Year: 2011
Argentina Vow To Beat Nigeria Again
As Nigeria and Argentina get set to renew their football rivalry this evening in an international friendly at the Abuja…
Family Warns Trespassers On Ayobo Land
Following the striking out of a case instituted by the Alayobo of Ayobo, Oba Idowu Ojo-Ijo against unknown persons by…
Wrestling: Ultimate Commander Ready To Defend World Title
Osita Offor, popularly known as De Ultimate Commander, is set to defend his UPWF World Heavyweight Wrestling title in the…
Upsets At CBN Open As Top Stars Crash Out
The 33rd Central Bank of Nigeria Tennis Open Championship witnessed major upsets yesterday in both the Men and Women’s Singles…
Yayale Hands Over To Anyim, Seeks Cut In Staff
Former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Alhaji Yayale Ahmed, wants the office of the SGF rationalised to…
Cow Dealer Arraigned For Theft
A cow dealer in Ikorodu has been arraigned before an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, for stealing cows. The…
Snake Disrupts Power Supply To Alagbado, Environs
A snake that entered the PHCN facilities has disrupted power supply to Alagbado and its environs, the News Agency of…
Divorce Seeking Wife Accuses Judge Of Bias
Divorce seeking wife of a clearing and forwarding agent, Mrs.Yemi Akano, has accused the President of the Agege Customary Court…
Big Brother Kicks Out Michael
Mozambique’s Michael has been evicted from the Mnet’s Big Brother Amplified House. At a tense live show on Sunday, 29…
Jerrilyn Plans Big
Jerrilyn Mubah, who dropped two singles recently, has concluded plans to release her music video. The video, scheduled for July,…
9ice, Tuface, JMartins For Ghana Meets Naija Gig
The age-long rivalry between Nigeria and Ghana will be re-enacted on 1 July when four of Nigeria’s best artistes, Tuface…
Chidinma Set For Debut Album
Chidinma, the first female winner of MTN Project Fame in the Season 3 edition of the highly popular music talent…
Anchor Baby Still Winning Awards
After seven awards at 11 international film festivals around the globe, Anchor Baby, the hit movie is not done winning…
Banky W, Sasha Clinch Samsung Mobile Deal
Two Nigerian music stars, Banky W and Sasha have been signed on as brand ambassadors for Samsung mobile. Speaking during…
NUC Team Verifies New Programmes
As the University of Ilorin expands the frontiers of its mandate by introducing new programmes, a team of academics dispatched…
Day Clerk Of Lagos House Knocked Lawmakers
It was last Thursday and the occasion was the four-day induction programme organised for both the returning and newly elected…
MAN Decries Unemployment In Southeast
The Zonal Chairman of the Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) for Anambra, Imo and Ebonyi, Dr. Chike Obidigbo, has decried…
Wife Battering: FG Recalls High Commissioner to Kenya
Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Kenya who doubles as Ambassador to the Seychelles, Dr Chijioke Wigwe, has been recalled by the…
ETB Joins WEMA As Regional Banks
In line with its move to sanitize and ensure the stability of the financial system, the Central Bank of Nigeria…
177 Okada Riders In Police Net
Police officers in Lagos, southwest Nigeria on Monday arrested 177Â commercial motorcycle operators in various parts of the state. …
BFS Set To Increase Fares
Bus Franchise Scheme is set to increase transport fares in some of its major routes in Lagos, south west Nigeria in…
Nigerian Editors Praise President Jonathan Over FOI Law
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) has received the news of the assent of President Goodluck Jonathan to the Freedom…
New Ogun Governor Makes Key Appointments
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun state has appointed Taiwo Adeluwa as the new Secretary to the Government. Also appointed is…
Robbers Raid Bank, Kill Customers
A Â robbery gang raided an old generation bank located at Okeyimi Street in Ado-Ekiti, the capital of Ekiti State, Southwest…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Again, PDP Loses Members To Ondo LP
At least 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Ikare-Akoko, headquarters of the Akoko North East Local Government…
Akingbola Arraigned On Fresh Charges, Remanded In Prison
Former Managing Director of Intercontinental Bank Plc, Mr Erastus Akingbola alongside an associate, Mr Bayo Dada was today arraigned before…
Police Promise To Arrest Killers of Emir’s Brother
The Borno Police Command said on Tuesday that it had launched a massive hunt for the killers of a brother…
EFCC Raises Alarm Over Campaign Of Calumny
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has raised an  alarm over an alleged plot by a high profile suspect…
Nigeria Gets Freedom Of Information Law
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has signed the Freedom of Information Bill, 2011 into law. The Bill which was passed by…