Year: 2011
Orile Police Send Off Officers
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Orile Police Division and his men recently held a party to honour DSP…
Suspected Robber Caught With Three Rifles, Car
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a robbery suspect with three AK47 rifles. The suspect, Ejike Eze,…
Driver Stabs Colleague To Death At Port
The police in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a tanker driver, Yakubu Mohammed, for allegedly stabbing another driver to…
Security Guard Steals Laptop, Solar Lamps
AÂ 70-year-old security officer, Mr. Nimota Popoola, was on Tuesday docked at an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for alleged theft of…
Re: Bode George: Requiem For Our Values
There is no doubt that patriotic Nigerians, members of human rights associations and corruption watchdogs in Nigeria would not lose…
Corruption Allegation: Time For NJC To Lay Ghost To Rest
After the initial prevarication, the National Judicial Council, NJC, has decided to investigate the petitions and allegations of corruption levelled…
Driver Docked For Manslaughter
A 28-year-old driver, Rafiu Ibrahim, who allegedly killed an unidentified man was on Tuesday arraigned in Lagos for manslaughter. The…
Suspect Attempts To Escape From Court
An attempt by an accused, Mr. Kazeem Olajide, to escape at the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has been…
2 OPC Members Charged With Theft
A Yaba Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, on Tuesday remanded two members of the Oodua Peoples’ Congress (OPC) in prison custody for…
Court Remands 3 Robbery Suspects
An Osogbo Chief Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday ordered that three robbery suspects, Sunday Obas, 20; Nwokwu Azor, 23; and Utobo…
Bridging The Gender Gap
Lesotho sits like pearl in a shell, surrounded by the land mass of South Africa. But this tiny kingdom of…
Court Dissolves 8-Year Old Marriage
A graduate, Mr. Ralph Nwachukwu, has asked an Agege Customary Court presided by Mr. E.B. Shokunle, to dissolve his eight-year…
48 Ex-militants Arrested Over Threat To Raze Bank
Forty-eight ex-militants undergoing rehabilitation at Aluu near Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital were today arrested by the Rivers State …
Lagos ACN Warns PDP To Steer Clear Of Tinubu
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has warned that any attempt to arrest, detain or prosecute the indefatigable leader of the party…
EFCC Seals Igbinedion’s Abuja Properties
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, which recently secured a forfeiture order against Chief Lucky Igbinedion, former Governor of…
Certificate Forgery: Gov. Suswam In Fresh Mess
Threats to Governor Gabriel Suswam’s second term ambition appears to be multiplying by the minute. The embattled Governor who is…
Ribadu’s Running Mate, Others Escape Death
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Fola Adeola, and other party chieftains narrowly escaped death…
Lagos Receives Vehicle For Malaria Prevention
Lagos State Commissioner for Dr Jide Idris has commended Swiss Biostadt Limited, formerly Syngenta Nigeria Limited, for the donation of…
LENTEN PERIOD: Fashola Urges Christians To Seek God’s Face For Successful General Elections
As Christians mark the commencement of the Lenten period with the Ash Wednesday, Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN)…
Defence HQ Launch Skills Acquisition In Barracks
The Defence Headquarters,DHQ, today, at the 2 Amphibious Brigade Headquarters, Bori Camp Barracks, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Southsouth Nigeria, launched…
Adeola, ACN Stalwarts Escape Death
The Vice Presidential candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Fola Adeola, and other party stalwarts narrowly escaped death…
University Don Decries Marginalisation Of Women In Nigeria’s Politics
A Political Scientist in the University of Ibadan (UI), Dr. Bukola Adesina today decried the low level of involvement of…
The Virus: Nation Killer
Last week Friday, in the men’s column, I wrote on this very topic from the angle of politicians, pastors, journalists…
Aregbesola Reads Riot Act Against Electoral Violence, Bloodshed
Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Monday read the riot act against electoral violence and bloodshed as he partners…
Ladoja Berates Akala Over Projects Execution
Former governor of Oyo State, who is contesting the forthcoming governorship poll in the state, Senator Rasheed Adewolu Ladoja has…
84-Year Old Hunchback Murdered
Suspected ritualists have killed an 84-year old hunchback, Olu Esho at his 9, Imalefalaafia residence, Oke Ado, Ibadan, the capital…
Campaign Concert: Banky W, Weird MC Storm Alausa
Top Nigerian musicians including Banky W, Weird MC, Sound Sultan and Mo’Cheddar, among others, yesterday stormed the Lagos House, Alausa,…
I’m Tired Of Crime, Suspect Freed By Court After Plea
A suspected fraudster, Eugene Kuru has made a passionate appeal to court magistrate, Mrs. E. Kubanje at Isolo, Lagos State…
Office Sex Wrecks Woman’s Marriage
The marriage of a female manager with the Law Union and Rock Insurance Plc, has been wrecked after she was…