Year: 2011
Girl Joins Mother To Beat Stepfather
For disturbing her mother, a stepdaughter has joined her mother to beat her stepfather in public and tore his underwear.…
Security Guard Charged With Negligence
A security guard, Gbenda Terkaa, was on Monday arraigned before an Abuja Chief Magistrate’s Court for negligence. The Police Prosecutor,…
IG Orders Mass Transfer of Mobile Police Commanders
The Inspector General of Police (IG) Hafiz Ringim has continued with the juggling of the upper echelon of the Nigerian…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Some INEC Staff And Security Agents Compromised-IGINI
Though electoral materials were on Saturday, 2 April distributed and dispatched to polling centres behind schedule in the Southern Senatorial…
Senator Akpanudoedehe’s Life Is In Danger, ACN Cries Out!
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised an alarm over the safety of its governorship candidate in Akwa Ibom…
Court Adjourns Akala’s Suit Till 13 April
The court action instituted by the former Minister of Power, Elder Wole Oyelese and 36 others challenging the legitimacy of…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
APRIL 2 POLLS: Ekiti ALGON Commends Security Agencies
Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Ekiti State has given kudos to security agencies that participated in the…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Jega Must Be Allowed To Complete Electoral Process —ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has said that while it is not surprised at the calls in certain quarters…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
Poll Shift: Jega Threatens To Resign, C’Wealth Group Sad
Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission offered to quit his post Saturday night at an emergency…
PPN Largesse: Barber Hangs Self Over N150
A barber, Nojeem Alogunleko, 26, has committed suicide by hanging himself following a dispute between him and his friends over…
Ibori Can’t Leave Dubai Now —Lawyer
Former Delta State Governor, James Onanefe Ibori was released from a Dubai prison on Thursday on health ground but he…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News
Bakare, Falae, Musa, Others Back Shift In Election Date
Vice Presidential candidate of the Congress of Progressive Change, CPC, Pastor Tunde Bakare, former presidential candidate, Chief Olu Falae, former…
Ex-LG Boss, 2 Others Die In Boat Mishap
The former chairman of Epe Local Government, Hon. Mufutau Rufai popularly called Mufti and two others have died in a…
Jega’s Wobbly Start And Our Huge Expectations
Contrary to expectations, the much awaited parliamentary election in Nigeria turned to a huge anti-climax. The hype, the high hope…
Pastor Who Burned Koran Demands Retribution
Before a Koran was burned at his modest church on March 20, the pastor Terry Jones held a self-styled mock…
Playing Yoyo With Nigerians’ Destiny
Professor Attahiru Jega’s stoppage of the National Assembly elections last Saturday is another step backwards for a democracy which after…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
‘Postponement Of Elections, A National Sacrifice’
Senate President David Mark says the set-back occasioned by the postponement of the National Assembly elections should be seen as…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Nigerians React To Postponement Of Elections
More reactions have trailed the postponement of the National Assembly and other elections with the ruling People’ Democratic Party (PDP)…
JTF Confirms One Dead After Gun Battle
Men of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta shot dead one person on Saturday in Bayelsa,…
Synagogue’s Emma Dazzles Lazio Coach
Former Golden Eaglets star, Sani Emmanuel is set to hit it big in the Serie A. Emmanuel, who grabbed the…
419: Pastor Docked For Defrauding Church Members
Pastor John Akuma of God’s Elect Assembly, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos State, has landed in trouble after the prophecy he made…
Theft Of N20m Jewelry: Househelp, 2 Others Face Trial
A house help who was alleged to have burgled her mistress’ apartment and carted away jewellery valued at N20 million…
Jega Must Go –NANS
Following the cancellation of Saturday’s National Assembly election, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education,…
Nemesis Catching Up With Gov Daniel
Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel Laureate, spoke with ADEMOLA ADEGBAMIGBE on the current elections and other issues How do you…
Ibeshe Gets Solar Powered Water System
he Lagos State Government has handed over two solar powered modified ‘Type A’ water project to Ibeshe community in Oriade…
WAPA Builds Creche For Nursing Mothers
In a bid to provide succour for nursing mothers, the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, WAPA,…
Lagos Calls For Wetlands Preservation
The Lagos State Government has joined the rest of the world to celebrate the World Wetland Day. The celebration is…
Fashola Boosts Food Production Through Agriculture
After completing her first degree in 2008, Miss. Olanrewaju Oloko, who studied Biochemistry at the Lagos State University , LASU,…
NPA To Generate N132bn This Year
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) proposes to generate an estimated N132, 655,383,000 as revenue this year. The NPA Managing Director,…
Sack Fever Grips NIMASA Workers
The war of attrition and crisis of confidence that has recently hit the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA)…