Year: 2011
We Practice Voodoo Economics
In the last few weeks I have tried to reflect and make sense out of the labour war with government…
Breaking Up Is Never Easy From Ghana To Sudan
A former first lady of Ghana lost an election most emphatically on 9 July, the same day that the new…
Jonathan’s 6-Year Tenure Proposal: Matters Arising
Suddenly, the 4-year, two terms tenure which elected president, state governors and members of the National Assembly and State Houses…
Nokia Warns On Scam Lottery
World’s leading handsets maker, Nokia, has warned mobile phone users over the re-emergence of a scam suggesting that people have…
Man Sues Briscoe Over Alleged Sale Of Sub-Standard Vehicle
Lagos-based media consultant, Mr Akin Fadeyi, has dragged R.T. Briscoe Nigeria Plc, an auto-dealing company, to an Ikeja high court…
Versace Backs Campaign Against Jean Sandblasting
Versace has voiced its support for the campaign to stop the sandblasting of jeans, a practice used mainly in the…
Meteorologist Faults Weather Forecast
A meteorologist, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa on Wednesday said the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET)’s inaccurate forecast and predictions was due to…
Landlord Charged With Illegal Ejection
A Lagos landlord, Yinka Esho ,40, has been docked at the Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Ojota and charged with the illegal…
Ignore Gov’s Sack Threat —NUT
The Edo chapter of NUT has urged its members to ignore the threat by the state government to sack teachers…
Odumakin, Hafsat, Others Honoured
President, Women Arise and Campaign for Democracy, CD, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, Hafsat Abiola and Pastor Cecilia Okachi were among the…
Accused Steals Brother’s N2.7m With Friends
Monday Ugochukwu, 26 and four others on Wednesday pleaded guilty to stealing N2.7 million belonging to Monday’s brother, Jude. The…
Undergraduate Launches Book
A final year law student of the University of Lagos, Mr. Kingson C. Uwandu, has launched a book titled: “The…
N850m SCAM: Accused Seek Permission To Travel Abroad
Two of the accused persons standing trial before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on an alleged financial scam…
Lagos, Tanker Drivers Head For Showdown As Govt Issues Ultimatum
An imminent crisis is brewing between the Lagos State Government and truck drivers in the state as the government has…
LUTH Records Successful Kidney Transplant
Nigeria on Tuesday recorded a major medical breakthrough by performing another successful kidney transplantation, reports the News Agency of Nigeria…
MINIMUM WAGE PALAVER: Fashola Slams Austerity Measures
To overcome the economic challenges that would result from the introduction of the new minimum wage law recently passed by…
Boy Born With 34 Fingers, Toes
A little boy stunned medics after being born with 34 fingers and toes. One-year-old Akshat Saxena had seven fingers on…
Opposition Mounts Against Jonathan’s 6-Year Single Tenure
Opposition has mounted against President Goodluck Jonathan’s proposed six years single tenure for president and governors, as some see it…
TASUED Student Killed, 1 Shot
Business activities were this morning paralysed in Ijebu-Ode as students of Tai Solarin University of Education, TASUED, trooped to the…
No.240 Alagomeji Building Not Shaking —Lawyer
Our attention has been drawn to our lead report of Tuesday, 26 July, 2011 with the headline: Tenants Desert ‘Shaky-Shaky’…
How Akingbola Stole £8.5m From Bank
An Ikeja High Court in Lagos has heard how former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Erastus Akingbola, allegedly transferred…
Gunmen Kill Daddy Showkey’s Aide In Lagos
Gunmen numbering five yesterday stormed the home of Ajegunle Soldier, John Odafe Asiemo otherwise known as Daddy Showkey and killed…
Truck Knocks Down Okada Rider
A truck with Lagos State registration number XW 32 EKY knocked down a motorcycle rider early this morning at Meiran…
Air Nigeria Passengers Delayed For Hours
Passengers with Air Nigeria who travelled from Douala International Airport, Cameroon, to the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Southwest…
Eagles Ready For Argentina Remateh —siasia
Super Eagles’ chief coach, Samson Siasia, has declared that the team’s rematch against their Argentine counterparts on 6 September in…
Flying Eagles’ Poor Form Worries NFF
Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, has expressed its displeasure over Flying Eagles’ poor form ahead of the FIFA U-20 World Cup…
Supporters Club Needs N25m To Cheer F/Eagles —Ladipo
As Nigerians look forward to a good outing at the FIFA U-20 championship in Colombia, starting this weekend, Dr. Rauf…
‘We Need A Virile Parliament’
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has harped on the need to build a parliament in…
Forget Tenure Extension, Lagos Lawmakers Tell Jonathan
The alleged move by President Goodluck Jonathan to ensure that the country’s constitution is reviewed to favour a six-year single…
Lagos Council Workers Tasked On Discipline
The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Local Government Service Commission, Mrs. Aramide Masha, has charged local council officials to represent their…