Year: 2011
Nigerians Slam Jonathan, Jang Over Killings
Nigerians have berated President Goodluck Jonathan and Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, over the unending killings in Jos. Over the…
Fire Razes Orphanage In Lafia
Fire on Sunday destroyed properties estimated at over N4 million at the Gidan Bege Orphanage at Millionaires Quarters in Lafia,…
Boko Haram Scare At UI, UNIBEN
Fear and apprehension today gripped members of the University of Ibadan (UI) community over a suspicion that members of a…
FG Owes Lagos N59bn On Road Repairs
The Federal Government owes Lagos State N59 billion which the government has spent to rehabilitate federal roads in Lagos, Southwest…
10,000 To Be Mobilised For Artisans Celebration
The Lagos State government is to mobilise at least 10,000 artisans and tradesmen for tomorrow’s grand finale of the Tradesmen…
Bariga Monarch Tasks Politicians On Governance
Oba-elect of Somolu-Bariga in Lagos State, Jagunmolu Gbolahan Akanbi Timson, has enjoined political office hoders to try to win the…
Committee Summons Ex-Minister Over Concession Agreement
The Federal House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to probe the alleged illegal concession agreement between the…
LAWMA Tasks Lagosians On Sanitation
Residents of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have been urged to cultivate the habit of keeping their environment clean. Mr. Ola…
DVC Blames Varsity Managers For Decline In Education
The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University, Vatican City, Professor Godfrey Onah, has blamed university managers in Nigeria for the…
Jos Crises: Northern Govs Meet On 21 Sept
Worried by the protracted sectarian crisis in Jos, the Northern Governors’ Forum will hold an emergency meeting on Wednesday, 21…
Academy To Train NYSC Members On Self Defence
Martial Arts and Self-defence Academy (MASDA), is to train future NYSC members on the art of self-defence, Mr. Richard Uboh-Ekon,…
SARS Nabs 4 Sea Pirates
The police in Lagos have arrested four robbery suspects who attacked workers in a fishing boat in Badagry, Lagos State,…
9/11 Anniversary: Obama Remembers 3 Nigerians
Three Nigerians, who died after al Qaida terrorists slammed passenger jets into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre…
Customs Collects N76b In July
Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko, the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said in Abuja on Sunday that the service collected…
Woman Urges FG To Tackle Bombings
Alhaja Risikat Oke, the Chairperson, Lagos State Women Advisory Council of Ansar-Ud-Deen Society, on Sunday urged government to take urgent…
Okonjo-Iweala Relaunches Publication of Revenue Allocation
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, on Sunday re-launched the publication on federation revenue…
Nigeria Loses Triple Jump Gold —Bamidele Olowosagba
Team Nigeria’s hope of adding the triple jump gold medal to their medal haul at the ongoing 10th All Africa…
We Must Beat First Deepwater
Assistant coach of First Bank Club of Lagos, Chris Acha, has saidthat his team are left with no choice than…
Okafor Joins Etha
Patrick Okafor has signed a contract in Cyprus for the upcoming season with Etha.The Nigerian forward started last year in…
2012 Sports Festival: Lagos Targets Filled Venues
Lagos State is planning to ensure that when it hosts the 12th National Sports Festival next year, all venues for…
9/11 Ended My Love Of Flying —Elizabeth Ohene
I always used to have a Swiss army knife in my handbag and never went anywhere without one. Now, I…
Mr. Jonathan And The Blunt Cutlass… —Charles Dickson
It is the back of the man with a blunt cutlass that suffers. (A person who does not make adequate…
The Arrest Of Labour Leaders
The cat and mouse game between labour leaders and the Enugu State Government came to a head on Thursday last…
BRT Has Succeded Under Me —Nurtw Boss, Olohunwa
Former Chairman of the Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Akanni Olohunwa, said that the…
Lagos Removes Structures On Drainage Channels
The Lagos State government has begun the demolition of structures built on canals. Most of these structures were built in…
Community Refutes Neglect Story
The Orile-Agege Community Development Committee, Agege, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has dissociated itself from the media report that Isale-Odan community has…
Proprietor Tasks Govts On Exam Malpractice
Government at all levels in the federation have been tasked on the need to urgently put machinery in motion to…
Task Force On Environmental Sanitation Set Up In Ogun
The Otunba Dipo Dina Charitable and Humanitarian Organisation, ODDICHO, a non-governmental organisation in conjunction with the Ogun State Ministry of…
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My Six-Point Agenda For Ojodu People
Abayomi Mukaila Tijani is the current Secretary to the Ojodu Local Council Development Area and an aspirant for the position…
I Remain A Grassroots Man
Hakeem Bamgbola, Executive Chairman, Itire/Ikate Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, speaks on the journey so far and why he…