Year: 2011
Ogun Customs Impounds N14m Goods
The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted contraband at over N14 million in the last…
Eucharia Salutes Gallant Falcons
Super Falcons’ Chief Coach, Uche Eucharia, has hailed the Nigerian team for their gallant performance in the 2012 Olympic qualifier…
No More Delays –Apapa Customs
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area 1 Command, has created a formula to overcome the problem of delay in cargo…
SNFFIEC Berates Tin Can Port ANLCA
The Save Nigeria Frieght Forwarders, Importers and Exporters Coalition, SNFFIEC, has lampooned the leadership of Tin Can Island Ports’ Association…
Fleeing Ijebu-Igbo Residents Return
Residents of Ijebu Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government Area, Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria who had fled the town for…
Vigilance Group Advises Against Crime At Polls
The Vigilante Group of Nigeria, VGN, Lagos State Command, a non-governmental voluntary and community-based security organisation, with over 5,000 members…
Committee On Youth Council Inaugurated
The Lagos State Government has inaugurated an eight-member caretaker committee for the state chapter of the National Youth Council. The…
Weightlifting Association Decries Poor Facilities In Akwa Ibom
Secretary of Akwa Ibom Weightlifting Association, Peter Nyong, said inadequate facilities prevent weightlifters from training regularly in the state. Nyong…
Thieves Burgle Redeemed Church
Thieves have burgled the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Egan, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. They carted away church property worth…
Friends Of Rugby Mourn Jobi Fele
Friends of Rugby has enjoined million of Nigerians to mourn the late Otunba Jobi Fele who died recently. Fele was…
Winners Emerge In Spelling Bee Quiz
The Audience was held spell-bound as students from public schools in Lagos State spelt different tongue-twisting words at the grand…
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Give INEC A Second Chance —Babatope
Chief Ebenezer Babatope, a PDP stalwart, yesterday in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, appealed to Nigerians to accept the postponement…
Man Arrested For Breaking Co-Tenant’s Head
The police in Oko-Oba Division in Lagos State, South West Nigeria, have arrested a middle-aged man, Onyeolu Sunday, who allegedly…
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Poll: PDP Candidate Pleads With Nigerians
Nigerians have been called upon to accept the postponement of the Senate and Federal House of Representatives elections in good…
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Fashola, Tinubu Urge Lagosians Not To Be Discouraged Over Rescheduled Elections
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Sunday urged Nigerians not to be discouraged by the postponement of the Senate…
Ogun INEC Gets Ready For New Poll Dates
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has again postponed the national assembly elections till Saturday, 9 April. The election was…
Fire Consumes Nigeria’s Private TV Station
The eighth floor office of the Africa Independent Television, AIT in Jos, Plateau State Sunday was razed down by fire.…
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Learn From Your Experience, Mimiko Tells INEC
The Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has advised the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to learn from its experience…
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Cancellation Of Polls: Saboteurs Are At Work -Keyamo
Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo described the cancellation of the National Assembly elections as “sad and disappointingâ€,…
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National Assembly Election Postponed To Saturday 9 April
The National Assembly election which was rescheduled from Saturday, 2 April to Monday, 4 April will now take place on…
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Postponed Elections: NHRC Asks Jega To Resign
The National Human Rights Commission of Nigeria in a statement today asked Jega to resign, accusing him of incompetence and…
Rivers State Governor Tells Voters Not To Despair
Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has urged Rivers people not to be discouraged by the postponement of…
Nigerian Lawyer Abducted
Unidentified gunmen have abducted Emmanuel Deeyah,a member representing Khana/Gokana, Federal Constituency in the oil rich Rivers State of Nigeria.. He…
Poll: Jonathan’s Campaign Group Shocked
The PDP Presidential Campaign Council has expressed shock and consternation the circumstances leading to the postponement of the National Assembly…
ANPP Candidate Slams INEC Over Logistics Fiasco
Nigerians have continued to express concern over the sudden cancellation of Saturday’s National Assembly election by the Independent National Electoral…
POLLS: Shema, Aturu Task INEC To Sit Up
Katsina State Governor, Barrister Ibrahim Shema, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to sit up and address the…
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Tinubu, Fashola, Others Angry Over Cancellation Of Polls
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, incumbent Governor, Babatunde Fashola and other Nigerians were very angry with the…
Action Congress Wants Parliamentary Elections Postponed Till Next Saturday
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has rejected Monday as the new date for the National Assembly election, which was…