Year: 2011
Prepare For Total Paralysis —NLC
The nationwide strike which begins by 12 midnight is going to be total as banks, commuter buses and airlines will…
Woman Hacks Friend For Sleeping With Lover
A woman, Janet Erese Peters, has been charged to Isolo Magistrate’s court for allegedly using a machete to cut her…
COMMISSIONER-NOMINEES: Soyinka’s Son, Others Screened By Ogun Assembly
First son of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, Dr. Olaokun Soyinka and other commissioner-nominees were as at press time, being…
Nigeria: Danger Looms In Lekki
In the next three months, thousands of houses and residents abutting the Alpha Beach in Lekki area of Lagos State,…
Nigerian Student Dies In Amazon Lake
Tributes have been paid to a London student who drowned in an Amazon lake while working as a missionary. Olakunle…
NFF Releases Eagles’ List Today
The list of Nigeria’s Super Eagles team that will file out against their Ghanaian counterparts in an international friendly match…
Body Of Drowned PDP Stalwart Yet To Be Recovered
The body of a Lagos politician, Mr. Al-Mustaim Alade Abaniwonda, who jumped into the Lagos lagoon yesterday evening is yet…
NUPENG To Join Strike
The National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has said it is supporting the three-day industrial action embarked…
I Hide Guns In My Mother’s Cupboard, Says Robbery Suspect
A robbery suspect, Sodiq Olabisi, 24, has confessed to the police that he used to hide the guns members of…
Nigeria Imports Food Worth Trillions Of Naira — Minister
Nigeria imported foods worth trillions of naira between 2007 and 2010, according to Dr. Akinwunmi Adesina, the new Minister of…
Man Charged With N5.2m Theft
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a 45-year old man, Victor…
Azeez Eyes U-20 World Cup
The captain of the Flying Eagles to the Africa Youth Championship in South Africa and member of the team currently…
Airtel To Groom Talents In Nigeria
Telecommunications services operator, Airtel Nigeria, recently unveiled an ambitious soccer talent programme that will focus on identifying and nurturing budding…
NFF To Screen Siasia’s List —Ikpeba
Former Nigerian international and member of the technical committee of the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, Victor Ikpeba, has disclosed that…
Lagos Junior League Returns Sept
Players of the Lagos Junior League, LJL, a regulated U-20 football league set up with the aim of scouting, nurturing…
Babalola, Lawal, Others Jostle For Maputo Games’ Slots
Preparation of the Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, for the forthcoming All Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique, has reached an advance…
Ajayi Promises New Dawn
The Nigeria Rugby Football pundits should be prepared for good tidings as the President of the newly reconstituted board of…
MAF Table Tennis Tourney Debuts In Lagos
As part of his contribution to the development of sports in Lagos State, a member of the House of Representatives,…
There Is A Boko Haram In Us
Nigeria, ideally is one of the best places to live in, it is not a Police State as it is…
Menace Of Flood: Lagos PDP Lacks Depth And Honour
In 1985 at the University of Nigeria Nsukka , a lecturer told the graduating class of Engineering students that they…
Libya: Funding The Fight From Besieged Misrata
Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata say they are preparing for a fresh offensive. But progress has been slow,…
Minimum Wage Palaver: Labour, FG Should Reach A Compromise
By midnight tomorrow, the country would have been shut down by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union…
Wife Battering Hubby Dragged To Court
A passport office worker, Mrs. Olubukola Moboluwaji has dragged her husband before the Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Lagos, seeking…
Lagos PDP Chides ACN
The Lagos State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party has taken a swipe at the Action Congress of Nigeria, saying…
Lagos Assembly Probes Badagry LG Boss
Lagos State House of Assembly has set up a three-man committee to investigate the alleged misappropriation of funds levelled against…
Ogun Community Seeks Govt’s Help
Residents of Isale Odo Onipetesi in Sango area of Ogun State have appealed to the state governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun,…
Minimum Wage: Workers’ Strike Unstoppable
Talks between Labour and Federal Government aimed at averting the planned three day national strike by Nigerian Labour Unions over…
700 Seized Explosives: Nigerian Police Chief Blames Military for Controversies
Hafiz Ringim, the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Hafiz Ringim told journalists on Monday that lack of exchange of information between…
New Nigeria Newspaper Workers Give 14-Day Ultimatum To Employers
Staff of the New Nigerian Newspapers Limited, under the aegis of the Joint Workers Consultative Committee, JWCC, and the Nigerian…