Year: 2011
Deadly Canal Threatens Oko-Oba Residents
Members of the Soyinka Residents Association, Soyinka street, New Oko-Oba, Abule-Egba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have called on the Lagos…
I Have No Hand In Nwodo Downfall -Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has rejected insinuations that he had a hand in the chains of events that led…
Voter Registration: LG Boss Raises Alarm Over Hitches
The Executive Chairman Alimosho Local Government, Hon. Sola Adekunle has expressed concern over the technical hitches that have marred the…
Voter Registration Day 4: INEC DDC Machine Stolen
Barely four days into the registration of eligible voters across the country, there are reports that some of the Direct…
Jos Killings: Igbo Leaders Warn Against Future Attacks
Igbo leaders in the 19 Northern States yesterday in Jos warned against further attacks on their kinsmen resident in Jos.…
ACN Office Filled With Cows; Party Plans Big Post-Primary Celebration
The Lagos State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Secretariat was like a ranch yesterday as scores of cattle…
Oyelese, Others Sue Akala
Three Oyo State governorship aspirants in the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, former Minister, Elder Wole Oyelese, Hazeem Gbolarunmi and the…
Adeboye Marks 30 Years On The Pulpit
Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, will on Friday mark the…
Deputy Governor Spends 3 Hours To Register
With the malfunctioning of the Direct Data Capturing, DDC machines, it took the INEC officials in Anambra State three hours…
Corps Members Can’t Operate DDC Machines
As the voters registration exercise took off in Niger State, Central Nigeria, at the weekend, the major problem confronting people…
As Kidney And Heart-Related Ailments Spread
The rate at which kidney and heart-related problems are ravaging Nigerians is becoming alarming and government needs to do something…
Our Physical Life
What controls our life? Do we initiate control or plan events that occur in our life? What made us marry…
25 Charged With Attempted Suicide In Lagos
Twenty-five persons were on Monday arraigned before an Ebute-Metta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, charged with attempting to commit suicide. The prosecutor,…
Ikeja NBA Chairman Tasks Judiciary
Chairman, Ikeja branch of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Adebamigbe Omole, has implored the judiciary to ward off any perceived…
Extend Registrate To Nigerians In Diaspora
Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has been called upon to extend the ongoing voters registration exercise to Nigerians living in…
Lawmaker Wants Voters’ Registration Extended
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, House of Representatives candidate for Lagos Island Constituency 01, Hon. Jumoke Okoya-Thomas, has called…
‘My Wife Tried To Kill Me’
Mr. Ayodele Bolaji, an employee of a Lagos-based oil company on Monday stunned an Ikeja High Court with the allegation…
Agency To Immunise 50m Kids Against Polio
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) is to immunise 50 million children against poliomyelitis and 31 million against…
TUC Wants Voter Registration Challenges Addressed
The Trade Union Congress (TUC), Rivers council, has expressed dissatisfaction on challenges of logistics in the ongoing voter registration. The…
Police Train More Than 1,000 Officers In Anti-terrorism
The Nigeria Police Force has trained more than 1,000 police officers and men on methods of identifying and combating terrorism…
FG Tackle Menace Of ‘Almajiris
The Director, Child Development, Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs. Ngozi Ezezika has said that government is…
Lagos Lawyer Advises Inec On Hitches In Voters Registration
Mr. Bamidele Aturu, a Lagos-based lawyer, has advised INEC to learn from the hitches being witnessed in the ongoing voter…
West/Central Africa Qualifiers: Players Fight For Shirts
As preparations for the West/Central Africa Junior Championship Qualifiers in Ghana gather momentum, the country’s players in Ado Ekiti camp…
Rugby: Catch Them Young; As Lions Groom Teen Stars
Young Lions Rugby Football Club of Lagos will commence a one-month beginner’s rugby training programme today at the National Stadium,…
How Saviour Saved Kaduna United
Substitute Saviour Fidelis emerged hero of Kaduna United after his late equalizer earned the team a precious point at 3SC…
Plateau Boss Tasks Defenders
Plateau United Coach, Ndubuisi Nduka says his team “must learn to defend better†after frailties at the back saw them…
Scientists Create GM ‘Superchicken’
A genetically modified ‘Superchicken’ that doesn’t spread deadly bird flu has been developed by scientists. The bird is intended to prevent…
More Hardship For Consumers; As Bakers Increase Price Of Bread
As members of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, (AMBCN) made good their threat last week to…
CAFON Holds Forum on Power Reforms
The Consumer Advocacy Forum of Nigeria, (CAFON) will on Tuesday next week hold a forum with stakeholders to discuss the…
15 Years After: Suspects In Rewane’s Murder Freed
After 15 years of protracted trial, a Lagos High Court this morning, discharged and acquitted two persons, Lucky Igbinovia and…