Year: 2011
Nigeria Police Statement On The Suicide BombingÂ
Olusola Amore, national  spokesman  for the Nigeria Police told journalists Thursday:   “The IG of police has expressed his displeasure over…
Police Headquarters Bombed In Abuja
Less than 48 hours after the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Hafiz Ringim issued quit notice to the outlawed Islamic…
Lawmakers And Lawlessness
The arrest and arraignment of Dimeji Bankole, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, is a pointer to the executive…
Man Faces Arrest Over Contempt
For his refusal to appear before an Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Lagos, South-West, Nigeria for the third consecutive time,…
Human Traffickers Make $33b Yearly —NAPTIP Chief
Apart from illicit drug deals and crimes, human trafficking seems to be a lucrative global business as most barons in…
Corruption Is An Impediment To Nigeria’s Development — OBJ
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that corruption is the major impediment to economic growth and development in Nigeria. Obansajo…
Lagos NYSC Sanctions 60 Corps Members
The Lagos State National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has sanctioned 60 corps members over various acts of indiscipline as 6,675…
Boko Haram Vows More Attacks
A Nigerian Islamist sect that staged a series of deadly attacks mainly in the country’s north on Wednesday threatened “fiercer 
Road Crashes Claim 64 In FCT
No fewer than 64 persons were killed while 339 others sustained injuries in 165 road mishaps in the FCT in…
Dokpesi Hosts Victory Dinner For Ogunnusi
It was celebration galore after the inauguration of lawmakers in Abuja recently when the Chairman of DAAR Communications, operators of…
‘State Police, A Must’
Yacqub Abiodun Balogun, a member of the House of Representative representing Lagos Island Federal Constituency has stated that criminal activities…
Estate Agent Dupes 200 Tenants Of N60m
An Isolo-based estate agent, Adeyemo Seun Abiodun, 36, has been arrested by operatives of the Special Fraud Unit, Milverton Road,…
2 Lovers Attempt Suicide In Custody
Two Lovers, Femi Rafiu, 40 and 18-year old Blessing Godwin were alleged to have attempted to commit suicide while in…
Commuter Bus Operators Seek Fashola’s Intervention
Commuter bus drivers in Ikeja area of Lagos State have appealed to the Lagos State government to curb the excesses…
LAWMA: Lagos ‘ll Be Cleanest City In Africa By 2012
The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), has reiterated its commitment to ensure that Lagos State becomes the cleanest city in…
Cake Fair Holds In Lekki-Ajah
The Lekki-Ajah International Cake Fair, West Africa’s first international cake fair holds on Tuesday, 21 June and Wednesday, 22 June,…
Fed Cup: 3SC, Others Crash
Just like in the English Premier League where bigger teams find it difficult to make headway in the FA and…
Man Charged With Rape
An unemployed, Alaba Shodamola, 40, has been arraigned before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting at Abule Egba, Lagos for unlawful…
Femi Kuti Clocks 49 Today
Fela’s son and the Afro Beat King Femi Anikulapo Kuti is 49 today. Despite the controversy that trailed the divorce…
Christian Leader Counsels Politicians
President of United Christians Community Association of Nigeria, UCCAN, Rev. Ayo Aroyehun, has called on politicians in the country to…
Why We Pay Minimum Wage — LASG
The Lagos State Government Wednesday said its resolve to pay the N18, 000 minimum wage recently prescribed by the Federal…
Socialite Faces Criminal Charges 0
The trial of a Lagos socialite, Mr. Olu Obafemi, alleged to have cloned a Skye Bank’s cheque number 10000738 to…
Jonathan’s Neo-Liberalism
“You have trusted me with your mandate, and I will never, never let you down.†This statement well couched and…
Court Dismisses Binding Over Suit Against Monarch
A Yaba Chief Magistrate’s Court has dismissed a suit instituted by a Lagos Chief, F.A. Olorunlogbon and nine others, against…
Church Seeks Police Protection Against Alleged Attack
The Cathedral Council of the First African Church Mission Incorporated, Oyingbo, Ebute Meta, Lagos, is seeking protection from the men…
Call Your Men To Order, Lagos M/Land Residents Tell CP
Following what was described as undue harassment and intimidation by the men of Denton Police Station in Lagos Mainland Local…
Community Tasks Fashola Over Development
The traditional ruler of Oke Ira community in Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, High Chief Jimoh Bello…
Fraud: Case Against Bank Executive, Husband Adjourned
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, South West Nigeria, has adjourned till 2 August this year, the trial of…
Assembly Man Robbed In Ibadan
About ten robbers have stormed the residence of Kehinde Subaru, a member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, representing…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Intensifies Move To Nullify LG Elections
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rivers State chapter has expressed conviction that the local council elections conducted in the…