Year: 2011
PPA Backs INEC’s Accreditation Process
The Progressive People Alliance (PPA) on Sunday in Abuja threw its weight behind the process of accreditation of voters being…
FRSC Threatens To Auction Vehicles
The Federal Road Safety Commission, Eket Unit, Akwa Ibom, has threatened to auction abandoned vehicles to members of the public.…
Siasia: Eagles Are Not There Yet
Despite beating the Ethiopian national team 4-0 in yesterday’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at the Abuja National Stadium, Coach…
Lukman Escapes Fans’ Attack In Benin
For allegedly losing a penalty during Saturday’s All Africa Games qualifying match between Nigeria’s U-23 team and their Equatorial Guinea…
Lagos Police In Show Of Force
In preparation for the forthcoming elections, the police in Lagos in collaboration with the military, on Sunday staged a ‘Show…
‘Stop Using LGs For Revenue Sharing’
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN candidate for Ikeja Federal Constituency, Honourable James Abiodun Faleke, has said that the only way…
OPC Warns Against Electoral Vices
Chairman of the National Coordinating Council of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, in Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Area, Lagos, Southwest…
CBN, NNPC, ISAN, Others Meet Over Crude Oil Lifting
The Minister of Transport, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, stated recently that the inability of both the NNPC and ISAN to reach…
FOU Boss Warns Against Blackmail
Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ’ A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Deputy Comptroller Victor Dimka, has warned stakeholders…
‘Absence Of Radar Caused MV Zahra Fire’
The panel of Inquiry set up to investigate the cause of the fire that gutted the vessel, MV Zarha, has…
LASG Lauded On Quality Education
The Education Secretary of Alimosho Local Government Education Authority in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Mr. Isaac Omorege, has commended the…
Fashola Chides FG Over Non-Recognition Of LCDAs
Governor Babatunde Fashola has berated the Federal Government for refusing to give the 37 Local Council Development Areas constitutional recognition.…
Lagos Charges Mayors On Traffic Menace
The Lagos State Government has charged the Special Traffic Mayors (STM), to assist officers of the state Traffic Management Authority…
Lagos Traders Showcase Wares At Carnival
Thousands of market men and women in Lagos State, South West Nigeria, thronged the Police College last week to mark…
LASG Fumigates 15,000 Homes Against Mosquitoes
The Lagos State Government has sprayed insecticides on walls and ceilings of no fewer than 60,000 rooms in 15,000 households…
Fashola Inspects Project At Falomo
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Sunday inspected the construction of a new on-ramp bridge designed to carry…
Oreweme Tasks Coaches On School Sports
Assistant Director of Lagos Liason National Sports Commission, NSC, Reverend Tayo Oreweme, has charged Nigerian coaches to go back to…
LASAIC Backs Fashola’s Second Term Bid
Lagos State Association of Indigenous Contractors (LASAIC), a professional body, has joined the call for the re-election of Mr. Babatunde…
Utomi Loses Father-In-Law
Father-in-law of the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Mega Party, Prof. Pat Utomi, Chief Godfrey Odumodu is dead. He…
LSPWC Cautions Road Users
The Lagos State Public Works Corporation (LSPWC) has warned Lagosians against throwing refuse and burning tyres on the roads. Giving…
Nigerians Reject Transfer Of N/ Assembly’s Budget
On 23 March 2011, I read with dismay, betrayal and shock at the effrontery, sheer wickedness and lack of sympathy…
Mamora’s Exit: Asafa And The Crumbs Of Fury
Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora was the only flamboyant casualty of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, power-game in Lagos State. There…
Nigerians Are Counting On INEC
The announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, last week barring governors and all political office holders from moving…
Shippers Council To Spend N433m On Capital Projects
The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) is to embark on some capital projects that will gulp N433million in its 26 co-ordinating…
Lagosians Get Free Malaria Care
The lawmaker representing Lagos Island Constituency 1 in the House of Representatives, Hon. Olajumoke Okoya-Thomas, last Thursday, organised a free…
Group Tasks State Governors On Development Projects
State governors and local government chairmen in Nigeria have been urged to focus on development projects that will be of…
Methodist Church Supports One Man, One Vote
The Methodist Church of Nigeria, Diocese of Remo, has called on the federal government to uphold the popular slogan of…
Man Docked For Theft
A man, Adedayo Seyi Funmi, 25 has been charged with theft at the Cele Magistrate’s Court, Isolo, Lagos State. Funmi…
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Nigeria’s Super Eagles Outplay Ethiopia
Peter Utaka’s first minute goal opened the goal feast for Nigeria’s Super Eagles Sunday as they walloped Ethiopia 4-0 in…