Year: 2011
Housemaid Jailed For Stealing N500,000
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a housemaid, Godswill Anthony, to one month imprisonment for stealing N500,000. Senior…
Blind Protesters Disrupt Church Service
A mild drama ensued in Eruwen community, Ikorodu, Lagos when protesting members of the Nigeria Association of the Blind (NAB) disrupted services…
Lawmakers Expressed Mix Feelings Over Tenure Bill
Some lawmakers in Abuja on Monday expressed mixed feelings over the proposed six-year single tenure for the President and Governors.…
Fake Employer Dupes Graduates N255,000
The police in Ota, Ogun State have dragged Lateef Bello, 32, an employer of labour with Tarba Company, Olorunsogo, Ifo…
Don’t Celebrate Yet, Ugbade Warns F/Eagles
Former Nigerian youth international, Nduka Ugbade, has warned the Flying Eagles not to celebrate their victory over Guatemala yet as…
‘Nigerian Players Live In Penury’
The debutant at the recently concluded 17th National Sports Festival, tagged Garden City Games, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mercy…
MEN AND INFIDELITY: What Have Women Got To Do With It?
Last Friday, I did an article on men and nude clubs. A good number of men appreciated that with some…
Mbora Says Players In Abuja Camp Are Okay
The Secretary of the Nigerian Tennis Federation, NTF, Nkana Nbora, has described the Abuja camp for the national players preparing…
Unity Community Games Kick Off
The famous Unity Community Development Association (Ifetedo-Alagbole) Games kicked off over the weekend amidst fanfair and glamour with numerous fans…
Festival Judokas Dazzle In Camp
There are strong indications that four judokas that participated in the just concluded National Sports Festival in Rivers State will…
Chariot Of Fire Relish RCCG Cup
Chief Coach of Chariot of Fire(006) Anthony Ibeh was on cloud nine when his team won the Redeemed Christian Church…
National Assembly Please Reject The Six-Year Term Proposal
The debate on the six-year single term tenure for the President and the Governors in Nigeria is unnecessary, diversionary and…
Cameron’s Visit To Lagos: A Tribute To Visionary Leadership
Just very recently, the British Prime – Minister, David Cameron, led a powerful delegation of British Trade Mission to Nigeria…
Ramadan: Time For Truce And Penitence
After much expectations, the holy month of Ramadan is here. For our Muslim brothers and sisters, the Ramadan represents a…
Don’t Allow Boko Haram Into Lagos, Market Leader Urges Govt
A market leader in Onigbongbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Alhaji Hassan Akerele, has called on the state…
Ramadan: Lagos Council Boss Tasks Muslims
Chairman, Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr. Wasiu Eshilokun-Sanni, has urged Muslims in the state and the…
Jilted Man Pours Hot Water On Ex-Lover
A jilted lover, Chinedu Anokwute, 30 has been charged before the Apapa Magistrates’ Court for allegedly bathing his estranged girlfriend,…
Makoko Residents Want Blocked Canal Cleared
Residents of Makoko in Yaba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State have sent an appealed to the state government…
Fashola Signs New Laws
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), on Monday signed a new Law to provide for the establishment of Customary…
RAMADAN: Fashola Reiterates Need For Tolerance, Orderly Conduct
As Muslims worldwide commenced fasting in the holy month of Ramadan, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Sunday…
Promasidor Shuts Down To Avert Violence
The management of Promasidor Nigeria Limited has shut down the company to avert break down of law and order. …
Globacom Takes Over Sponsorship of Onitsha Ofala Festival
Telecom giant, Globacom, has taken over the sponsorship of the prestigious Ofala festival of Onitsha. The big sponsorship deal, which…
Let’s Be Pious —Amosun, Speaker Charge Muslims
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has urged muslims to use the period of the holy month of Ramadan to…
Boko Haram goes on Ramadhan break
Militants of the Boko Haram sect have announced a voluntary ceasefire ahead of government’s constitution of a negotiating panel in…
Court Denies Suspected Killer Of Boko Haram Leader Bail
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has refused an application for bail brought by one of the accused persons…
Islamic Group Deploys 387 Clerics For Ramadan Tafsir
At least 387 Muslim Clerics have been sent to different parts of the country including some other African countries for…
Striking Judicial Workers In Ogun Resume
The strike action by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, Ogun State Chapter, on Friday, 22 July, 2011 has…
Why Gen Abdulsalami Wants Me Dead —Al-Mustapha
Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, wept bitterly…
President jonathan urges muslims to pray for peace
The yearly observance of Ramadan has begun in Nigeria, with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan urging all Muslims to seize the…
We Are Not Against Islamic Banking-Oritsejafor
National President, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor says Christians are not against the controversial Islamic Banking. He…