Year: 2011
Fire Razes Shopping Plaza
Fire razed down Yakobi Plaza this morning in Ojodu Berger, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. An eyewitness said the fire started at…
Headlines, Metro, News, Politics
Sosan: I’m Leaving With My Head High
Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Princess Sarah Sosan says she is leaving the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola on a…
Lagos Attracts N3.8tr For Trade Zone
The Lagos State government has disclosed that 64 companies have signed up for the Lekki Free Trade Zone, LFTZ, with…
Egypt Jails Ex-minister For Corruption
Former President Hosni Mubarak’s top security official was convicted Thursday of corruption and money laundering and sentenced to 12 years…
Doctors Embark On Sympathy Strike
Doctors in federal medical institutions in Enugu have embarked on a sympathy strike in solidaritry with their counterparts at the…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Post-Poll Violence: Coalition Seeks Trial Of Perpetrators
A coalition of pressure groups, the United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDEDSS), on Wednesday called for the prosecution…
Bin Laden Raid Revives Debate On Value Of Torture
Did brutal interrogations produce the crucial intelligence that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden? As intelligence officials disclosed…
Jonathan And The Team He Needs
As the count down to the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan on 29 May begins, Nigerians have a wish list…
Boska Cup Kicks Off 11 June
The much-awaited Boska Soccer Competition will officially kick off on 11 June at the Astro turf of the National Stadium…
Reassessing The NYSC Scheme
It was with horror, which has remained unabated till now, that we saw the stories about the NYSC members, or…
How Halima Abubakar Lost Investments To Kano Riot
Versatile Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, is definitely one of those that will not forget the recent political riot in Kano…
Gani Adams Reflects On Life At 41
National Coordinator of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Otunba Gani Adams has narrated his life’s experience, saying there were times…
‘CEOs Are Sales Persons’
The Managing Director of the Hartfiled-IMC Partnership, Mr. Tosin Oyelese, has enjoined Nigerians not to look down on salespersons, saying…
N1 Billion Suit Slammed On Finbank
Two limited liability companies, Toojin Engineering Nigeria Limited and Bo Polystores Nigeria Limited, customers of Finbank Plc, have renewed their…
Customs Dragged To Court Over Wrongful Sale Of Container
A private limited liability company. E. N. Michael, has dragged Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) before a Federal High Court in…
Infringement: Songwriter Claims N30m From MTN
A female Christian songwriter and performer, Oyenike Laoye a.k.a. Nikki Laoye and a media entertainment outfit, Wahala Media Entertainment Limited,…
Don’t Let Us Down, Communities Tell Elected Politicians
Members of communities living at the Ajegunle/Boundary area in Ifelodun-Ajeromi Local Government Area of Lagos State have urged the people…
Lagos To Run Deficit Budget Till 2013
M r. Ben Akabueze, Lagos State Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, on Wednesday said that the state would continue…
WAFU Cup Sets Abeokuta Agog
The city of Abeokuta in Ogun State, Nigeria started bubbling from today as the West African Football Union, WAFU, Nations…
Basketball: Erinfolami Named U-16 Coach
The Nigeria Basketball Federation, NBBF yesterday named coach of First Deepwater Basketball Club, Lateef Erinfolami as Chief Coach of the…
50 Prison Inmates Receive ICT Training
Fifty inmates of Lafia Prisons have benefitted from an Information Communication Technology programme, organised by Business Information and Training Centre…
Glamour As Stars Storm Bite Launch
It was an all night of class and glamour as Nollywood stars stormed Crescendo Lounge & Bar, Lagos, for the…
Handsworth Promise Good Outing
Handsworth Football Club have started preparation for the Federation Cup. Handsworth emerged winners of this year’s Ogun State FA Cup…
Can COD United Win Lagos FA Cup?
City of David United, COD, face a herculean task when they face defending champions, First Bank Football Club of Lagos…
Group Wants Slain Corps Members Honoured
A group, Our Change Has Come, has called on the Federal Government to immortalise corps members killed during the recent…
Group Warns Ajegunle Youths Against Drugs
Youths in Ajegunle a prominent community in Ajeromi/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State, have been advised to desist from…
Kerosene Explosion Victim Battles For Life
An apprentice tailor, Shakirat Adegbite, 22 is now battling for life at the emergency ward of the Lagos University Teaching…
Account Clerk Swindles Ritalori Hotel
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned an account clerk with…
Woman Docked Over N3m Fraud
Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit, Milverton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a woman, Mrs. Dotun Taiwo…
AFN Boss Hails Suswam, Gusau Re-Election
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Chief Solomon Ogba has hailed the re-election of Dr. Gabriel Suswam as…