Year: 2011
Police Demolish Shops In Lagos
Following the bombing of Police Headquarters in Abuja on 16 June by Boko Haram, police authorities have ordered the demolition…
Sekibo Withdraws Election Petition Against Governor Amaechi
Dr. Abiye Sekibo,the ACN Governorship candidate in Rivers State has filed a motion withdrawing his petition at Elections Tibunal sitting…
The Face Of Abuja Suicide Bomber
The identity of the Boko Haram member who bombed the Nigeria Police headquarters in Abuja on Thursday, 16 June has…
Fashola Rewards 126 Best Schools
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has rewarded 126 best schools as he flagged off the maiden Governor’s Education Award…
Man Fathers 5 Kids From Mother, Daughter
The sexual inclination of a middle aged man has left a mother and her daughter in bitter rivalry after he…
Mourners Besiege Christy Essien’s Home
Following the death of Nigeria’s Lady of Songs, Chief (Mrs.) Christy Essien-Igbokwe, friends, family members, fans and sympathisers this morning…
Nigerians To Pay More For Darkness As PHCN Hikes Tariff Today
With effect from today, electricity power consumers will pay more for the erratic power supply offered them by the Power…
Lagos Lawmakers End Screening Of Cabinet Nominees
The Lagos State House of Assembly this morning ended the screening of the nominees for the cabinet of the state…
Young Shall Grow Motors Burgled, Millions Stolen
A Lagos-based transport company, The Young Shall Grow Motors at Maza Maza, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has been burgled and…
Tunji Bello Inaugurates Sholarship To Matk 50Th Birthday
Lagos State commissioner-designate and Chief Executive of the Lagos State Advertisement and Signage Agency, LASAA, Mr. Tunji Bello is billed…
Falcons Not Disgraced —Uche
Despite her side exiting the FIFA Women’s World Cup after suffering their second defeat, Nigeria coach, Eucharia Uche, insists her…
Hitches As Sports Festival Begins
With 48 hours to the official opening ceremony of the 17th National Sports Festival, there are complaints about some organisational…
Fashola Hands Over N252m To 126 Schools
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola yesterday presented a cheque of N252 Million to 126 junior and senior secondary schools,…
Nigeria Police, The Worst —Prophet
A Lagos-based Prophet, Babatunde Oyidi, has described the Nigerian police force as the worst in the country. The General Overseer…
Oshiomhole Seeks Rail Link To Southsouth States
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has appealed to the Federal Government to connect the South South states with railway lines.…
‘Nigeria’s Leaders Need Prayers’
A clergyman, Apostle Paul Taiwo Adenuga, has said that Nigeria and its leaders need prayers at a time when elected…
ACN Supporters Appeal To Fashola Over Ex-Deputy Speaker
Hundreds of supporters of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, yesterday protested the non inclusion of the former deputy speaker…
Lagos Workers Who Shun Workshops To Refund Fees
The Lagos State Government has directed that workers who shunned slated training programmes be made to refund course fees. A…
Rapist Jailed 3 Years
An Okitipupa Magistrate’s Court on Thursday sentenced Segun Adeyemi, 22, to three years in prison for conspiracy, rape, unlawful assault,…
LASTMA Impounds Yabatech Buses —For Using BRT Lane
Two staff buses belonging to Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, were among the several vehicles impounded…
NPA Retirees Send SOS To Jonathan
The Retired workers of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) 2006/7 has sent a save our soul (SOS) message to President…
ISAN Sacks DG, Dissolves NIMAREX 2011 Committee
The Indigenous Shipowners Association of Nigeria (ISAN) has sacked its Director-General, Ms Funmi Folorunsho. The association in a terse statement…
NIMASA Frowns At Militarisation Of Commercial Shipping
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Ziakede Patrick Akpobolokemi, has said that the…
Nothing To Celebrate, Say Seafearers
It was a show of shame as the seafarers, in rowdy sessions, expressed their grievances over the performance of the…
Abuja MoU Chief Visits NIMASA
The Secretary General of the West and Central Africa Memorandum of Understanding on Port Control (Abuja MoU), Mrs. Mfon Ekong…
Amosun’s Burden In Ogun State
With N49.2billion debt, a figure given by the immediate past governor of Ogun state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, his successor, Senator…
Bamigbetan’s Love For His Constituency
Good governance is all about the delivery of the dividends of democracy to the electorate, and these, Mr. Kehinde Bamigbetan,…
Edun Supports Team Lagos’ Pugilists
In a bid to motivate the Lagos State Boxers to win gold medals at the Garden City Games, the State’s…
Garden Games National Sports Festival: Organisers Beef Up Security
Rivers State Government says security in the ongoing Garden Games National Sports Festival will not be taken lightly. To this…
Imoke Dangles N.5m At Gold Medallist
Governor of Cross River state, Liyel Imoke, has promised to reward athletes that win laurels at the ongoing 17th edition…