Year: 2011
Voters Registration: Rivers Declares Wednesday Work-Free Day
The Rivers State government has declared Wednesday public holiday to enable workers participate in the ongoing voters registration exercise. Mr…
INEC Was Not Ready —Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is a big disappointment…
Imminent Volcano May Wipe Out America
Some experts believe that a super volcano in the United States may soon erupt with such force as to lay…
Alfa Rapes 10yr-Old Girl, Now Faces Trial
An Islamic cleric, Alfa Muritala Oyedeji yesterday faced trial before an Ejigbo magistrate’s court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for allegedly…
President Goodluck Jonathan’s Day Of Glory
The People’s Democratic Party of Nigeria is the most vilified and maligned party in the country today. Many other political…
Pay Ad-Hoc Staff Their Allowances
The threat by youth corps members participating in the voter registration exercise to boycott the exercise due to non payment…
Ogun’s N100bn Bond Of Many Troubles
For over seven months, controversy has trailed the N100 billion bond the Ogun State Government planned to raise at the…
All Africa Games Handball Qualifiers: Foreign Players Storm Camp
Two foreign-based players, Philip Kalu and Emeka Ejike, will arrive in camp today ahead of the Zone 3 All Africa…
Nigeria Premier League: Crown Axe Coach
Struggling Nigeria Premier League, (NPL) side, Crown Football Club, have sacked their head coach, Ganiyu Salami, following Sunday’s 0-2 loss…
Telecoms Operators And Their Poor Call Centre Response
Last week, Ade Busari, a journalist with a national daily, had a problem with his phone line. He could only…
Toshiba Enters Tablet Market
Toshiba Corporation is making its foray into the tablet war, offering a 10-inch device it says will be comparable in…
PZ Cussons Launches Morning Fresh 3-in-1 Multi- Surface Cleaner
PZ Cussons Nigeria has ushered in a new era of hygiene and cleanliness into the Nigerian environment with the launch…
Hoodlums, Robbers Take Over Cele, Okota, Ejigbo
Residents and motorists in Okota, Ejigbo and Idimu areas of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have sent a security alert to…
Corps Members Shelve Boycott
National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in Lagos on Monday shelved their proposed plan to boycott the ongoing voters’ registration…
How I Was Shot In Mushin Gang War, Victim Narrates Ordeal
One of the survivors of the endless gang wars in Mushin, Idi-Oro and Fadeyi areas of Lagos State, South West…
ELECTRICITY: LCCI Kicks Against Upward Review of Tariff
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has kicked against the proposed increase in electricity tarrif. In a statement…
After 30 Years: Unilag Gets First Class Mass Comm Student
It was like a jinx was broken when Aladegbaiye Adedapo Tunmise emerged the first Mass Communication student of the University…
Students Speak On Favourite Lecturers
In the search to identify remarkable lecturers in higher institutions of learning, Campus Square spoke with undergraduates from various universities…
The African Woman And Her Hair
Recently, I started feeling bad about us, African women. I started this year with so much pain thinking about our…
Free Education Programme
In order to fulfill the mandate given him, Dr. David Olayimika Olorunleye, the Chancellor of the school and the General…
Awori Youths Protest
The Awori Youths of Lagos State, under the auspices of Egun Awori, have said that they are being marginalized in…
100 Thugs Surrender WeaponsSurrender
No fewer than 100 suspected political thugs on Monday in Bauchi surrendered their weapons and promised to turn a new…
New Era Foundation Gets New Director
The President of New Era Foundation (NEF), Oluremi Tinubu has appointed Mr. Yemi Osilaja as executive director of the foundation.…
Cooperative Society Elects New Officers
The immediate past President, Lagos State Waste Disposal Board Multi Purpose Cooperative Society, Mr. Sunday Balogun, has expressed gratitude to…
2 Men Arrested For Rape
Two suspects, Azeez Onabanjo, 25, and Folusho Olusegun, 25 have been arrested by the police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria for…
CDA Boss Appeals To Residents On Registration
Chairman of Ifedapo Community Development Association, Ward 1, Surulere, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Comrade Olumide Campbell, has appealed to eligible…
Nomads Abandon Registration To Sell Cow Milk
Nomadic Fulanis in Mangari village in Damaturu Local Government Area in Yobe have abandoned the ongoing voter registration to sell…
Man ‘O’ War Member Seeks For Divorce
A member of the ‘Man ‘O’ War’, Mr. Adebunmi Makinde, has dragged his wife, Mrs. Omowunmi Makinde, before the Alimosho…
GHOST WORKERS SCAM: Veterinary Council Sued For Victimization
Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday adjourned further proceedings on the suit instituted…