Year: 2011
Traditional Ruler Decries Sale Of Family Land
The Baale of Ishawo town in Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Chief David Olalekan Orisan and…
Cornflakes Repackaged Over Cancer Scare
Breakfast cereals, pasta, rice and other foods packed in cardboard boxes could be tainted with toxic chemicals, researchers warn. The…
Driver Abandons N1.6m Goods On Express Road
A 20-year old driver, Gambo Musa, has been arraigned before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting at Ogudu, Lagos on a…
NGO Warns Against Election Violence
Jibrin Ibrahim, the Executive Director of Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Abuja, has urged stakeholders in the electoral process to…
Association Seeks More Export Grant
The National Cashew Association of Nigeria (NCAN) on Tuesday urged Federal Government to expand the scope of Export Expansion Grant…
Maltina Raises Stake At Argungu Fishing Festival
In line with its new brand proposition of ‘sharing happiness’ Maltina, a non-alcoholic malt brand from the stable of Nigerian…
Nollywood Range Rover Club Grows
Good times are indeed here for some of the leading ladies in the Nigerian movie industry as many of them…
Nigerian Idol Finalists Relish Favourite Guest Judges
As the grand finale of Nigerian Idol draws near, one thing is sure, on Sunday 27 March, millions of viewers…
Lawmaker Advocates Safety For Okada Riders
The lawmaker representing Ifako-Ijaye Constituency1 at the Lagos House of Assembly, Mr. Dayo Saka Fafunmi, has donated 100 crash helmets…
Lagos Speaker Donates Campaign Buses To ACN
Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, has donated 15 Nissan buses to the Lagos State chapter of Action…
Student Arrested Over Phone, Card Theft
The police in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a 25-year-old student for allegedly stealing cell phones and recharge cards…
Driver Held For Killing 10-Year-Old Pedestrian
The police at Idimu Police Station in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested a man simply identified as Yomi Otti for…
Council Boss Promises Good Governance, Development
Chairman, Ifako-Ijaye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Mr. Demola Doherty, has assured residents of the area of improved infrastructure…
Teachers Honour Eshinlokun, Lagos Island Council Boss
The Chairman, Lagos Island Local Government Area of Lagos State, Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun, has been honoured by the Lagos State…
Ashafa Support Group Donates Crash Helmets
Shomolu based socio-political organisation, Ashafa Shomolu Support Group (ASSG) in Shomolu area of Lagos state, South-West, Nigeria, has thrown its…
Oloto Cautions Opeluwa Over Elegba Festival
The Oloto of Oto and Lagos Mainland, Oba Ganiyu Okeyide Odesanya, has advised the Opeluwa of Lagos, Chief Lateef Ajose,…
Fake Soldier Charged With Theft
The police at Adekunle Station, Yaba, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a teenager, Friday Nwagbadu, 19, for parading himself as…
Mama Adesanya Goes Home Saturday
The deceased wife of former Afenifere leader, the late Pa Abraham Adesanya, Mama Rosanna Arinola, will be buried on Saturday…
Forget Zoning, Nigeria’s VP Begs Northerners
Worried by the insistence of some group of northerners on a northern candidate for 2011 presidential elections, Vice President, Namadi…
Governor’s ADC, 4 Others Die In Crash
The aide-de-camp of Governor Ibrahim Shema of Katsina state and four others died today in a ghastly auto crash involving…
Ribadu Wants To Debate Jonathan Without Conditions
The Nuhu Ribadu presidential campaign organization has expressed surprise about the insistence of President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice President Namadi…
Uduaghan For April Polls, Court Rules
A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, South-south Nigeria this afternoon ruled that Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta…
Al Mustapha: Police Are Frustrating Our Case —Lagos Min. Of Justice
The Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Directorate of Public Prosecutions, has expressed its frustration at yesterday’s outcome of the case…
World Consumers Right Day: We Have Nothing To Celebrate —Consumers.
As Nigeria joins other countries today to mark the World Consumer Rights Day, consumers in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have said…
Lagos ACN Denies Pact With Labour Party
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has slammed the Labour Party, LP, over its reported…
Inside Cell: 5 Cops Rape, Torture Poly Girl
A student at Lagos State Polytechnic, Shakirat Dupe Olanrewaju has collapsed inside a police cell at Pako Station, Safejo area…
2 Bank Staff Docked For Robbery
Two senior staff of the Union Bank branch at Herbert Macaulay Street, Ebute Meta in Lagos, Nigeria, Jonah Uroko Ishiwu,…
26 Suspected Movie Pirates Arrested
Top movie marketers and producers in Idumota area of Lagos Island, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, this morning arrested 26 suspected…
Homeward Bond
Here’s a statistic you may not be aware of: about 50 percent of the world’s uncultivated, arable land is in…
Attack On Amosun Condemnable
It was sad to see Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s head covered in bandage on the front page of the Compass newspaper…