Year: 2011
Missionaries May Get Back Their Schools
God might have answered the prayers of missionaries whose schools were taken over by the previous government in Edo state…
MINIMUM WAGE: Why We Are Paying N18,000 -Ondo State Govt
The Ondo State Government on Sunday attributed its commitment to the welfare of its workers for its decision to commence…
Private Jet Crashlands In Benin
A private jet clashlanded earling this morning at the Benin Airport. The jet is said to be owned by Senator…
Agege Commissions New Secretariat
A new and magnificent edifice that will serve as the headquarters of Orile Agege Local Council Development areas has been…
Curtains Fall On 17th National Sports Festival
The 17th National Sports Festival, tagged Garden City Games 2011, came to an end last night at the Liberation Stadium,…
Lagos To Link Public Schools To Primary Health Centres
Public primary schools in Lagos State will be linked to all her primary healthcare centres in an exercise aimed at…
Lagos New Team Ready To Hit Ground Running -Fashola
Members of the Lagos State Executive Council and Permanent Secretaries in the State Public Service on Saturday rounded off a…
ACN Chides Amaechi For Picking Nyesom As Ministerial Nominee
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Rivers State Chapter has condemned the submission of the name of Mr Nyesom Wike,…
NEXT Newspaper Stops Daily Publication
The management of Timbuktu Media Limited, publishers of Next Newspaper has stopped further production of its daily edition in order…
Lagos Police Lose 2 Armourers In 6 Months
The Lagos State Police Command has lost two armourers in the last six months. Checks revealed that the death on…
Amosun Swears-in LG Transition Committee Members
The newly sworn-in transition caretaker committees in the 20 local government councils in the state have been charged to discharge their responsibilities…
Garden City Games Ends Today In Port Harcourt
The Rivers State Government through the LOC has announced the closing ceremony for the 17th National Sports Festival tagged Garden…
South Sudan, The World’s 193rd Nation Born
South Sudan, the World’s 193rd nation was born midnight, after two civil wars running over five decades that cost the…
ACN Decries Harassment By Rivers Taskforce
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rivers State chapter, has raised an alarm over the incessant harassment and levying of…
Amaechi Puts Professional Bodies On Front Burner
Rivers State Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi says he will soon resume stakeholders’ forum, with special focus on professional…
New QPR’s Deal Excites Shittu
Nigeria international Danny Shittu has signed a new one-year contract with Premier League new boys, Queens Park Rangers, QPR. …
New Headache For Gov Rochas Okorocha
Months after the governorship election in Imo state during which Chief Rochas Okorocha trounced the then incumbent Governor Ikedi Ohakim…
Cocaine In Container: Taiwanese Bags 30 Years Jail Sentence
A Taiwanese nationale, Foncair Sen accused of importing cocaine into Nigeria without lawful authority was this afternoon sentenced to 30…
N10m Ransom For Kidnapped Man
A 31-year-old man, Anthony Chohwora, from Ugwueli Local Government Area, Delta State, South south Nigeria, has been kidnapped by unknown…
Supreme Court Condemns Actress To Death
A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court today in Abuja upheld the death sentence passed on Kano state based Nollywood…
Chinese Cocaine Importers Convicted
The Chinese and Taiwanese citizens who imported a container load of cocaine into Nigeria in July last year were found…
How I Fought Edo Ghost Workers —Gov. Adams
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has explained how he fought ghost workers and pensioners in the state. Speaking at…
Nigerian Jailed In UK For Human Trafficking
A Nigerian, Anthony Harrison, has been jailed in the United Kingdom for 20 years after he smuggled two teenage girls…
1,500 Days: We’ve Remained Connected To Our People —Fashola
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Thursday reviewed the last 1, 500 Days of his administration noting that the…
Sunset For Yemisi Eleto
London-based Yoruba actress, Yemisi Akande (Eleto) was buried this morning amid tears and wailings. The remains of the popular actress…
Protests At Ogun Assembly Over LG Nominees
There was protest today outside the Ogun State House of Assembly over the nomination of caretaker committee chairmen in some…
Switzerland Deports 19 Nigerians
Switzerland has resumed its special deportation flights of rejected asylum seekers to Nigeria. A Swiss International Air Lines flight carrying…
NCMDLCA Charges Jonathan On Power
The National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to make power…
Nigeria’s Ports To Become West, Central African Hub
The hope of Nigerian ports becoming the hub in the West and Central African sub-region may not be far after…