Year: 2011
FORCE HQ BOMBING: Fashola Says Investigation Should Unravel Grouse Of Perpetrators
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Tuesday urged the Federal Government, through the on-going investigations into the recent bomb…
Indiscipline Led To PDP’s Defeat In Ogun – Ajanaku
The Ogun State Chairperson, Women Forum of the Ogun State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party [PDP], Chief Titi Ajanaku,…
Oyo Assembly Backs Ajimobi On NURTW
Oyo State House of Assembly this afternoon commended the step taken by Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State on the…
Fulani Herdsmen Invade Village, Kill Army Lieutenant, 24 Others
Barely one month after Fulani herdsmen invaded Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, they have struck again, killing twenty-five…
Panic Over Boko Haram: Jonathan Summons IG Ringim
The several bomb attacks in recent times by Islamic fundamentalists, the Boko Haram, and the impunity with which they have…
Urinate In Public, Go To Jail —Gov Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to prosecute Lagosians caught urinating and passing faeces in public places, saying…
Deputy Gov. Visits Tragic School, Parents
Lagos State Deputy Governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulure, yesterday, visited the family of Master Lawal Buhari, the seven-year old pupil of…
Why I Have Not Picked My Aides —Gov. Rauf
Osun State Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has explained why he governed the state without cabinet members in the last seven…
Assault On Joshua: Man Charged To Court
A man, Abdullahi Muhammad, was yesterday arraigned before Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State and charged with attempt to stab…
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I Don’t Believe In Marriage, Says Kuti
Fela’s son and the Afro beat king Femi Anikulapo-Kuti has said that the reason he has filed a divorce suit…
Estate Agent Pays Back N49m To Scam Victims
A Lagos-based estate agent, Bayo Lawal who is standing trial for defrauding 200 intending tenants of over N49 million has…
Poly Student Charged With Cultism
A Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTEC) student, Kehinde Adewole was on Monday arraigned at an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for alleged…
Man Blinds Friend With Acid
The police at Lamgbasa Division, Ajah, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a menial job worker, Dada Adewunmi, 31, for…
Nigeria, Others Set For World Junior Championshiops Qualifiers
Nigeria has joined other countries to play in the qualifying tournament for the Junior Davis Cup, Fed Cup and World…
Your Looks Speak
I used to be one of such people who felt it didn’t matter what I looked like. I used to…
Let’s Start The Festival Fire
Fellow Nigerians and all the people of goodwill, I humbly and assumingly present to you a Revolutionary Manifesto titled the…
South-West Marginalisation: Who Is Responsible?
The recent political brouhaha over the new speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, invariably indicates that the South…
It’s Time To Rein In The Somolu Terror Gang
For the past two weeks now, residents of Somolu have been held to ransom by hoodlums who have unleashed terror…
Court Cautions Labourer Over Attempted Rape
An Abuja Senior Magistrate’s Court on Monday cautioned a 21-year-old labourer, Ami Terfa, for attempting to rape a woman. The…
Fashola Flags Off 2011 Public Service Week Celebrations
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Monday flagged off activities marking the 2011 Public Service Week with a…
Review Federal Character Principle Now -Adefulire
Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Honourable Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has called for an urgent review of the concept and practice of…
7 Die In Ghastly Auto Crash in Ibadan
About seven persons including two children within the ages of 3 and 5 years died in a ghastly motor accident…
N90.7M VETERINARY SCAM: Accused Absence Stalls Trial
The trial of the Registrar of Veterinary Council of Nigeria, Dr. Daniel Maddo and two other former officials of the…
Boko Haram: Lagos Assembly Approves N700m For Armoured Tanks
N700 million is to be spent by the Lagos state government on the purchase of 10 armoured personnel carriers as…
Four Corps Members, 24 Others Killed In Auto Crash
No fewer than 28 persons were believed to have lost their lives today in Enugu in a ghastly motor accident…
Man Kills Friend Over N50
A 21-year old youth, Olumide Afolabi, has been stabbed to death over N50. The deceased, a spray painter and a…
Boko Haram Kills Again In Maiduguri
Suspected members of a radical Islamist sect, Boko Haram, which bombed Nigerian police headquarters on Sunday opened fire on a…
Bank Staff Steals N25m From ATM
A bank staff, Adesanya Stephen Adeyemi, shocked the management of a new generation bank, after he manipulated the bank’s Automated…