Year: 2011
Dominique Strauss-Kahn: A Lesson For Nigerian Politicians
Last Saturday, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the embattled Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, journeyed from a swanky half a…
Lagos Speakership Seat: Who Takes It?
The battle for the speakership seat of the Lagos State House of Assembly hots up just few days to the…
Collapsed Fence Kills Boy, 5, Injures Siblings
The day, 11 May, 2011 is a day the Adeleye family will never forget as the family lost their 5-year-old…
Okada Rider Caught With Ammunition
A team of policemen attached to the Federal Highway Patrol Unit has arrested an okada rider with ammunition in Lagos…
Police Recover Four Vehicles From Robbers
Policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested one suspected armed robber identified…
Trader Remanded Over N.48m Fraud
For allegedly obtaining N480,000 from his friend on the pretence that he would supply him 400 cartons of Croaker fish…
Group Condemns Post-Election Violence, Congratulates Fashola, Deputy
Niger-Delta Youth Assembly, Lagos State chapter has congratulated the Lagos State governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) and his Deputy…
Market Leaders Set Agenda For Fashola
Market leaders in Pelewura and the entire Lagos Island under the leadership of the Babaloja General, Chief Tajudeen Onimole have…
Settle With NUC Now, LASU Students Urge Authorities
Following the persistent threat from the National Universities Commission (NUC) to disqualify some courses and satellite campuses of the Lagos…
OAU Appoints New Vice-Chancellor
The Governing Council of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has appointed a new vice-chancellor for the institution. He is Professor…
Varsity Dons Meet On Climate Change
Vice chancellors of various universities in Africa have brainstormed on how to tackle the challenges of climate change in the…
WAFU Cup In Eye Of The Storm
There are strong indications that the West African Football Union, WAFU, is facing a tough time in its existance. After…
Second Semester Begins In FEDPOFFA
The Federal Polytechnic, Offa reopened for the second semester of 2010/2011 academic session yesterday and the Revised Academic Calendar signed…
Koda Stars Target Continental Ticket At DSTV Final 8 Playoffs
Coach of the Kada Stars of Kaduna, Sani Turi says the target of his team in the forthcoming DSTV Final…
No Wild Polio In Zamfara
The Zamfara State Government has said that there has been no reported case of the “wild polio virus†in the…
Heartland Praises Kofarmata
Heartland’s Bello Kofarmata became an instant hero in his side’s hard fought week 21 Premier League 1-0 win over Gombe…
Top Stars Storm Freedom Park
Come 21 May, Freedom Park, the new state of the art leisure venue will showcase its best performers on the…
Square Records Unveils First Artiste
Versatile R&B/ Hip Hop singer, Awodumila Akinmayokun, otherwise known as May D, has emerged the first artiste to be officially…
Jossy Out Of Big Brother Amplified
The second live eviction show of Big Brother Amplified on 15 May delivered yet more surprises as Namibia’s Jossy was…
Missing In Action: Nollywood Not At Cannes Film Festival
As Hollywood and Bollywood stars shine at the premiere of the sexual drama Sleeping Beauty, the toast of the 64th…
Nikelodeon, STV Plan Big For Children’s Day
To celebrate the 2011 Children’s Day, Nickelodeon and STV are joining forces to tell Nigerian kids why the world needs…
Asa Set To Storm Europe
For the first time, Nigerian international singer, Asa, has been billed to perform at London’s Indigo2 concert on 5 June.…
OD Hits Screens With Ginjah Me Up
Rapper OD is back on your television screens with a brand new video titled Ginjah Me Up. The video, which…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
CPC Warns Fake Progressives
National Vice Chairman, South East of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Mr. Austin Amaechi, said on Tuesday that fake…
Police Arraign Man For Public Disturbance
A man, Yinka Olabode, 20, has been docked at the Abule Egba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos for attempting to disturb public…
Assembly Member-Elect Promises Pupils Scholarship
Alhaji Bala Yabo, member-elect, Sokoto State House of Assembly, has promised to introduce a scholarship scheme for all qualified pupils…
Company Alerts Customers on Fake Products
Mr. Nicolas Coussinoux, Sales Manager of Motorola Solutions in Africa, has advised customers of the company in Nigeria to beware…
My Father Is A Difficult Man, Son Tells Court
Son of a petitioner, Ojo Kayode has told an Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria that his father…
BRT Driver Docked For Dangerous Driving
A bus driver with the Bus Rapid Transit Scheme, Joshua Bakare has been arraigned before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting…
Tenant Charged With Assault
A tenant who refused to pay his rent for more than three years and assaulted his landlady has been arrested…