Year: 2011
Martins Loses Brother
The immediate elder brother of Obafemi Martins, Oladipupo, died of heart problem early today at the Dorel Specialist Hospital, Ajah,…
Zenith League: First Bank Start On Bright Note
First Bank Basketball Club of Lagos yesterday made a bold statement about their ambition to reclaim the Premier League trophy…
It’ll Be More Than Friendly —Okoronkwo
Solomon Ndubisi Okoronkwo of Nigeria has declared that the international friendly match between Nigeria and Ghana, which will be played…
Ekiti State Stages Tennis Tourney
All arrangements towards the successful hosting of the forthcoming National Junior Tennis Championship, which holds from 14 -28 August, are…
Unity Games Hots Up
The Unity Community Games at Ifetedo- Alagbole entered its second phase over the weekend. The residents within the community and…
Lagos To Organise BRF Table Tennis Tourney
After the poor performance of the Lagos State ping pongers at this year’s National Sports Festival held in Rivers State,…
Behold The Conman And The Bloody Liar Called Al-Mustapha —Joe Igbokwe
In the past few days, the notorious criminal and serial killer Hamza Al-Mustapha has been taking advantage of his defense…
Revamping Nigeria’s Ailing Agriculture Sector —Tayo Ogunbiyi
A recent revelation that the Federal Government has spent N98 trillion on the importation of food in the last four…
Nigerian Women And Widowhood
I don’t fail to tell people it’s a man’s world in Nigeria. The saying that it is a woman’s world…
The Kids Need BCG Vaccine
As mothers throughout the world celebrate the 2011 World Breastfeeding Week, one disturbing news out of some hospitals in Lagos…
Subscribers At War With Real Estate Coy Over Land Allocation
Scores of land subscribers to Mainland Park Estate, Mowe, Ogun State, Southwest, Nigeria, have called on the management of Pentagon…
LG Poll: Aspirant Gets Party Stalwarts’ Support
Over 500 progressive members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State at…
Steward Bags 18 Months In Jail For Theft
An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Monday sentenced a 37-year-old steward to 18 months imprisonment with hard labour for stealing…
Suspected Kidnapper Nabbed
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a suspected kidnapper before an…
Court Discharges Suspect
An Ota Magistrates’ Court, Ogun State yesterday discharged a vulcaniser accused of stealing two Nokia handsets, valued at N11,500 belonging…
Lagos Councils Want Roles For Officials
Local councils in Lagos State have called on the House of Assembly to issue a comprehensive guidelines on the roles,…
Lawyer Threatens To Sue Petitioner For Defamation
A lawyer, E. C. Ajawara, representing a businesswoman, Mrs. Ngozi Harley in a divorce suit at the Agege Grade ‘A’…
Prioritise Your Needs, Communities Told
The Lagos State Government has urged rural communities in the state to prioritise their needs and come up with a…
Police Intercept Guns, Ammunition In Kano
Police in Kano, North-West Nigeria are on the trail of a gang of criminals suspected to be terrorising Kano and…
Jail Break: ACN Calls For Judicial Inquiry
The Rivers State chapter of Action Congress of Congress, ACN, has called for a full scale inquiry into the circumstances…
Fashola Signs Three Bills Into Law
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday signed three bills into law, stating that they represent the ethos…
Sam Loco Was An Accomplished Artiste And Gifted Performer -Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has extended his sincere and heartfelt condolences to the family of renowned stage and screen actor,…
Robber Kills Expatriate In Lagos
An expatriate was shot dead this afternoon on ACME Road, Ogba Industrial Estate, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was believed to…
Gunmen Attack Ogun PDP Chair, Kill Driver
The Ogun state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chairman, Chief Dayo Soremi, escaped death by the whiskers when a four-man robbery gang…
Mimiko Flags Off Direct Sales Of Kerosene In Ondo
Relief yesterday came the way of the people of Ondo state as the direct sale of kerosene to the masses…
DIA Set To Evict Retired Officer
Authorities of the Defence Intelligent Agency, DIA, may soon eject one of their retired intelligence officers from her official quarters…
Al-Mustapha: Abacha Survived 4 Coups
The former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Nigerian Head of State, General Sani Abacha, Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, who…
4 Million Girls Out Of School
The Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, Haijya Zainab Maina, says it is regrettable that more than four million…
Ajimobi Swears-In LG Caretaker Chairmen
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has declared that the newly appointed caretaker chairmen of the 33 local governments in…
ACN Warns Jonathan On REC Members
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to withdraw the nominations he has made to replace…