Year: 2011
Rain: Lagos Agency Urges PHCN To Check Installations
The Lagos State Safety Commission (LSSC) on Tuesday advised PHCN to conduct a thorough check on its installations in the…
Why Team Lagos Finished 9th At Garden City Games
With three days to the end of the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, next year’s host, Lagos State…
U-23 Eagles Must Qualify For Olympics —Ugbade
Former Nigerian international, Uduka Ugbadehas condemned the country’s U-23 Eagles to qualify for the football event of the London 2012…
Stakeholders Task New Sports Minister
Football stakeholders in the country have tasked the new Sports Minister, Yusuf Suleiman to focus more on development of sports…
NFF May Recall Oblier To Falcons —Green
With the dynamic physical fitness displayed by the Super Falcons at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany, the Nigeria…
Blessing Effiom Returns With Two Brides And A Baby
Former model turned movie producer Blessing Effiom is back. She has concluded plans to release her new movie Two Brides…
Shuga Limb Foundation Repositions
Polio surely chose the wrong victim several years ago when it struck the little Akin Tofowomo. The then polio stricken…
Toolz, Oreka Host Hashtag
The stunning and elegant duo of Lagos urban hip-hop station, Beat FM, Toolz and Oreka has been selected to host…
Agbani Darego Storms Silverbird Galleria
Former Miss World and international model, Agbani Darego will on Sunday be the special guest at a special autograph session…
Ghana Out Of Big Brother Amplifed
The only hope for Ghana in the on-going Big Brother Amplified reality show, Alex Biney, has been evicted from the…
Yinka Ayefele, Kefee Others For Praise Festival
Ace gospel singers, Yinka Ayefele, Kefee and other top comedians have been billed to perform at this year’s Holy Ghost…
Why Trace Urban Is Coming To Nigeria
Eight years after its establishment, France-based international music channel, Trace Urban, is expanding its content and audience base to Nigeria.…
3 Nigerians Jailed For £1m Fraud In UK
Three online Nigerian fraudsters have been jailed for stealing £1.1 million from bank customers by “phishing”. Ayodeji Kareem, 39,…
Enemies In PDP Are Fighting Jonathan
It is on record that prior to the elections held April – May 2011 repeatedly imported and yet unceasing to…
Africa Is Leaving Nigeria Behind
With mouth agape, a friend of mine, on a first visit to Ghana, narrated how efficient the country works and…
New Aviation Minister Must Match Words With Action
The newly appointed minister of aviation, Princess Stella Ada Oduah, has been talking tough. Her actions, rather than words, will…
Sprite Triple Slam Ignites Calabar
The city of Calabar was literally brought to a standstill when dancers, singers and basketballers besieged the Malabo Hall of…
Kween Mourns Christy Essien-Igbokwe
Kween, the Jebele minstrel, whose news of an album release is currently making rounds, is heartbroken over the passing away…
Hubby Rejects Dowry From Divorce-Seeking Wife
An attempt by a divorce-seeking mother of two, Mrs. Cecilia Nwujo to refund the sum of N1,060 dowry paid on…
No Tolerance For Building On Drainage Channels, Says Fashola
For the second day running, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday undertook a tour of flood affected areas…
Cross River To Enforce Night Traffic Regulation
Enforcement of traffic rules in Calabar, Cross River State is set to go beyond day time as the Department of…
Truck Crushes Malian Woman, Child
A Foton truck, belonging to a Calabar-based iron manufacturing company, Bau Yau on Tuesday fell on a Malian woman, Madam…
Amosun Visits Abeokuta Flood Victims
Ogun State Governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun has visited the victims of the flood disaster which occurred after heavy rain on…
Nigerian Workers Set Date For General Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC has declared a three day national strike that will start from Wednesday, 20th July to…
N1.3bn Scam: Nyame Told Me To Pay Contractor For Job Not Done -Withness
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Abuja, was today told how a former governor of Taraba…
2 Lecturers Charged With Theft
Two lecturers of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, Edo State, have been arrainged in court for stealing the sum of…
Nigerian Governor Celebrates Past Heroes
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State today commissioned The Polytechnic, Ibadan to produce the statues of three leaders of Yorubaland…
Mission Schools: Refer Case To Arbitration Panel, Ogun Tells Court
The Ogun State Government today prayed an Abeokuta High Court to refer the case on government’s take over of schools…
Tribunal To Rule On Withdrawal Of Petition Against Amaechi On Friday
Following the notice of withdrawal of election petition against the election of Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi filed by the Rivers…