Year: 2011
Sunshine Stars Thrash Plateau 4-1
Two goals each from Akombo Ukeyima and Atanda Shakibu gave Sunshine Stars of Akure maximum points as they thrashed Plateau…
Ronaldo Breaks La Liga Record
Cristiano Ronaldo has broken the La Liga goal-scoring record with his 39th and 40th league goals of the season as…
ACN Decries President Jonathan’s Silence On Benue Killings
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the seeming unwillingness of President Goodluck Jonathan to act urgently to stop…
Wozniacki Wins In Brussels
Top seed Caroline Wozniacki prepared for the start of the French Open in perfect style by defeating Shuai Peng in…
Schalke Lift German Cup
Schalke 04 won their fifth German Cup title as second-division Duisburg were hammered 5-0 in Saturday’s final.
Celtic Claim Scottish Cup
Celtic claimed their 35th Scottish Cup with a comfortable victory against Motherwell at a rain-soaked Hampden. Ki Sung-Yeung struck from…
Lille Win First Lique 1 Title In 57 Years
Lille claimed their first French league title since 1954 despite playing 2-2 with French Cup final victims Paris Saint-Germain in…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Amaechi Sets Agenda For New LG Bosses
Rivers State Governor, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has called on the Local Government Council Chairmen in the state to adopt a…
Gunmen Kill Politician
Former leader, Odogbolu Local Government legislative arm, Akorede Ismail Osibanjo, 35, was murdered last night by unidentified gunmen in Ijebu-…
Amaechi Lambasts NUPENG
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has lashed out at the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
LG POLL: ACN Chairmanship Candidate Kidnapped
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, chairmanship candidate of Asari Toru Local Government of Rivers State, Soibibo Horsfall, was in…
Falcons Begin Preparation For World Cup
African women champions, Super Falcons of Nigeria, will depart the country for Austria on Wednesday, 25 May, 2011, to commence…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Challenges Conduct Of LG Poll In Rivers Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Rivers State has instituted a legal suit challenging plan by the Rivers State…
Ex-Militants Protest To Government House
Ex-militants who are graduates of the Rivers State Social Rehabilitation Institute, Okehi, Etche Local Government area on Friday stormed Government…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
President Jonathan Commends Religious Leaders Over Contributions To 2011 Elections
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has thanked religious leaders across the country for their prayers and input towards the successful conduct…
Lagos ACN Demands for Special Status for Lagos
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has demanded for a special status for Lagos in consonance…
Imoke Forward Ten Names For Ministerial Post
The name of Mr John Odey, the Minister for Environment tops the list of ten names forwarded to President Goodluck…
Lagos To Establish Software Engineering Training Institute
The Lagos State Government is set to establish a software training institute to serve as a medium for achieving the…
Our Culture Is A Gift-Rector of All Saints
The Rector of the Seminary of All Saints Uhiele-Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Areas Edo State, Very Rev. Fr. Dr.…
Jonathan meets with business leaders ahead of inauguration
A brainstorming session with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, senior Federal Government officials and principal operators of Nigeria’s private sector in…
Fashola To Commission New 10mw Power Project For Lagos Island
In continuation of the on going transformation programme of his administration, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN), will on…
Unongo Suspended From PDP
The State working committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Benue has slammed a one month suspension order on…
Fashola Dissolves Cabinet, Banire Vows Not To Return
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, South West Nigeria will formally dissolve his over 40- member cabinet on Monday. The…
PRICE OF ADULTERY: Housewife, Lover Found Dead After Sex Romp
Tragedy struck yesterday at 2, Temi Adara Street, off Liasu Road, Egbe, Lagos Southwest, Nigeria, when a housewife and her…
Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke Floors NSE, SEC, Awarded N500m As Damages
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, this morning, while describing the removal of Professor Ndi Okereke-Onyiuke, former…
Gov Closes 11 Tertiary Schools
The Cross River State Government has ordered the immediate closure of eleven private tertiary institutions operating in the state. The…
Strauss-Kahn Granted Bail
Dominique Strauss-Kahn was granted bail on Thursday but faced another night in a New York jail, hours after he quit…
We Can’t Eradicate Ghost Workers —LASG
The Lagos State Government says there is no way it can eradicate ghost workers from the civil service totally. Issues…
Disu Tips F/Eagles For Glory
Flying Eagles coach to Saudi ‘89 FIFA World Youth Championship, WYC, Tunde Disu, believes that the coach John Obuh-led U-20…