Year: 2011
‘German Team Are Beatable’
Despite losing their opening match 0-1 to France at the FIFA Women World Cup yesterday, Chief Coach of the Super…
Why I Shunned Austin Eguavoen’s Olympic Eagles
Leading goal scorer in the Nigerian Premier League and Sunshine stars of Akure striker, Ibrahim Ajani, granted our Abuja correspondent,…
I’m Fulfilled Beating Comets
Coach Abubakar of Bauchi Nets in this interview with BAMIDELE OLOWOSAGBA speaks on his team’s experience at the DStv playoff…
Lagos Ready To Haul Medals
After two weeks of rigorous preparations, Lagos State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival in Port Harcourt, Rivers State,…
National Sports Festival: Organisers Get N83m Boost
Preparations for the successful hosting of the 17th National Sports Festival (NSF), tagged “Garden City Games 2011†billed to hold…
Games’ Facilities Are World Class —Adokiye
Adokiye Amiesimaka, a former Rivers State Sports Commissioner, has said that the 17th National Sports Festival hosted by Rivers State,…
Owelle Rochas Has Started Well But He Needs To Run
Despite the gloomy picture of the state treasury he inherited, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, the newly minted Governor of Imo State,…
June 23 1993 On My Mind
June 23, 2011, was exactly 18 years after the former disgraced Nigerian dictator annulled the June 12 1993 presidential election…
Open Letter To Tunde Fagbenle On “Bankole And The Pains Of Misplaced Hopeâ€
Before responding to the topic of discussion in your column in Sunday Punch of June, 2011 i.e. “Bankole and the…
Impending Trouble Over Minimum Wage
The organised labour and state governors have been at loggerheads over the payment of the new national minimum wage. While…
Council Chairman Cautions Against Blockage Of Water Channel
The chairman of Badagry West Local Council Development Area Hon. Joseph Hotoyon Bamgbose has warned against the danger inherent in…
Contractor Nabbed For Impersonation
A Senior Magistrate at the Oshodi Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, Mrs. O.M. Ajayi has sentenced the contractor of a recharge cards…
Surveyor Charged With N45m Theft
A surveyor, Adebunmi Kazeem Amis, 41, was docked before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ogudu, Lagos charged with obtaining…
Fashola Bids Team Lagos Inspirational Farewell, Charges Them To Shun Desperation
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Saturday attended a send forth ceremony organized for the athletes of Team…
Ondo Workers Call Off Strike
After six days of intense negotiations and a subsequent industrial action that lasted three days by workers, the impasse over…
Rivers Police Arrest Suspected Kidnapper After 3-Year Manhunt
Rivers State Police Command has arrested Emeka Mishack who has been on the wanted list of the Police for the…
Migrating Fulani Herdsmen Blamed For Clashes In Benue/Nassarawa
The recent skirmishes between Fulani Herdsmen/Tiv Farmers has been attributed to the incursion of aggrieved Fulani migrants from other parts…
U-23 Eagles Player Robbed In Festac
Harmony Ekandem, a member of the Under 23 Eagles team was robbed toady of about $10,500 by armed robbers in…
Late AIT Correspondent For Burial Thursday
Mrs Aisha Bello Aigbe, Crime Correspondent, Africa Independent Television, who died Tuesday last week from kidney and heart related ailments…
ACN Tasks Jonathan On Roads
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has challenged the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently come up with a…
Lagos Adopts New Methods To Tackle Malaria Scourge
Lagos State has adopted a multi prong approach with emphasis on evidence based research for policy formulation and programming in…
Fashola Nominates 37 For Commissioner
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state Friday night said he has sent a list of cabinet members of his government…
Revival Of Rivers Economy Is Key To Me -Amaechi Tells New Commissioner
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has tasked the newly appointed commissioner into the State Executive Council of…
U-17 W/Cup: Congo Land In Round 16
Congo have advanced to the knockout stages of the 2011 FIFA Under-17 World Cup with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against…
U-23 Eagles Beat Ghana 3-1
Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles this evening defeated Ghana’s Black Meteors 3-1 in an All Africa Games qualifying match at the Samuel…
Ujah Moves To Bundesliga
Red-hot Nigerian striker Anthony Ujah has joined German Bundesliga club Mainz for three million euros. Reports from Norway say his…
Adefulire Tasks Residents of Fed. Govt. Estates
Lagos State Government has expressed concern over the lack of cooperation from Federal Government institutions, especially Federal Housing Estates in…
ACN Decries State Of Roads In Rivers
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rivers State chapter is disturbed by the sudden reappearance of potholes on almost all…
Police Foil Car Snatching Attempt, Shoot Robbers
Men of the Rivers Police Command on Friday thwarted an attempt by robbers to snatch a man’s car at about…
Train Kills Lady In Lagos
An unidentified lady was on Tuesday crushed to death by a moving train near Shogunle bus stop in Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest…