Year: 2011
Pregnant Hemp Smoker Sent To Kirikiri Prisons, Marijuana Is Good For My Baby, She Says
A pregnant woman, Fumilayo Adeboye has been sent to Kirikiri prison in Apapa, Lagos State Southwest Nigeria for smoking marijuana…
Singer On Course To Win Haiti’s Election
Carnival singer Michel Martelly is on course for a landslide win in quake-hit Haiti’s remarkably peaceful presidential run-off election. Tally…
U.S. Jails Nigerian Fugitive
Jessica Rene Tata, the Nigerian day care owner who escaped from America has been jailed. She was escorted into the…
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo Recruits Soldiers For War
Strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s fiery youth leader on Saturday urged those willing to die for the Ivory Coast to enlist in…
Fashola Plans Expansion Of Ikorodu Road
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola is to expand Ikorodu Road by converting from the current four lanes to six lanes.…
Ekiti: Ojudu Appeals Court Order
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Ekiti Central Senatorial candidate, Mr. Babafemi Ojudu, has appealed against the order of an…
Why PHCN Should Be Privatised
If there is anything Nigerians are in dire need of, it is regular supply of electricity to boost economic activities.…
CDHR Mobilises 4500 Poll Observers
As the Nigeria’s general election approaches, the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, CDHR, say it has mobilised 4,500…
2Face, NAFDAC Reveal Man Unkind
Africa’s finest, 2Face Idibia, in partnership with the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has teamed…
Man Docked For Burglary
A 38-year old man, Okonkwo Hyginus has been arraigned before a Cele Magistrate’s Court, Isolo, Lagos State for burglary. Hyginus…
First Class Single Lady
I know the first thing that comes to your mind whenever people talk about first class is perfection and high…
NDLEA Nabs 2 Suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Monday that it had arrested two suspected drug traffickers at the…
EFCC Officer Charged With Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday told an Ikeja High Court that its official, Mr. Davies Ibrahim,…
Visa Seeker Forges Letter
A 24-year-old lady, Omobolanle Ogundapepe, who allegedly presented a forged letter of attestation to the British High Commission in Lagos,…
Police Foil Robbery Attack On Foreigners
The Lagos State Police Command says it has smashed a gang which specialised in robbing foreign nationals in Apapa. A…
NAFDAC Shut Company For Repacking Expired Tomatoes
In an effort to curb the proliferation of fake goods in the market, the National Agency for Food and Drugs…
Consumers Get New Electricity Tariff In June
The Chairman of Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC), Dr Sam Amadi, says electricity consumers should expect a tariff review by…
‘Japan Quake May Affect Tech Industry For Six Months’
World technology hardware supplies will take as long as six months to resume normal flows following disruptions from last week’s…
Police Arraign 17 Traders For Trading On Yaba Rail Line
The Lagos State Police Command has arraigned 17 traders who sell food and second hand clothings on rail track at…
Group Refutes Threat To Life Allegation
The threat to life allegation made by Mr. Kazeem Omolaja, a member of Action Congress of Nigeria, Mainland Local Government…
Task Force Shuts 20 Illegal Pharmacies In Lekki
The Lagos State Task Force on Counterfeit, Fake Drugs and Unwholesome Processed Foods has shut down 20 illegal pharmaceutical outlets…
We Are Not Troublemakers —Obalende NURTW
The National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, Obalende branch, Eti-Osa, Ikoyi, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has disassociated its members…
More Eagles Hit Abuja Camp
The camp of the Super Eagles in Abuja is expected to be full today, as more players join stars like…
Enyeama’s Injury, A Blow —Shorunmu
Super Eagles’ goalkeeper trainer, Ike Shorunmu, is sad about the injury that stopped the team’s first choice goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama…
Ogunjobi Wants More From Sunshine
Chairman of the Osun State Football Association, Taiwo Ogunjobi, has charged Sunshine Stars to improve on their performance in the…
Lagos Win Mark Tourney In Abuja
Lagos State Squash team outshined other 15 states to win the recently concluded Senator David Mark U-20 National Open Championship…
Re-Reading No Longer At Ease
It had been a short visit but much longer than the previous one. The last time all the time had…
Time For Intervention In The Health Sector
Nurses compounded the problems in the health sector last week when they embarked on strike to protest government’s refusal to…
Man Sets Suya Seller Ablaze
A man, Endurance Samuel Elufere, 25 has been arrested by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba,…
SARS Arrests Car Snatcher, Receiver
Policemen attached to the State Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a…