Year: 2011
Nigerian Governors Task Jonathan On State Police
State governors have made a case for the establishment of state police to deal with the serious security challenges facing…
Young Engineers Tasked To Shun Stereotypes
The Permanent Secretary, Office of Infrastructure in Lagos State, Engineer Wasiu Olatunde Olokunola, has advised young engineering graduates to reduce…
Lagos Partners Private School Owners On School Bus Safety
To ensure the safety of young school children in public and private schools, the Lagos State Government is working out…
Boko Haram: No Apology Over Visit To Leaders’ Family —Obasanjo
Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that he has no apology to tender for his visit to the family…
CPC: Army, Police Diverted Poll Materials For Jonathan
Continuing with its presentation before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja on Thursday, the Congress for Progressive Change,…
30 Gulder Ultimate Contestants Enter Benin Forest
For the next three months, millions of television viewers across Nigeria and Africa will be treated to exciting moments of…
Aikhomu Takes Final Bow Today
The remains of former military vice president, Admiral Augustus Aikhomu were about to be interred at the time filing this…
Boko Haram Kills Director, 2 Others
Unidentified gunmen, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect, on Thursday in Maiduguri, killed three people, including a…
Police Boss Wants Vigilance Groups Legalised
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, Mr. Dipo Ayeni, has appealed to the state House of Assembly to legislate on…
Beggars Batter LASTMA Officials
A few weeks after unruly street traders at Yaba Bus Stop attacked officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, another…
Love Angle
It is so interesting to discover that what one person calls love could be totally different from what another may…
All Africa Games: Osayomi Dedicates 200m Gold To Nigeians
Nigeria’s Oludamola Osayomi has dedicated the 200m gold medal she won yesterday at the ongoing All Africa Games in Maputo,…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
17 Traditional Rulers Reject Lekki LCDA Chairmanship Aspirant
Seventeen traditional rulers in Lekki, including Oba Ganiu Adegbesan of Ise land and Oba Laizim Ogunbekun of Lekki have appealed…
C/River Not Benefiting From Tank Farms, Quarries — Imoke
Cross River State does not get any revenue from the several tank farms and crushed rock quarries that litter the…
Jos Christian, Muslim Youths Rally For Peace
Disturbed by the unending crises in Jos, the Plateau state capital in North Central Nigeria, Christian and Muslim youths embarked…
Loss Of Democracy Is Invitation To Anarchy
 Hon. Hakeem Abiodun Munir, represents Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. In this interview with Political Platform, he…
PDP, ACN Trade Words Over Governance
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the state Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, of…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
Youths Want Credible Candidates Nominated
Youth Against Bad Leadership, YABL, a political group in Kosofe Local Government, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has condemned what it…
Expect Medals Haul In Judo, De-Souza Assures Team Nigeria
Executive Member of Nigeria Judo Federation, NJF, Professor Alexander De-Souza, has promised that his federation will bring back smile on…
BRF Wrestlemania 2011: Fashola, Tinubu To Grace Closing Ceremony
Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State and the former governor of the state, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will grace…
Kaduna, Sunshine Target S/Final Tickets
Kaduna United and Sunshine Stars of Nigeria are among five clubs chasing three CAF Confederation Cup semi-final places this weekend.…
Enyimba To Settle Scores With Cotton Sport
Enyimba FC of Aba may have cruised safely to the semi final stage of the Orange CAF Champions League even…
Airtel Rising Stars: Kanu, Tuface Idibia For National Finals
Two Nigerian icons, Kanu Nwankwo, and Tuface Idibia, have been lined up as star attraction at the finals of the…
Lagos Sports Council Boosts Ajigbeda Girls School
Representatives of Lagos State in the ongoing Nestle Milo Secondary School Basketball Championship, Ajigbeda Girls Secondary School, Surulere, has appreciated…
Pro Boxing Is Growing In Nigeria —NBB of C Boss
President of Nigeria Boxing Board of Control, NBB of C, Godwin Kanu, has declared that professional boxing is prospering in…
Sowing Seeds Of A Literary Harvest
 The Chinese proverb which admonishes people to teach children how to fish rather than give them fish may have become…
Northern Oligarchy Sad Over Jonathan Presidency
President of Ijaw Youth Council, Dr. Chris Ekiyor, is also the Founder and Chairman of Rural African Health Initiative (RAHI).…
Our Governor And Chairmen Are Working
 Olorogun Gbolahan Bagostowe, Chairman, Somolu Local Government Area, Lagos State, Nigeria, spoke with PAUL SANUSI on his challenges, achievements and…
Why Relationships Crash
In Lagos State alone, over 100,000 young people, both male and female are seriously in need of partners to marry.…
My Heart Bleeds For PMAN
International reggae music star and Mumbalamube crooner, Oritz Wiliki, was a former executive member of Performing Musicians’ Association of Nigeria…