Year: 2011
Jonathan Must Eliminate Boko Haram’s Threat —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently eliminate the threat posed by the dreaded…
Robbers Butcher Lagos Auto Dealer
Popular Lagos businessman and socialite, Alhaji Rafiu Jabita, is dead. He was brutally murdered by a gang of robbers at…
Alhaji, 80 Sent To Prison Over Fake Medical Report
An 80-year old man, Alhaji Suleimon Ayinda has been sent to Kirikiri Prison custody Apapa Lagos for allegedly trying to…
Owner Of Collapsed Building Ignored LASG Warning
The owner of the four-storey building that collapsed at Idumota yesterday, killing scores of occupants and injuring over 33 others,…
LASTMA, Okada Riders Clash
Commercial motorcycle operators popularly called Okada this morning clashed with some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA,…
Civil Defence To Install CCTV Cameras Nationwide
The battle against Boko Haram, kidnappers and other violent criminals received a boost yesterday when Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
Abati, Others Take Oath
The chairman of the Editorial Board of The Guardian Newspaper, Dr. Reuben Abati and 17 other aides of President Goodluck…
Company Urges Court To Wind Up Bank
A Limited liability company, Aluminum City Limited, in an application filed before a Federal High Court in Lagos, is urging…
Lawyer Drags NBA To Court Over Validation Exercise
A Lagos legal practitioner, Oluwole Kehinde, who is also the Editor of Gani Fawehinmi Law Publications, has dragged the Nigerian…
$500,000 Judgment Sum Awarded Against Briton
In a bid to enforce the judgment sum of $500,000 against a British citizen, Timothy Le Breton, a fellow Briton,…
Cult War Rages In Calabar
The war of supremacy between two cult groups in Calabar, the Cross River State capital has left over nine persons…
Court Detains Bizman For Contempt
A businessman, Mallam Mohammed Awolu Saheed, has been detained by the police on the orders of an Agege Grade ‘A’…
Nigeria, South Africa Trade Hits N43.5bn
Chief Oba Otudeko, Chairman of the Nigeria-South African Chamber of Commerce, says the value of trade between the two countries…
Beware Of Sychophants, Jonathan,Tinubu, Others Warned
President Goodluck Jonathan, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the national leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, and the governor of…
Jealous Lover Sentenced To Death
“Despite all efforts by spiritualists to ensure my son does not die, he has been taken from me. I am…
LAWMA Hands Over 100 Compactors To PSP Operators
Recently, the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LAWMA, PSP operators and officials of the Ministry of the Environment gathered at the…
Police Rescue 6-Year Old From Kidnappers
The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria have rescued a six-year old girl from alleged kidnappers, who demanded for N5 million…
Man, 33, Reprimanded For Trespassing
An Abuja Senior Magistrate on Wednesday reprimanded a 33-year old taxi driver, Jerry Jones, who was convicted of trespass and…
Sports Festival: National Anthem Exposes Ogun ‘Mercenaries’
A shocking discovery was made at the ongoing 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, when some members…
National Stadium Goes On Vacation
The ongoing 17th National Sports Festival, tagged, Garden City Game, has turned the ever busy complex of the National Stadium,…
Ahead U-20 W/Cup: F/Eagles Coach Panics Over Clubless Stars
As the Flying Eagles intensify preparations for the forthcoming FIFA U-20 World Cup scheduled for Colombia from 29 July to…
Ping Pongers Are Improving
 Nasiru Bello is one of the national Table Tennis coaches. He spoke with Seun Bisuga about the performance of the…
‘Delta Not Jealous Of Rivers’ Achievement’
Amaju Pinnick, chairman of Delta State Sports Commission, has said that Delta State is not jealous or afraid of the…
Weightlifting ’ll Spin Medals At Maputo Games
 Chimdi Ejiogu is the president of Nigeria Weightlifting Federation. He spoke with Seun Bisuga in Port Harcourt, about the ongoing…
Wrestling Federation Suspends Coach
The Nigeria Wrestling Federation has suspended Rivers and Kaduna states wrestling coaches for putting the game into disrepute. The two…
Boska Cup Update: I’ Want To Win Top Scorer’s Award
 Ekene Duru scored the lone goal for Eleven Strikers in their opening match against Lombardo FC in the ongoing Boska…
All Saints Warn Opponents
Chief Coach of All Saint Football Club, Kayode Scott,says his team are not afraid of any opponents in the ongoing…
Buruj FC Progress
Buruj Football Club of Ikorodu have booked a place in the second round after defeating Udoh FC 2-1 in the…
Lombardo Coach Laments Defeat
The chances of Lombardo Football Club to reach the second round of this year’s Boska Cup suffered a set back…
Challenge Cup Enter Q/Final
The quarter final of the Challenge Cup holds today at LG Primary School, Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos. Yinkus FC will battle…