Year: 2011
Resist LASTMA Arrest, Opeifa Tells Okada Riders
Special Adviser to the Governor of Lagos State on Transportation, Mr. Kayode Opeifa, has told commercial motorcycle operators commonly called…
NET Plans Dagrin Memorial Lecture
As the first anniversary of the passing away of beloved rapper Dagrin approaches, NET Newspapers Limited, publishers of Nigerian Entertainment…
Star Quest Begins With 36 Finalists
Thirty six young Nigerians have emerged as finalists in this year’s edition of Star Quest, a musical talent hunt, organised…
Man Arraigned For Stabbing Friend’s Eye
The police in Oko-Oba Police Station, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a middle age man who allegedly stabbed his…
Sulaimon, Bariga Council Boss Calls For Greater Turn Out Of Voters
Chairman, Bariga Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Akeem Omoyele Sulaimon, has called on Lagos residents to turn out…
‘Lagos Must Regulate Pools Business’
Lagos State Pools Agents Association, LASPAA has said that not until Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola steps in to address the…
Lagos Youths Set For Unity Congress
All is now set for the unity congress of the Lagos State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria,…
Noisemaker Docked, Warned
The Alimosho Customary Court sitting in Alimosho has discharged an alleged noise maker and warned her not to make noise…
Sales Boys Make Away With Master’s N.5m
The police in Ajuwon, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, are on the trail of two sales boys who allegedly ran away…
Ex-Skye Bank Worker Arrested Over Fraud
Operatives at the Special Fraud Unit, Millerton Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a former employee of Skye Bank,…
Man Jailed 30 Days For Contempt
For flouting the order of the court, a divorce-seeking husband, Mr Olaniyi Julius, has been sentenced to 30 days imprisonment…
Security: Ibereko Housing Estate Residents Send SOS To Govt
Residents of Ibereko Housing Estate in Badagry Local Government Area of Lagos State, have called on the state government to…
Monarch Happy Over ACN Victory
The Oba-elect of Igbo Elerin in Iba Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Alhaji Sikiru Kolawole Ajagungbade Aina, has…
Apprentice Charged With Stealing
For allegedly stealing tyres worth N1, 442 million from his master’s store, the police have arraigned a 20-year old apprentice…
Balmoral Stands Tall Again
Less than three weeks after the unfortunate fire incident that gutted the prestigious Balmoral Events Centre, Oregun, Lagos, the facility…
PDP Supporters In Show Of Shame
There was a mild drama at Jimoh Bus Stop, Akowonjo, Lagos State, during last Saturday’s National Assembly elections when some…
Appeal court fixes 19 April for Ruling on Suit Against Akala
Having listened to the arguments of counsel in suit number FHC/IB/CS/2/2011 bordering on the legitimacy of Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Akande Confirms Collapse of Alliance Talk With CPC
Chief Bisi Akande, the Chairman of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN has confirmed the collapse of the renewed alliance talks…
2 Killed, Six Injured, Vehicles Vandalized As Students Clash In Ibadan
Two persons including one secondary school student were reported killed and six teachers injured today when students of Ibadan City…
Two Fake Journalists Arrested
Two out of four fake journalists who have been operating in Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, were arrested today by…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Humbled Nigerian Governor Woos Workers For Vote
In a calculated bid to stem the dwindling fortunes of the Peoples Democratic Party in Katsina state, Governor Ibrahim Shema…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Oyo ACN Praises INEC But Vows To Contest Lost Seat
Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has vowed to challenge in the Election tribunal the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party…
ETF Is Best Govt Agency -Rector
The Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Professor Mathew Idowu Ajibero, has described the Education Tax Fund (ETF) as the best…
Student Jailed For Stealing Towels
A 20-year-old student, Aisha Awwal, was on Monday sentenced to one month imprisonment by an Abuja Magistrate’s Court for stealing…
Nigerians Overseas Welcome Changes At Home
The conduct of the National Assembly elections and their unfolding results show that Nigeria is changing, Prof. Kole Omotosho, Director,…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Shekarau To Lead Rally On Violence-Free Elections In Lagos
ANPP presidential candidate, Alhaji Ibrahim Shekarau, is holding a rally on Violence-Free Elections in Lagos State today. The News Agency…
Time To Retire Anenih, Says Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomole of Edo State, South-South Nigeria, says it is time to retire former Chairman of the Board of…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
Alimosho: ACN, PDP In Tug Of War, INEC Insists ACN Won
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, are in a tug of war over who…
NURTW, Okada Unions Endorse Ribadu, Fashola
The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, the Motorcycle Operators Association of Lagos State, MOALS, and ANACOWA (Motorcycle Owners…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Ngige: My Election Victory For Democracy
Anambra Central Senatorial District candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, and one-time governor of Anambra State, South East…