Year: 2011
Tough Challenges Before Jonathan
They have started to test his will and resolve already. I refer to those who believe that Nigeria is theirs…
Police Foil Attempt To Rob Supermarket
The police in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have foiled an attempt to rob a supermarket in Ikotun, a suburb of…
Dance 234, New Reality Show Debuts
In a couple of weeks, young people and the not-so-young with talent to dance and dream of attaining national recognition,…
Elections: Lessons For The Winners
Now that elections have been won and lost, we congratulate the winners but warn that the fate of the vanquished…
The Mandate Of Blood
One of the highpoints of the presidential campaign was the plea for peaceful conduct during and after the election by…
Eagles’ Games Live On SuperSport
Cable television network, SuperSport, says it would show all matches of the Ogun 2011 West African Football Union, WAFU Nations…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
PDP Wins 21 Out Of 34 Kaduna Assembly Seats
The released results of the April 28 Kaduna House of Assembly show that the ruling People’s Democratic Party, PDP won…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
KWARA: Bukola Saraki’s Senatorial Dreams Under Threat
The victory secured by outgoing Kwara state Governor Bukola Saraki in the recent National Assembly election where he won the…
Police Display Corpses Of 3 Robbers
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, of the Lagos Police Command on Monday displayed corpse of three armed robbers killed in…
Obama, Others Watched Osama Killed In Pakistan
Although the operation to capture or kill Al-Quaida leader, Osama Bin Laden was a securedly kept secret, the Americans turned…
Fear Grips Christians In Kano, Kaduna
Following the news of the extermination of the leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, apprehension has gripped Christians in Kano…
How Pastor Akinade Died
More revelations have trailed the death of Lagos-based popular tele-evangelist and General Overseer of the Christ Apostolic Church, Lion of…
Fake Osama: Death Picture Doctored, Says AFP
The French news Agency (AFP), has slammed as fake, the photograph depicting the bloodied face of al-Qaeda leader, Osama Bin…
A Voice Asked Me To Kill My Sister—Man Confesses
A murder suspect, Ndifreke Michael Tompson has confessed that a voice asked him to kill his sister who was sleeping…
The Phone Call That Led To Osama’s Death
The Associated Press, an American news agency this morning recounted how the long and protracted effort by the American intelligence…
Obama’s Speech Announcing The Death Of Osama Bin Laden
President Obama: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world, the United States has…
A Tribute To Awo’s Daughter
I remember, sometime in 1989, I was then the Ondo State correspondent of an Ibadan-based provincial newspaper owned by an…
The Death Of A Terrorist
And so the bell finally tolled for the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, the fugitive leader and founder…
Victorious Flying Eagles Depart For South Korea
Baring any unforseen circumstance, the victorious Flying Eagles of Nigeria, winners of the just concluded African Youth Championship, AYC, will…
Commuters, Motorists Groan On Oke-Afa/Ikotun Road
Appeals have been made to the Lagos State government, Ministry of Works and Infrastructure and Public Works Bureau by motorists,…
ELECTION VICTORY: Ebira Community In Lagos Greets Fashola
Ebira community in Lagos State have congratulated the state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, over his re-election. Speaking on behalf of…
Aspirant Hails Amosun, Jega
An Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) chairmanship aspirant in Ado Odo-Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Alhaji Sikiru Adekunle…
Be Wary Of Fraudsters, Ipaye Warns
Special Adviser to Governor Fashola on Taxation and Revenue, Mr. Ade Ipaye, has called on Lagosians to be more vigilant…
Taxi Drivers Congratulate Tinubu, Fashola
The Lagos State Taxi Drivers and Cab Operators Association (LASTDCOA), has congratulate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola…
15 Remanded Over Election Offences
Fifteen Area Boys, who were arrested on the eve of the House of Representatives election, while trying to foment trouble…
Lagos Creates New Waterfront Schemes
Lagosians have been assured that physical structures of the 1.04 million hectare Eko Atlantic City conceived by the state government…
NTF, Organisers In Crucial Talks Ahead 2011 CBN Open
Tennis Special reliably gathered that crucial discussions are ongoing between the Nigeria Tennis Federation, NTF, and the big wigs of…
U-23 Eagles Urged To Remain In Benin
Still basking in the euphoria of the successes recorded by the U-23 Eagles during their qualifying matches in Benin, Governor…
Nigeria Will Qualify For Olympics
Captain of Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles, Kingsley Udoh, has assured soccer loving Nigerians that the team would qualify for both the…
I’m Grooming A Future Team For Liberia —Coach
Chief Coach of Liberia’s U-23 team, Roberto Landi believes his side, that went down 1-6 to Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles in…