Year: 2011
Lagos Builds 150 Roads, Rehabilitates 195 Others
The Lagos State Government has said that it has completed 150 roads measuring 176.03 kilometres in the last four years.…
Woman Loses Pregnancy After Fight With Neighbour
A housewife, Taiwo Isaac, 38 has been arraigned before the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos for assault and causing the termination…
Cop Ejects Wife Over Infidelity
The president of the customary court at Agege, Lagos State, has ordered a policeman, Mr. Irewole Sesan, to provide accommodation…
Dignitaries Laud Ijebu Monarch
The people of Ijebu-Ode in Ogun at the weekend celebrated the inauguration of the multi-million Naira extension of the palace…
LASG Probes Death Of Pupils In Auto Crash
Lagos State Government says it will investigate the auto accident that led to the death of three pupils of Cornerstone…
Group Condemns Increase In Fees
The Education Rights Campaign (ERC) has condemned the Anambra State government and the management of Anambra State University (ANSA) for…
Landlady Remanded Over Illegal Ejection
The police in Lagos have arraigned Adijatu Eletu, a.k.a. Iya Akin, 58, the landlady of a two-storey building at 106,…
Panel indicts sacked UNAD VC over N4.9 billion IGR
The sacked vice chancellor of the University of Ado-Ekiti, Prof Dipo Kolawole has been accused of mismanaging at least N4.9…
Ghana Knock Out Nigeria From All-Africa Games
Nigeria will not take part in the women’s football event of this year’s All-Africa Games after the Super Falcons threw…
ICAN Storms Sokoto, Plants New District Society
The President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Major General Sebastian Achulike Owuama, will be inaugurating a…
Mimiko Commends Nigerian Army Over Neutrality in Elections
Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko at the weekend commended the officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces for…
90-Member Committee For Amaechi’s Inauguration
The Rivers State Government has set up a Planning Committee for the swearing-in ceremony of Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi as the…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
ACN Urges President Jonathan to Stop Killing of its Members
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to move quickly to stop the ongoing systematic annihilation…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Don’t scrap, review NYSC, Atiku urges
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has disagreed with suggestions that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme should be scrapped.…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Togo Beat Nigeria To Win WAFU Cup
Nigeria failed to defend the WAFU Nations Cup they won last year as the home-based Super Eagles lost 2-3 to…
Manchester City Win English FA Cup
Manchester City defeated Stoke City 1-0 in the English FA Cup final this evening to end their 35-year trophy drought.…
Man United Grab 19th EPL Title
Manchester United this afternoon played 1-1 with Blackburn to win their 19th Premier League crown. Emerton shot Blackburn into the…
Beach Eagles Begin Camping For African Tourney
The national beach soccer team will today begin camping for this year’s African Beach Soccer Championship, which will take place…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Amaechi Gets Certificate Of Return, Warns Elected Politicians
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi has warned the newly elected public office holders that the era of taking…
Gov Amaechi Sacks Sanitation Authority Boss
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has sacked Chief Nnamdi Wokekoro, and immediately announced the appointment of Mr Isobo Jack, the Proprietor…
Fashola Condoles With Families Of School Pupils Involved In Auto Crash
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Friday expressed shock and sadness at the death of three pupils of…
N4.56b Pension Scam: Accused Persons Still In Prison After Getting Bail
Four days after securing their bail before a Federal High Court where they are being tried, suspects behind the massive…
Civil Servants Abandon Offices In Zamfara
Civil servants in Gusau, Zamfara, have abandoned their offices, three weeks to the inauguration of a new government, the News…
D’BANJ’S DAD: I’m Not Aware Of My Son’s Wedding To Genevieve
Contrary to the news making the rounds that Nollywood star Genevieve Nnaji and Dapo Oyebanjo a.k.a. D’banj are getting married,…
Daniel Snubs S/West PDP Caucus Meeting
Governor Gbenga Daniel yesterday shunned a meeting that the South-West caucus of the Peoples Democracy Party, PDP, convened to endorse…
Sex Machine: Nigerian With 86 Wives Marries Again
Bello Masaba, the 87-year old Nigerian Islamic faith healer, who was detained for several weeks in 2008, for having too…
Boko Haram kills District Head
Suspected Boko Haram militants on Thursday killed Alhaji Abba Tijjani, the district head of Mairari in Ma
Ex-Beauty Queen Loses N1.5b Case Against Senate, Others
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, this morning struck out N1 billion suit instituted by the a celebrity, Angela…