Shut Over Robbery Scare
The fear of robbery attack gripped residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital today, forcing banks operating at the new…
3 Robbery Suspects Arrested In Ado-Odo
Nemesis has caught up with three robbery suspects who allegedly specialises in robbing people who withdraw money from the bank…
Aregbesola Swears-In 14 Commissioners, Charges Them To Match Awolowo’s Record
Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola today swore in 14 commissioners with a charge they should match and surpass the…
Lagos Assembly Slams Nigerite Over Neglect Of School
Members of the Lagos State House of Assembly have taken a swipe at Nigerite, an aluminium manufacturing company located in…
Somalia Famine Worrisome –President Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has expressed concern at the famine in Somalia, and pledged that Nigeria and the Economic Community…
Police Parade 24 Armed Robbery Suspects
Kaduna Police Command today paraded twenty-four armed robbery suspects including three women that have allegedly been terrorising the state in…
End Of The Road For 4 Car Thieves
A suspected car thief, Idowu Odeyemi, and three members of his gang have been arrested by the police in Lagos…
Drug Smuggling On The Increase
Drug smuggling in Nigeria seems to be on the rise, going by the quantity of hard drugs intercepted last year…
Lagos Shops For N109b For Ikeja Roads
The Lagos State Government says it needs N109 billion to be able to rehabilitate all inner roads in Ikeja, Lagos,…
Fashola Meets With Neighbourhood Watch
In the continued effort of his administration to improve security and environmental sanitation in the State, Lagos State Governor, Mr.…
81 Varsity Students Face Probe
Eighty-one students have been summoned to appear before the Central Students Disciplinary Committee of the University of Ibadan (UI) between…
Arik Air Plane Seized Over Debt
The financial crisis convulsing Arik Air, Nigeria’s biggest airline, is worsening by the day with the seizure of another of…
Woman Delivers Triplets After 20 Years Of Barrenness
It was joy galore at the Redeemed Christian Church of God’s RCCG’s National Convention last night when a woman who…
Minimum Wage: Workers Reject Directive To Stop Strike
In spite of the Enugu State Government’s threat of “no work no payâ€, workers in the state have continued with…
Redeemed Church Prays For Troubled Nations
Members of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) from about 140 countries will from today converge at the Redemption…
110 Blind Candidates Score 5 Credits And Above In WAEC Exam
One hundred and ten blind candidates obtained five credits and above in the May examination conducted by the West African…
Man Steals N1.3m Fish
The police at Ota, Ogun State have arraigned a man who allegedly stole cartons of fish worth N1,300,000 before the…