Year: 2011
Soldiers Batter Okada Man
For daring to ask for a rider’s permit from an unidentified soldier on a motorcycle in Obalende, an official of…
Nanny Docked For Manslaughter
A baby seater, Mrs. Elizabeth Nwago, residing on 14, Bross Street, Apapa Road, Ebute-Metta, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has been…
5000 Civil Servants Sacked In Niger
Over 5000 Niger State government workers have been retrenched. Some of tghose retrenched were classified as ghost workers. Their salaries and other…
Nigeria Customs Excites WCO
The World Customs Organisation(WCO) has expressed satisfaction over the on-going Customs reforms and modernisation programme in Nigeria, which it said…
Ifako Ijaiye Appeals To Tinubu, ACN
The people of Ifako Ijaiye Federal Constituency have appealed to the leadership of the Action Congress of Nigeria and leader…
My Group Is Amenable To Dialogue -Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said that his group is amenable to dialogue. Atiku spoke against the background of…
How Nyame Looted Taraba Treasury
An Abuja High Court was on Thursday told how former Governor Jolly Nyame of Taraba state diverted the sum of…
SERAH JIBRIN: My Defeat Will Haunt Womenfolk
A Peoples Democratic Party former presidential aspirant, Dr. (Mrs.) Sarah Jubril, who scored a single vote at the party’s presidential…
2011 ELECTION: PDP Rises In Defence Of Akpabio
The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to dismiss the suit filed by…
KATSINA GUBER TICKET: Aspirant Drags Masari, CPC & INEC To Court
A governorship aspirant of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, in Kastina State, Senator Yakubu Garba Lado, has dragged former…
It Is Safe To Invest In Nigeria, President Jonathan Tells Global Investors
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan today prided Nigeria as a preferred investors’ destination, just as he assured international investors of Nigeria’s…
Government Should Implement Minimum Wage —Ribadu
The Presidential Candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Malam Nuhu Ribadu has called on the present government to…
Vanished Family: Nigerians Abroad Scared Of Home
Nigerians overseas are scared of coming back home following the shocking news that a family of four, their cousin and…
Fashola Set To Pay N18k Minimum Wage, Recurrent Expenses Rise
There are indications that Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, will soon cave in to workers’ demand…
Sex-Starved MFM Pastor Seeks Divorce
For failing to satisfy his sexual desires, a Pastor with the Mountain Of Fire and Miracles Ministries,(MFM) Olusegun Gbadamosi, yesterday…
BRT Baby: Banker Gives Birth Inside Bus
It was joy yesterday at Ketu Bus Stop, Lagos, South West Nigeria when a staff of Guarantee Trust Bank Plc,…
Sex In Pregnancy Good For Couples
A report published in the Canadian Medical Association journal this week has finally laid to rest the controversies surrounding lovemaking…
Omatseye, Ex-NIMASA Boss Faces Trial Over N78m Fraud
The former Managing Director of Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Mr. Raymond Temisan Omatseye was this morning arraigned…
Faces That Would Be Missed As Lagos Assemblymen
The sixth Assembly has been very interesting. The Speaker, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, alongside principled officers of the Assembly made it so.…
Lawmaker Decries Nigeria’s Power Situation
A Lagos lawmaker, Hon. Sanai Agunbiade, recently raised an alarm about the power situation in the country, lamenting that this…
Ewekoro Communities Sue Ogun Govt For N3billion
Eighteen communities in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State whose land were allegedly acquired by the Ogun State Government,…
Jega Must Sort This Mess Quickly
The stunning revelation that the Independent National Electoral Commission lacks a central server that will be able to detect incidences…
COJAC: A Worthy Cause Against Cancer
Tomorrow, 4 February, is World Cancer Day. It is a day set aside by the United Nations to create awareness…
Stakeholders Hail Ban On Rice Importation Through Land Borders
Rice farmers, processors and dealers on Wednesday lauded the Federal Government’s decision to ban importation of rice through land borders.…
200 Families Miss Polio Immunisation
More than 200 families in Yobe missed the five-day polio immunisation exercise which ended on Tuesday, an official has said.…
LASG, NTDC At War
The Lagos State Government has opposed the alleged imposition of multiple processes and regulatory requirements on tourism and hospitality establishments…
Police Arraign 28 Over Bauchi Mayhem
The Bauchi State Police Command has arraigned 28 suspects for allegedly participating in the killing of some victims and destruction…
Alao-Akala Appoints Journalist, 13 Others As Permanent Secretaries
Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo State on Wednesday named Mrs. Amoke Dahunsi, a journalist, and three teachers among 14 newly…
Apo 6 Killings: Trial Of Cops Stalled Again
The trial of six policemen accused of killing six Abuja auto-spare parts dealers in 2005 suffered another setback on Wednesday,…
Prostate Cancer Common Among Men
Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer affecting men, says Dr. Celsus Undie, a consultant urologist at the National Hospital. Undie…