Year: 2011
Fans Boo Yakubu At Kanu’s Testimonial
Thousands of fans raised their voices against Yakubu Aiyegbeni during the testimonial match in honour of Kanu Nwankwo on Saturday…
ACN Urges Governors To Pay Minimum
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Rivers State chapter has urged the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) to reconsider its stance…
Nigeria’s Governor, Amaechi Turns Traffic Controller
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi today, along with his aides, took over the control of heavy traffic at the…
Police Confirm Murder Of Ex-militant Leader, Driver In Nigeria’s Bayelsa
Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a former militant leader and his driver on the outskirt of Yenagoa, capital of Nigeria’s…
Glo Launches 3G High Speed Internet Services in Enugu, Nsukka
Glo has launched its high quality prepaid 3G Plus High Speed Internet (HIS) services in Enugu. With the development,…
Fashola Receives Kano Gov, Says Such Partnerships Should Be Forged Across The 36 States
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday played host to his Kano State counterpart, Dr Rabiu Musa Kwakwanso…
Bankole To Spend Weekend In Custody
Embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Dimeji Bankole has been returned to the custody of the Economic…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Blasts PDP Over Violence
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has alerted security agencies and all lovers of democracy to the use of violence…
We Remain Committed To Girl-Child Education –Adefulire
The Lagos State Deputy Governor, Hon. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire has reiterated the commitment of the state government to the education of…
Stop Sending Me Text Messages, Amaechi Tells Lobbylists
The Governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has warned the first batch of six Commissioners sworn in today, in government…
Water Taps Run Dry At Lagos Airport, Tankers To The Rescue
Water taps have run dry at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, and tankers have been…
Oyo Assembly Elects First Woman Speaker
Monsurat Jumoke Sunmonu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, from Oyo West/East State Constituency has been elected as the…
Senate Recess Delays Jonathan’s Cabinet
The naming of Nigeria’s new cabinet could take several more weeks because the Senate has gone on recess, undermining President…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Kanu Retires To Charity Job, Testimonial Match Holds 4 p.m.‘Morrow
Nigerian football icon, Nwankwo Kanu, is set to bring his glittering 19-year career to an end by announcing his retirement.…
Slain Badagry DPO For Burial Tomorrow
The Chief Superintendent of Police and Divisional Police Officer attached to the Badagry Division, Salihu N. Samuel, who was murdered…
18 Years After June 12: Nigerians Want Jonathan To Immortalise Abiola
Eighteen years after the botched 12 June 1993 presidential election, Nigerians have called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immortalise the…
Auto Crash In Lagos
There was heavy traffic on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway this morning following an accident which occurred at the Oworo end of…
FAAN, NCAA At Loggerhead Over Loss Revenue
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, may have fleeced the Federal Government of Nigeria of at least N1 billion,…
Amaechi Swears-In Ibim Semenitari, Other Commissioners
Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the immediate past Commissioner for Information and Communications, is among the six new Commissioners to be sworn…
SSS Clamps Down On Abductors Of Reverend Sisters
The State Security Service (SSS) in Abia has paraded five of an eight-man gang that kidnapped two Catholic reverend sisters…
Driver Dies As Truck Plunges Into Canal
The driver of a LAWMA PSP truck which plunged into the canal at Puposola/Adesola area, New Oko-Oba in Ifako-Ijaiye Local…
Nations Cup: Babangida Sure Of Eagles
Former Super Eagles winger, Tijani Babangida, has expressed strong confidence in the ability of the senior national team to qualify…
Scrabble: P/Harcourt Open Begins
All roads lead to the Rivers State capital, Port Harcourt, tomorrow as the Scrabble Federation of Nigeria holds this year’s…
GOMAN Set To Make History
Gospel Musicians’ Association of Nigeria (GOMAN), is set to make history in a matter of weeks as it is currently perfecting plans…
ACN Seeks Probe Of Mass Deaths In Kwara
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on the appropriate authorities to urgently institute a probe into the May…
Houses Burnt As Villagers Clash In Benue
Following renewed clashes between communities in two local government areas in Benue State, Agasha in Guma and their Asukunya neighbours…
Edo Govt Tasks FG On Failed Roads
The poor infrastructure and deplorable condition of most of the roads in Edo State which have led to the loss…
BBA: Super Seven Up For Eviction
The Housemastes had a field day with their nominations on Monday on M-Net’s Big Brother Amplified, putting no fewer than…
Being Single Is No Big Deal
Nollywood actor, Saidi Balogun, who is set to release a new film entitled Eti Keta on DVD, spoke with P.M.…
Appointment Of Commissioners: Nobody Can Stampede Fashola —Ajomale
The Lagos State Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Otunba Henry Ajomale, has said that nobody can stampede…