Year: 2011
LAPWC Hosts Stakeholders Meeting To Curb Road Damage
Stakeholders in the transportation sector in Lagos State are set to discuss ways of reducing rate of deterioration of roads…
NURTW Boss Dies
Chairman, National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Ijebu-Ode branch, Ogun State, Alhaji Babatunde Adedoyin Yinusa Oseni, a.k.a. Hadji Babs,…
ACN: Liberate Other Parts Of Nigeria
I lost touch with news recently, not because I chose to, but because the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN,…
Salesman Steals Cement
A salesgirl, Nancy Oyeniran has been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a three-count charge of stealing by the…
Gov Yakowa Shuns Election Debate
Kaduna State Governor, Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa today shunned the Kaduna election debate organized by the African Independent Television (AIT). Also …
Jonathan’s Wife Not Probed For Money Laundering
Nigeria’s presidency has reacted to newspaper reports credited to an opposition spokesperson alleging that Patience, the wife of President Goodluck…
Manufacturing Sector Key To Economic Growth -Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has said a special technical committee that will include members of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria…
Senator Escapes Assassination
The political violence in Edo State took another dimension on Sunday night as incumbent senator representing Edo South Senatorial district…
Thugs Attack Senator Okonwo
The Accord Party senatorial candidate for Anambra Central in the April polls, Sen. Annie Okonkwo, on Monday escaped death when…
Jonathan Meets With Auto-cyclists Taxi Owners
PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF AMALGAMATED COMMERCIAL MOTORCYCLES OWNERS AND RIDERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA TODAY MONDAY IN LAGOS.…
2 PDP Lawmakers Defect To ACN
Two Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of Assembly today, defected to the ruling party in…
Gunmen Kill FRSC Staff
Unknown gunmen have shot dead an FRSC official at Njaba in Imo, a statement issued by the commission said on…
Gbenga Daniel Canvasses Support For PPN Candidates
Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, today publicly identified with his new party in Abeokuta as he was presented …
Police Detain PDP, INEC Staff Caught Tampering With INEC Materials
Oyo State Police Command has transferred the Head of Information Technology of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mr. Osunlola…
ACN Wants INEC To Speak On Voter Register Fraud
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has asked INEC to explain to Nigerians what transpired in Ibadan, when some people…
Tension in Jos over Buhari’s rally
Police fired gunshots and tear gas on Monday to disperse a tense crowd that gathered near the site of CPC…
Stop Using My Name For Campaign —Soyinka
In a terse e-mail to all the media houses this morning, Prof. Wole Soyinka called the attention of the public…
Jimoh Ibrahim ‘s Mother Kidnapped
Madam Omofemiwa Ramat Ibrahim, mother of a front-line businessman and publisher of National Mirror newspaper, Mr. Jimoh Ibrahim, has been…
Okereke-Onyiuke Gets Judgment 4 April
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria this morning adjourned till 4 April the judgment in the case…
Stop The Violence
The usual violence before, during and after the nation’s elections has again reared its ugly head. Politicians have been arming…
Jonathan’s Chances Slim, Says El-Rufai
As the 2011 general elections draw near, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, says the Peoples…
3 Chinese In Court For Vandalising Oil Pipeline
Three Chinese nationals, Guan Ping Mang, Tony Yang and Lu Yandi alleged to have illegally tampered with oil pipelines were…
UK Jails Nigerian Female Pastor
A Nigerian female pastor, Lucy Adeniji has been jailed for 11 and a half years by a count in the…
Gaddafi: Allied Forces In Air, Ground Assault
Allied forces have launched a second night of strikes on Libya, destroying a building inside the embattled leader’s compound and…
Entertainment, Headlines, News
Actor, Alasari Dies In Auto Crash
The Yoruba movie industry has been thrown into mourning following the death of a top actor and producer Ahmed Durojaiye…
NDLEA Bursts Brazil’s Drug Gang
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has aborted a plan by a major drug trafficking gang to import 6.4kg…
Threat To Tinubu’s Life Real, Says ACN
The Lagos State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN has warned that the continued threat on the life…
I Would Have Been First Class Carpenter —TASUED Best Graduating Student
“It has not been easy, considering all what I went through. I burnt midnight candle, starved myself when there was…
O’odua Group Warns MEND To Keep Off Lagos
A Pan-Yoruba socio-cultural and political organisation, Coalition for Oodua Self Determination Groups, COSEG, has warned the Movement for the Emancipation…