Year: 2011
Japan Honda To Recall .936m Vehicles
Japan’s Honda Motor is recalling 936,000 cars worldwide, mostly its popular Fit subcompact called Jazz overseas, due to defective power…
In Defence Of A Dynamic Servant —Ayo Bakre
The man, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, born 53 years ago, and an accountant of repute, contested for a seat into the Lagos…
Toyota Launches Revised Avensis
Toyota will present several new models at this year’s Frankfurt motor show next week (13 September), with world premieres for…
The Plight Of Nigerians In War-Torn Libya
The black-skinned African has always been an object of attack whenever there is a crisis in North Africa where white-skinned…
‘Fools’, Generals And Justice —Sola Odunfa
Many people, who did not know Nigeria and Nigerians well, thought that the country was tottering towards serious political crises.…
Hoodlums Burgle Wema Bank ATM In Badagry
Hoodlums have burgled an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at the Badagry branch of Wema Bank Plc., reports the News Agency…
5 Car Thieves Remanded
Operatives at the State CID, Panti Street, Adekunle, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned five suspected car thieves before…
Fake ASP Docked
The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned 38-year-old Tunji Okanlawon for allegedly posing as an assistant superintendent of police (ASP).…
NURTW Elders Appeal To Govt Over Sale Of BRT Franchise
Elders of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), have advised the Lagos State government to shelve the plan to…
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Epe Elders Oppose LG Chief’s 2nd Term Bid
The Elders’ Forum in Epe Local Government Area of Lagos State, have reiterated its opposition to the second term bid…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
LG Poll: Aspirant Rolls Out Plans
A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chairmanship aspirant in Agbado/Oke Odo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Alhaji Busari Ayinde,…
While We Patiently Wait For Goodluck In Nigeria —Prince Charles Dickson
An Ibo saying, when translated, means, when one treats an illness, one does not treat death. It simply implies that…
Sales Boy Steals N350,000, Beer
A 22-year old sales boy on Wednesday appeared before a Surulere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for allegedly breaking into his employer’s…
Bribery: Residents Absolve PHCN Staff
Residents’ Association of Alafia Estate in Oke-Ira, Ogba, Lagos, have debunked claims that officials of Power Holding Company of Nigeria…
Jonathan Assures Foreigners Living In Nigeria Of Security
President Goodluck Jonathan has said relevant authorities were working hard to check the activities of terrorists in the country, and…
Oshiomhole Reasures Edo People On Security
The insecurity situation in Edo state that has made some of the people to relocate and in which three indigenes…
Nigeria’s Politicians Profit From Oil Theft, reports Reuters
LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigeria’s political elite and soldiers have profited from large-scale oil theft in the Niger Delta that may…
Bomb Scare At Ikeja Council Office
Staff and visitors to the Ikeja Local Government secretariat, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, were ordered out of the council…
Ogun Monarch Arrested Over Contempt, Granted Bail
The police at Eleweran, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a traditional ruler in Obada Oko in…
We Have No Case Against Patience Jonathan -EFCC
Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs. Farida Waziri, on Wednesday debunked claims that the First Lady,…
Hearing of Salami’s Suit Against NJC Stalled Again
For the second consecutive time on Wednesday, embattled erstwhile President of Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, failed to…
Wikileaks: IBB Links Tinubu, Atiku, OPC With Al-Qaeda, To Realise His Presidential Ambition
Wikileaks, the anti-secret website has revealed the extent political office seekers can go to damage one another, in order to…
Cook Steals Employer’s $50,000
The police at Ikoyi Police Division, Eti-Osa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a steward, Peter Ogar, 26, and his younger…
Lagos Deputy Gov Set For World Record
Tomorrow is the World Literacy Day worldwide, a day the UNESCO celebrates to draw attention to the status of literacy…
Ondo state repairs Federal Road
After the death of 38 persons in a gruesome crash on the Ilesha/ Owo/Benin expressway last week, the Ondo State…
Boko Haram: Northern Govs Summon Meeting
The Northern Governors’ Forum is to convene an emergency meeting to proffer lasting solutions to the security challenges facing the…
Landlord Tests Lagos Tenancy Law, Ejects 18 Tenants
A Lagos landlord, Nurudeen Ogunade of 3, Alhaji Saka Street, Ilasamaja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, may be putting to test…
Lagos Taskforce Arrests 29 Marijuana Sellers In Oshodi
Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Offences (Enforcement) Unit have swooped on Marijuana sellers and smokers in…
Mayhem At Cele
The fragile peace at Cele bus stop along the Apapa/Oshodi expressway, Southwest, Lagos, gave way to violence yesterday afternoon as…
Dead Baby Found In MAPOLY
The corpse of a two week-old baby boy was found within the premises of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State,…