Year: 2011
KAI Arrests 25 Hoodlums, 30 Cows At Ilubinrin
The men of Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI), the law enforcement arm of the Ministry Of the Environment, Lagos State, Southwest…
Taskforce Begins Impounding Of Unpainted Commuter Buses
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Offences (Enforcement) Unit has begun a clampdown on unpainted commuter vehicles in the…
Ladipo Traders Protest At Alausa
Hundreds of traders at Ladipo Market, Mushin, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, stormed the Governor’s Office recentlyto protest the alleged imposition…
Olorunda Residents Seek Govt’s Assistance On Roads
Residents and other stakeholders of Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have appealed to the governor of Lagos…
Violence Mars Employment Exercise In Ogun
Violence and alleged hoarding of forms trail the planned recruitment of 10,000 unemployed job seekers in Ogun state, as the…
Veteran Actor, Sam Loco Dies
Veteran Nollywood actor, Sam Loco Efe, is dead. He died at about 1 p.m. today in his hotel room in…
Mercy Johnson Backs Out Of Planned Marriage
The proposed marriage between Nollywood star actress, Mercy Johnson and Prince Odianosen Okojie scheduled for Saturday, 27 August at Christ…
Jail Break In Port Harcourt Prisons
An unconfirmed number of prisoners escaped from the Port Harcourt Prison at about 10 a.m. today. A statement from Ben…
U-20 World Cup: Nigeria Beat Saudi Arabia 2-0, Set Up 2nd Round Clash With England
Nigeria’s Flying Eagles were emphatic in their determination to top the table in Group D in the FIFA U-20 World…
International Friendly@ Rufai Charges Eagles To Beat Ghana
Former Super Eagles’ goalkeeper, Peter Rufai, has charged the Super Eagles to go for victory when they confront Ghana in…
U-20 World Cup: Brazil Are Beatable -Lawal
Former Flying Eagles player, Oladimeji Lawal has said that the Nigerian team can beat Brazil if they eventually meet in…
Nigerian Police Shoot Musician In Error
Wife of a Kaduna-based Hip-Hop musician, Christabel Ukpabia has alleged that the police in Kaduna wrongly shot her musician husband,…
U-20 World Cup: Cameroon Qualify For Second Round, Beat Uruguay 1-0
With determination to make good impact in the FIFA U-World Cup in Colombia, Cameroon’s junior national team, coming from two…
Secret Screening for Oyo Council Bosses
Amidst tight security Friday at the Oyo State House of Assembly, nominees were screened to act as caretaker chairmen for…
Nigerian Government Takes Over 3 Banks
The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC on Friday announced that it has taken over the running of three out of…
Nigeria: UN Urges Shell to Overhaul Oil Clean-up Process in Niger Delta
A UN report on the effects of oil pollution in Nigeria’s Delta region urges the oil company Shell to totally…
Mother, Son Docked For Fraud
A 62-year-old woman, Mrs. Esther Inyang and her son, Daniel Inyang, 27, have been arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court,…
Fashola Advocates Investment In Infrastructure
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), has anvassed massive investment in infrastructure in the country in order to create…
ACN Slams Rivers Govt Over N250b Request For Water Rehabilitation
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Rivers State has condemned the administration of Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi for failing…
Mimiko Commissions Projects
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko on Thursday commissioned two developmental projects executed by his administration in the Northern Senatorial district…
Investors To Build Green City In Ogoni
An eco-village project/industrial green city will soon be built in Khana Local Government Area. Disclosing this while presenting a proposal…
2-Year Rent Banned In Lagos, Assembly Passes Tenancy Law
Any landlord in Lagos State who collects rent in excess of one year in advance from a new tenant would…
Fake Pregnant Woman Held
A 44-year old woman and mother of three children has been arrested by the police at the domestic wing of…
Minimum Wage: Oshiomhole Aborts Trip Over Workers’ Strike
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole, was yesterday forced to cut short his overseas trip in order to attend to workers…
Reliable Rail Network, Key To Maintenance Of Good Roads —Fashola
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Thursday received the Minister of Transport, Senator Idris Umar in audience,…
BBA Girl, Karen Gets Rousing Reception
Karen Igho, the winner of the just concluded Big Brother Amplified, M-Net-sponsored television reality show, returned to Nigeria yesterday to…
Imoke To Provide IT Facilities In 250 Schools
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has promised to provide the 250 secondary schools in the state with information…
Lagos Shuts 5 Oil Companies, 4 Others
The Lagos State Government today shut down five oil companies and four others at Kirikiri area of Lagos, South West…
Obuh Dreads Brazil In Second Round
The fear of Brazil is the beginning of wisdom for Coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles in the ongoing FIFA World…