Year: 2011
520 Killed in Post Presidential Election Violence in Nigeria -Police
Nigeria Police have said a total of 520 persons lost their lives in the violence that followed the 19 April…
Atiku Hails Passage of FOI Bill
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has commended what he called the courage of President Goodluck Jonathan to formally sign into…
Amaechi Forwards List of Commissioner-Nominees
Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the immediate past Commissioner for Information and Communications is one of the Commissioner-nominees forwarded to the Rivers…
Mimiko Signs Law To Revise Ondo Laws
Thirty three years after it was last reviewed, the Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko on Wednesday at the State’s…
Ex Gov. Nnamani Regains Freedom
Justice Benedict Agbata of the Enugu State High Court today adopted earlier conditions by Justice E. F .Olayiwola of the…
7 Ikoyi Prison Inmates Regain Freedom
Seven Ikoyi prison inmates yesterday regained their freedom as part of efforts by the Chief Judge of Lagos state, Justice…
Ex Afribank MD, Sebastian Adigwe, Others Remanded In Prison Over Theft
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has ordered that former Managing Director of Afribank Nigeria Plc, Mr. Sebastian Adigwe…
Bankole: EFCC’s Patience Running Out
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, appears to be running out of patience following the failure of the outgoing…
3 Robbers Meet Waterloo
It was a bad day for three yet to be identified young men who met their waterloo this morning in…
EJECTION ROW: Landlord Hammers Tenant’s Spinal Cord
A landlord, Innocent Uchendu of 14, Oyebo Street, Olodi Apapa, Lagos State Southwest Nigeria has been charged to Apapa magistrate’s…
Media Big Guns Hail FoI Law
President, Nigeria Guild of Editors, NGE, Mr. Gbenga Adefaye, President, Newspapers Proprietors Association of Nigeria, Mr. Nduka Obaigbena and other…
Election Petition Tribunal Inaugurated In Lagos
The Election Petition Tribunal that will hear all cases concerning the April general elections was inaugurated at the Lagos High…
Jilted Man Stabbed For Demanding Refund From Lover
A jilted man, Anthony Nwagbo, who resides in Ajegunle, Apapa, Lagos, has been stabbed for demanding a refund of all…
WHO: Smoking Could Kill 6m In 2011
The World Health Organisation says tobacco smoking, WHO, will kill nearly six million people this year, including 600,000 non-smokers around…
I Didn’t Beat My Wife
Recalled Nigeria’s ambassador to Kenya, Dr. Chijioke Wilcox Wigwe, alleged to have battered his wife, Mrs. Tess Wigwe in Kenya,…
Nigerians Want Jonathan To Tackle Power Supply
Some civil servants in Abuja on Tuesday, called on President Goodluck Jonathan to fulfil his campaign promises by addressing electricity…
Siasia’s Long Search For Victory Over Argentina
This is one day that coach Samson Siasia has been waiting for. Today, being the first day of this new…
Reduce Duty On Cement To Bring Down Price
Cement New Entrants Forum, a new group of cement importers, has urged the Federal Government to reduce import duty on…
N18,000 Minimum Wage Unrealistic, Says Okogie
The Catholic Arch Bishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to appoint patriotic people who…
Two Arraigned Over N10m Fraud
The police at the Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two land speculators in the Igbosere…
Lagos Ready To Tackle Floods
The rains are here in torrents and the city of Lagos, South West Nigeria, is beginning to feel the impact…
Fashola Vows To Sack Erring LASTMA, KAI Officials
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to sack officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and…
Assembly Passes Tenancy Bill, Others
The Lagos State House of Assembly yesterday evening passed six pending bills. Among those passed is the Tenancy Bill which…
Assemblymen Charge RRS Over Yaba Robbery Attacks
Lagos lawmakers have called on the commander of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) to dispatch his men to Moore Road…
Four Jailed For Assaulting Police Officers
A Surulere magistrate court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has sentenced four men to one month imprisonment each for allegedly assaulting…
Robbers On Okada Terrorise Mafoluku
There was pandemonium on Sunday afternoon as dare-devil armed robbers operating on commercial motorcycle (okada) terrorized residents of Mafoluku for…
Court Orders Arrest Of Murder Suspects
A Lagos High Court, sitting at Ikeja, southwest, Nigeria, has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of an alleged…
Sound Hope Week Underway
The authorities of Sound Hope Private Academy, Baruwa, Ipaja, Lagos, have concluded plans to hold the maiden edition of the…
Prof. Osinbayo To Deliver MJSC 10th Anniversary Lecture
Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN, former Lagos Attorney-General will deliver the anniversary lecture at the anniversary of the publication of Monthly…
NGO Marks World Malaria Day
A all has been made for greater involvement of people at the grassroots to support the crusade towards eradicating malaria…