Month: August 2011
Steward Bags 18 Months In Jail For Theft
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Monday sentenced a 37-year-old steward to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing…
Suspected Kidnapper Nabbed
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a suspected kidnapper before an…
Court Discharges Suspect
An Ota Magistrates’ Court, Ogun State yesterday discharged a vulcaniser accused of stealing two Nokia handsets, valued at N11,500 belonging…
Lagos Councils Want Roles For Officials
Local councils in Lagos State have called on the House of Assembly to issue a comprehensive guidelines on the roles,…
Lawyer Threatens To Sue Petitioner For Defamation
A lawyer, E. C. Ajawara, representing a businesswoman, Mrs. Ngozi Harley in a divorce suit at the Agege Grade ‘A’…
Prioritise Your Needs, Communities Told
The Lagos State Government has urged rural communities in the state to prioritise their needs and come up with a…
Police Intercept Guns, Ammunition In Kano
Police in Kano, North-West Nigeria are on the trail of a gang of criminals suspected to be terrorising Kano and…
Jail Break: ACN Calls For Judicial Inquiry
The Rivers State chapter of Action Congress of Congress, ACN, has called for a full scale inquiry into the circumstances…
Fashola Signs Three Bills Into Law
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday signed three bills into law, stating that they represent the ethos…
Sam Loco Was An Accomplished Artiste And Gifted Performer -Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has extended his sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of renowned stage and screen actor,…
Robber Kills Expatriate In Lagos
An expatriate was shot dead this afternoon on ACME Road, Ogba Industrial Estate, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was believed to…
Gunmen Attack Ogun PDP Chair, Kill Driver
The Ogun state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman, Chief Dayo Soremi, escaped death by the whiskers when a four-man robbery gang…
Mimiko Flags Off Direct Sales Of Kerosene In Ondo
Relief yesterday came the way of the people of Ondo state as the direct sale of kerosene to the masses…
DIA Set To Evict Retired Officer
Authorities of the Defence Intelligent Agency, DIA, may soon eject one of their retired intelligence officers from her official quarters…
Al-Mustapha: Abacha Survived 4 Coups
The former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, who…
4 Million Girls Out Of School
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Haijya Zainab Maina, says it is regrettable that more than four million…
Ajimobi Swears-In LG Caretaker Chairmen
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has declared that the newly appointed caretaker chairmen of the 33 local governments in…
ACN Warns Jonathan On REC Members
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to withdraw the nominations he has made to replace…
NIPOST Pensioners Picket Offices
The Nigeria Postal Services, NIPOST, Union of Pensioners Lagos State chapter trooped to the streets this morning to protest non-payment…
Youths Batter Robbery Suspect
A robbery suspect identified as Raphael Segun Alape met his waterloo at the weekend during an operation at Ramota Lane,…
Ghana/Nigeria Friendly: Mikel, Taiwo, 9 Others Hit Camp
More players have continued to hit Super Eagles’ camp ahead of their international friendly tie against Ghana’s Black Stars in…
Nollywood, Fashola Mourn Sam Loco
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has described the late veteran actor, Sam Loco Efe, as an extraordinarily gifted person…
Cut Down On Spending, Gambari Tells Jonathan
Professor Ibrahim Gambari, United Nation Under Secretary-General and Special Envoy to Darfur said on Sunday in Abuja that the Federal…
Fashola Solicits Support For Transformation
We have the formula, work plan, energy, cabinet, lawmakers, judiciary, all ready to serve youâ€, he says. Lagos State Governor,…
NDLEA Boss Seeks Tough Measures Against Drug Traffickers
Mr. Ahmadu Giade, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has reiterated his call for stringent measures…
Bizman Arraigned Over Visa Scam
A businessman, Oluwaabi Olakunle Ibukun 30, has been slammed with eight-count charge of obtaining under false pretence and stealing at…
Archbishop Calls For Prayers On Security
Archbishop Valerian Okeke, of the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha has urged Nigerians to continuously pray for God’s intervention in the…
Truck Knocks Down Hawker
A teenager hawking yoghurt and other soft drinks at Anthony Bus Stop, Ikorodu Road, Lagos has been knocked down by…
Lagos To Punish Lazy Health Workers
Any health worker found to be lackadaisical or complacent in the discharge of his or her duty will henceforth be…
Lagos Donates 30 Patrol Vehicles To Police
The Lagos Security Trust Fund in line with its objective to improve the operational capacity of the Police and other…