Year: 2011
World Food Prices At Fresh High, Says FAO
World food prices rose to a record high in January, according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO). The…
IPv6 Upgrade: Yahoo To Shut Out A Million Internet Users:
Yahoo is forging ahead with a move to install an IPv6 on its main Web site by year-end despite worries …
Nestle Re-launches Milo
Nestle Nigeria Plc, the leading Nutrition, Health and Wellness Company and the maker of the nourishing Nestle MILO has reformulated…
Epidemic Looms In Aswani Market
Residents and traders in Aswani market, Isolo, Lagos state, southwest Nigeria, have appealed to the Lagos State government and the…
Doctors Strike: Arewa Youth, COSEG Appeal For Understanding
As the strike embarked upon by Lagos doctors enters the fifth day today, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF and…
Tout Jailed 3 Months
A 25-year-old tout, Lateef Ahmed, was on Monday sentenced to three months imprisonment without an option of fine, for assaulting…
Ondo Also Jacks Up Workers Salaries
Ondo State Government in fulfilment of its commitment to improving workers welfare on Monday approved salary increase for civil servants.…
Estate Agent Docked For Fraud
An estate agent, Adesina Ibrahim Adewale, 35, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court sitting in Isheri, Lagos, Nigeria…
Area Boys Charged With Murder
Three street urchins, popularly called area boys, of no fixed address have been arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, Ebute-Metta,…
2007 ELECTION: Supreme Court Affirms Obot Winner Of Uyo Federal Constituency
With a few months to the forth coming general election, the Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the election of Mr.…
Falana Drags NJC To Court Over Justice Salami
The raging controversy over the appointment of the President of Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami, to the Supreme…
EU, ECOWAS Sign Contract For Construction Of Joint Border Posts
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has signed contracts with the European Union (EU) for the construction of…
Police Cadets Graduate
One thousand and seventy four pioneer Assistant Superintendents of Police, ASP, at the weekend graduated from the Police College, Ikeja,…
Jumbo Pay Rise For Lagos Govt Workers
The new salary structure for civil servants in Lagos State, South West Nigeria, promised by Governor Babatunde Fashola in his…
Porn Movie Pirates Arrested
The anti-piracy squad of the Yoruba video Film Producers Association of Nigeria, YOVIFPAN, in collaboration with the Lagos State Film…
Another 5 Perish On Ore-Benin Road
All the five passengers and driver on board a Toyota saloon car perished during a crash yesterday as the car…
Lagos Govt Faults Striking Doctors
Lagos State Government has decried the latest strike by a faction of the medical doctors working in the public health…
Soyinka, Others Protest Murder Of Gay Rights Activist
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, authors and academics have condemned the murder of Ugandan gay activist, David Kato. They called…
Cult War Spreads In Ijebu
The recent cult clashes between cult groups in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have taken a new dimension, as…
We Are Doing Our Best —ICAN President
The President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), Major-General Sebastian Owuama, says that his administration of the…
I Use My Okada To Carry Robbers, Teenager Confesses
I use my Okada to carry armed robbers to operations.†This is the confession of 17-year old Sunday Oluwole, a…
How Lagos Budgets Performed In Four Years
The Banquet Hall, State House, Ikeja was filled to capacity. Commissioners in Governor Babatunde Fashola’s cabinet, Permanent Secretaries, local and…
Jumbo Pay: SAN Lambasts Lawmakers
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Kemi Pinheiro, based in Abuja, South-West Nigeria, has accused the country’s lawmakers of draining the…
Don’t Destroy The Judiciary, Action Congress Warns PDP
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has accused the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of trying to destroy the nation’s…
Eagles Play S/Leone Under Floodlights
The Super Eagles, will play Sierra Leone under floodlights at the Teslim Balogun Stadium in Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria Wednesday. Osaze…
Eko Boys In Tight Corner, Face Eti Osa On Wednesday
With two more matches to go in the qualification stage of the ongoing Lagos Junior League, Lagos Island East Football…
Ikoyi Obalende Beat Lagos Island FC
Lagos Island FC (Eko Akete) came into their previous game against Ikoyi Obalende at Campos Mini Stadium, Lagos with a…
Plateau ’ll Survive Relegation —Coach
Plateau United coach Ndubuisi Nduka insists the club will climb out of the Premier League relegation zone if they continue…
Dolphins Still League Leaders
With their 1-0 victory over Sunshine Stars of Akure at the weekend in Port Harcourt, Dolphins FC still maintain their…