Year: 2011
Ngige Urged To Step Down For Incumbent, Okonkwo
The former governor of Anambra State Dr. Chris Ngige, the Senatorial candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, has been called upon to…
Olusola Saraki Canvases Support For His Daughter
The Second Republic Senate leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki has pleaded with the people of Kwara State, especially those from Ilorin …
Voter Registration: Protests In Ebonyi Over Payment
No fewer than 400 ad hoc staff of INEC, who participated in the last voter registration in Ebonyi, on Monday…
Stock Market Indices Dip By 0.64 per cent
Equity transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) ended on negative note on Monday with market indices dropping by 0.64…
CBN injects $400 million dollars in Dutch Auction
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday intervened to the tune of 400 million dollars at the Wider Dutch…
Opposition Candidate Wins Presidential Run-off In Niger
Niger’s electoral commission says veteran opposition leader Mahamadou Issoufou has won the country’s presidential run-off election, the Voice of America…
Nigerian Woman And Daughter Deported From Israel
Israel’s Population and Immigration Authority has sent a Nigerian woman and her Israeli-born daughter back to Nigeria. The woman…
Pres. Jonathan Bidding Nigerians Farewell —Bakare
The vice presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Pastor Tunde Bakare has said that the rallies President…
MEND Threatens To Bomb Lagos, Abuja
An email by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, warned on Monday of renewed attacks on…
General Buhari Shut Out Of Mapo Hall
Security men took over the main bowl of Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria, venue of today’s rally by…
Woman Slashes Neighbour’s Face With Razor
Ada, who was arrested along with her younger sister, Esther Ejemofor, was alleged to have ambushed Mrs. Chika Ocha on…
Fashola Urges Rival To Apply For Minister’s Job
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, South West Nigeria has his rival in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP candidate, Dr.…
Boko Haram Murders Islamic Leader
Gunmen shot and killed a Muslim cleric highly critical of a hardline Islamist sect, in an attack outside his home…
Petrol Dealer Loses N16m To Robbers
A Lagos-based petroleum dealer, Elder James Ibidokun has lost N16 million to armed robbers who stormed his Lekki, Lagos, residence,…
Japan’s Nuclear Reactor Explodes
The second hydrogen explosion in three days rocked a stricken Japanese nuclear plant today, sending a massive cloud of smoke…
2face, 9ice, P-square Others Thrill Lagosians
Tuface Idibia, Adigun Alapomeji aka 9ice, the duo of P-Square and other stars thrilled Lagosians at the weekend at the…
Kaita Laments Over Exclusion From Eagles’ List
Sani Kaita has expressed disappointment over his exclusion from the Nigerian squad against Ethiopia, but added he has taken coach…
Ajose Seeks Support To Defeat Chebah
Nigerian pugilist, Segun Ajose, has called on the Minister of Sports, Professor Taoheed Adedoja, to support his training programmes to…
I’ll Appoint Commissioners From 36 States —Lagos ANPP Gov Candidate
The All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, Lagos State governorship candidate, Yomi Tokoya will certainly set a record if he goes…
Price Of Sugar Soar In Calabar
Price of sugar, one of the essential commodities in Nigeria, has continued to rise in Calabar city, the capital of…
PDP Candidate Promises Oil Exploration In Akwa Ibom
A PDP Senatorial candidate for Akwa Ibom North East District, Rep. Ita Enang, on Sunday said he would facilitate the…
‘My Hubby Beat Me After Court Summons’
Wife of a bus driver, Mrs. Kemi Oloyede, has told the Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, that…
Yola Residents Laud Jonathan, Buhari
Residents of Yola have commended supporters of PDP and CPC over peaceful conduct of the parties respective presidential campaign rallies…
Lagos Nurses Threaten Strike
Nurses in Lagos State have threatened to embark on industrial action if the state government fails to meet their demands.…
Lagos Set For Wastewater Forum
At least 525.6 billion gallons of wastewater is generated annually in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Commissioner for the Environment, Dr.…
Sosan Tasks Women On Development
As the world marks the International Women’s Day, Lagos State Deputy Governor, Princess Sarah Adebisi Sosan, has urged women in…
Ritual Killers, Robbers Take Over LASU-Iba-Igando Road
It has in recent times become very dangerous to travel on the LASU-Iba-Igando Road as human hunters, ritual killers and…
Group Supports Fashola For Second Term
A socio-political group, Face of Lagos, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria, has expressed its support for the second term bid of…
Woman, 38, Declared Missing
Mrs. Bosede Janet Bamidele, (nee Ibiyemi), 38, has been declared missing by her family and the police. Bosede, an indigene…