Month: August 2011
Governor Amaechi: Why I want to borrow N100 Billion
Amidst the controversy generated by the approval of the state house of assembly to borrow the sum of N100 billion…
Drogba Released From Hospital
The worst may be over for Chelsea star, Didier Drogba as his Club confirmed last night his release from hospital…
The Deadly Flood That Wrecked Ibadan
Residents of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State have begun to count their losses as a result of a heavy down…
Dahiru Musdapher steps IN AS Chief Justice of Nigeria
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Justice Dahiru Musdapher as the Chief Justice of Nigeria. The acting Chief…
Obasanjo: Abuja Suicide Bomb a bad portrayal of Nigeria
Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo amid high emotions reacted from far away Sierra Leone this afternoon to the…
New York Judge Dismisses Case Against Imo Deputy Governor
A New York Judge has dismissed the 17-count criminal possession of forged instruments case filed against the current Imo Deputy…
Suicide Bombing: Ban Deploys UN Security Chief to Nigeria
Deputy United Nations’ Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro and the organisations’ security chief, Greg Starr are on their way to Nigeria…
Attack on UN Building, An Assault On Global Peace And Security -Nigerian President
President Goodluck Jonathan has condemned Friday’s attack on the building of the United Nations in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, even as…
Federal Workers Disappointed With New Minimum Wage
Federal Civil Servants today expressed disappointment at the minimum wage recently approved by the government, describing the increment as a…
Human Rights Watch Decries FG’s Muscling of EFCC
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that political interference by past and present presidents of Nigeria remains the greatest challenge…
UN House In Abuja Bombed, Many Dead, Many Wounded
At least 10 people were killed this morning in Abuja when a bomb explosion rocked the headquarters of the United…
Terry G’s Drug Confession
Nigerian hip hop star, Terry G a.k.a. Hitman, has disclosed that Nigerian singers, who smoke anything from cigarettes to prohibited…
Lady Found Dead Inside Pond
Police detectives are trying to unravel the cause of the death of a 20-year old lady, Miss Chinelo Ezenekwe at…
TENANCY LAW: Tenants Happy, Landlords Angry
Tenants in Lagos on Thursday, hailed the State Government for introducing a tenancy law that made it unlawful for landlords…
8 Men Slept With Me Daily, Girl, 13, Reveals
A 13-year old Junior Secondary School, JSS3 pupil, (name withheld) has confessed that an average of eight men slept with…
A.M.Sports On Lagos Streets
The staff of Independent Communications Network Limited, ICNL, hit the streets of Lagos this morning with the company’s new national…
Our Interest In Salami Is Rule Of Law, Justice —Lagos ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has reacted to the Peoples Democratic Party of Nigeria PDP, declaration that ACN should…
Confederation Cup: Sunshine Tackle MAS In Ijebu-Ode
Nigeria’s Sunshine Football Club of Akure will play host to MAS Fez of Morocco in the CAF Confederation Cup at…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
I Learnt A Lot From The Senate
 Senator Muniru Adekunle Muse, an Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, stalwart, represented Lagos Central Senatorial District in the 6th Senate.…
Salami: Lagos PDP Lambasts Fashola
The Lagos State Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has faulted Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN, and the Lagos State House of…
Lagos Splashes N1.4b On Scholarship
Lagos State government has spent N1.340 billion on provision of scholarship to deserving students in the state’s tertiary institutions in…
Yakowa Orders Payment Of Salaries Before Sallah
Kaduna Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa has ordered all ministries and local government council caretaker chairmen in the state to pay…
World Bank Pats Mimiko On The Back
The World Bank has again commended the Ondo State programme over the establishment of the the Abiye Safe Motherhood programme,…
On N18,000 Minimum Wage We Stand –NLC
The Delta State council of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has said that it will not negotiate with the state…
Delta Seeks Funds From Capital Market
The Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, says the state has gone to the capital market to source for…
Tenants, Landlords Set For War As Fashola Signs Tenancy Law
As Governor Babatunde Fashola on Wednesday gave assent to the Tenancy Law of Lagos State, the ground appears set for…
Experts Laud Okonjo-Iweala’s Economic Blueprint
Some economic experts on Thursday in Lagos lauded the economic blueprint released by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala,…
Court Orders IGP To Pay N500,000 To Suspect
Justice Ugochukwu Ogakwu of the Abuja High Court on Thursday ordered the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr. Hafiz Ringim, to…