Year: 2011
Human Rights Abuse: Couple Slams N170m Suit On Businessman
In a bid to enforce their fundamental human right, a Lagos couple, Anthony Adeola and Mariam Oladejo alongside three others,…
Lagos Takes Students On Transport Education Tour
The Lagos State School Traffic Safety Advocacy Programme recently organised a transport education tour for the 18 finalists of the…
Bizman Drags Wife To Court Over Adultery
A Nigerian businessman based in the Republic of Ireland, Mr. Abayomi Olaore, 33, has dragged his wife before the Agege…
8 Permanent Secretaries To Go In Ogun
Eight Permanent Secretaries will be quitting their jobs in Ogun State Government soon. The affected senior officers have either…
3 Lagos Bizmen Face Criminal Charges
Three traders, Titus Amako, Joseph Orji and Nwokeji Ifeanyi, alleged to have imported fake drugs into the country for the…
Pregnant Woman Steals Generator
A 30-year-old pregnant woman was on Wednesday charged before the Somolu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing items worth N300,000.…
Diesel Thieves Docked
Two men have been arrested by the police for stealing diesel worth N1.6m. The suspects, Daniel Omorah, 27 and Muhammed…
Nigeria Police Recants on “Suicide Bomber†Claim
The Nigerian Police has retracted its claim that last Thursday’s that last Thursday’s bombing of its national headquarters in Abuja…
Oshiomhole Redeploys Commissioner, Drops Another
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has announced changes in his cabinet. Dr (Mrs) Cordelia Aiwize, formerly the Commissioner…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
PDP Stalwart Slams Edo Speaker
The failure of the Edo House of Assembly Speaker Rt. Hon. Uyi Igbe to accept the nomination of Mr. Emmanuel…
Ogun Assembly Wades Into Motorcycle Riders’ Crisis
The Ogun State House of Assembly today set up a 7-man Committee to look into the immediate and remote causes…
LASG Assures Civil Servants Of Improved Working Condition
The Lagos State Government has assured workers in the state public service of its readiness to provide them with improved…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Tribunal Strikes Out Ilaka’s Application
Oyo State National and state House of Assembly election petitions tribunal siting in Iyaganku High Court 20 today struck out…
Police Evacuate Seized Vehicles From Stations
The Lagos State Police Command has carried out the instruction given by the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mr. Hafiz…
Bizman Murders Brother, 13, Hides Body In A Sack
A Lagos businessman, Onyebuchi Onuoha, 48, has been cooling his feet in the cell of the State Criminal Investigation Department,…
Grandma Sent To Kirikiri For Fraud
A 71-year old woman, Mrs. Chinyere Madu has been sent to Kirikiri prison Apapa, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria for alleged…
Drama In Court: Divorce-Seeking School Principal Presents Underwear To Sway Judge
There was a mild drama in Ikpoba-Oka Area Customary Court, sitting at Agbesan, Benin, Southsouth Nigeria, when a divorce-seeking school…
PIT LATRINE TRAGEDY: Lagos Govt Pays For Boy’s Burial
The Lagos State Government has paid for the burial of Master Lawal Buhari, the seven-year old pupil of Irepodun Primary…
It’s Hell On Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Lagos Lawmakers Cry Out
Members of the Lagos state House of Assembly have lamented the harrowing experiences of commuters who ply the Lagos-Badagry Expressway…
Jonathan Must Accept State Police Now
Former Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mufutau Egberongbe, in this interview, speaks…
State Of The Nation Worries Lagos Lawmakers
Just back from Rwanda, members of the Lagos State House of Assembly were almost moved to tears during a sitting…
Okotie Celebrates 53, Decries Insecurity
Presidential candidate of the Fresh Democratic Party F.R.E.S.H in the April 2011 Presidential election, Rev Chris Okotie was 53 on…
Abuja Bomb Blasts: Okah To Call 103 Witnesses From Nigeria
Militant leader, Henry Okah, on Tuesday told a Johannesburg Magistrate’s Court that he would call 103 witnesses from Nigeria to…
Team Lagos Ready For Festival
The Lagos State contingent to the 17th National Sports Festival holding in Port-Harcourt are ready for action, the state government…
Eagles Will Beat Ghana
Ex-international and member of the Dream Team V technical crew, Ben Iroha, told ADEBOBOLA ALAWODE in this interview at the…
Babalola Backs Ophanage Tourney
Managing Director and Proprietor of the defending champions of the NBBF Women Basketball league, First Deepwater Basketball Club, Engr Tunde…
Ebun Comets Lose To Kada Stars
Kada Stars of Kaduna recorded the first upset at the ongoing DSTV Basketball final Eight play-off at the Indoor Sports…
‘Nigerian Constitution Our Problem’
A lawmaker representing Ifako/Ijaiye Constituency 1, Dayo Fafunmi, has said that the country can only become one of the world’s…
Imoke Splashes N250m On Athletics Trials
As part of efforts to ensure a smooth 65th Athletics Federation Championship, Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State, has…
Review Federal Character Principle —Lagos Deputy Governor
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has called for an urgent review of the concept and practice of federal character…