Year: 2011
In Pictures: RRS Demonstrates Show Of Force Around Lagos
The Lagos State Security outfit, Rapid Response Squad (RRS), in a  show of force exercise at Ikorodu, led by the…
Amosun Plans 250 Health Centres
The Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun has promised to construct functional health centres in each of the 236 political…
Bullion Van Crushes Man’s Legs
A bullion van driving from opposite direction this evening in Isale-Igbein area, Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, hit a middle aged…
Nigerian President Targets 2015 for Steady Power, Rice supply
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday set the 2015 date for steady power supply and self sufficiency in rice production, arguably…
Benue Gov Tribunal To Rule On Preliminary Objection Friday
The Governorship Election Tribunal sitting in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, North Central Nigeria, has adjourned ruling till Friday 19…
Mimiko Commissions Projects, Vows To Empower More Women
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko yesterday commissioned various developmental projects in the Central Senatorial District of the state with…
ACN To Jonathan: Don’t Scrap States/LGs Joint Accounts
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has advised President Goodluck Jonathan to jettison his proposed constitutional amendment that aims to…
Minimum Wage Strike: Police Arrest Enugu Labour Leader
A front-line labour leader in Enugu state, Mr. Osmond Ugwu, was this morning arrested by the police in connection with…
Robbers Bomb Bank, Police
Shortly after the police foiled an attempt by the Boko Haram fundamentalists to bomb the Maiduguri Police Headquarters yesterday, armed…
Man Shoots Son Over Use Of His Car
The police in Lagos have arrested a businessman, Obed Igwe, who allegedly shot his son, Herod, during an argument that…
FATAL SURGERY: 2 Nurses Axed
For operating an illegal clinic and carrying out surgical operations against the ethics of the nursing profession leading to the…
‘Our Rent Law Will Work’
Lagos State Commissioner for Information, Lateef Aderemi Ibirogba, this morning assured Lagosians that the new law on rent in the…
Lagos Cracks Down On Street Traders, Danfo Drivers
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Offences (Enforcement) Unit has begun massive crackdown on street traders across the state,…
Al-Mustapha’s Orderly Testifies
In continuation of his defence, the former CSO to the late Gen. Sani Abacha, Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha brought in his…
3-Wheelers Operators Protest In Ogun
The members of 3-Wheelers Association, Ogun State, have protested the appointment of Hon. Adeleke Sulaimon, the Chairman, Ogun State House…
Blind Lawyer To Sue LASUTH, Foundation For N100m
A 52-year old blind lawyer, Mr. Johnson Okiri, has vowed to sue the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) Eye…
Police Inspectors, ASPs For Screening
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Yakubu Alkali, has assured that police officers involved in the screening of incoming inspectors…
Police Intensify Search For Mikel Obi’s Dad
Police in Plateau State, North central Nigeria, say they will do everything to find the missing father of the Super…
U-20 W/Cup: Why Flying Eagles Failed —Rufai
Former Super Eagles’ goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, has revealed the reason France had an upper hand over the Flying Eagles in…
HP Unveils Latest IT Solution
Hewlett Packard, HP, Nigeria recently gathered its customers, partners and retailers for a-three day customers forum in far away Dakar,…
NURTW Chief Absolves Members From Mushin Crisis
Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Mushin branch, Alhaji Sule Adio, has decried the frequent gang wars among…
Lagos To Fight Environmental Nuisance
The Lagos State Government has declared zero tolerance for environmental nuisance. Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello, made this…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
Crisis Rocks Council
Ahead of the October Local Government election in Lagos, crisis is brewing at the Ojodu Local Council Development Area, LCDA,…
I Want To Be A World Beater
 Tennis Special caught up with Owolabi Jinadu at the Tennis Court of the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos State recently. He…
NTF Ends Camp ‘Morrow —Mbora
Secretary General of the Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, Nkora Nbora, has expressed satisfaction with the players’preparation for the All Africa…
Oso Plans Big For Boxing At Oshodi
A chairmanship aspirant of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Oshodi\Isolo Local Government Area, Daisi Oso, has promised to improve…
Readers’ Reactions
Aunty Amara, I thank you so much for your article Nigerian Women And widowhood. It reminded me of what my…
Enough Of Theatrics, Mr President —Prince Charles Dickson
When a nation with enormous wealth has a vast majority of its populace living under the poverty line, it means…
‘Reduce N15,000 Cost Of New Number Plate, N6,000 Driver’s Licence’
Motorists in Plateau reacted with mixed feelings to the planned introduction of a new number plate to be obtained at…
Lessons Of The London Riots
The handling of the protests which rocked London last week by the British government has shown the world that no…