Year: 2011
UK’s Channel 4 Beams Focus On Nigeria’s Rich Pastors
A United Kingdom television station, Channel 4, whose reporter and director travelled to Lagos for a documentary on Nigeria’s millionaire…
Nurtw Lagos Exco Dissolved
The National Headquarters of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has dissolved the Lagos State executive council of…
Climate Change: Lagos Seeks Informal Sector’s Cooperation
With the impact of climate change on Lagos State in terms of torrential rainfall, the Lagos State Government is seeking…
We Must Be United Against Hunger Threat —Fashola
As Lagos joined the rest of the world to mark the World Food Day last week, Governor Babatunde Fashola has…
Residents Storm PHCN Office, Over Poor Power Supply
Residents of Alaso community along AIT road in Alagbado area of Agbado/Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,…
Islamic Cleric Nabbed For Theft
A 33-year old Islamic cleric, Mohammed Muritala is currently being detained at Isokoko Police Divisional Headquarters in Agege, Lagos, for…
Agbaji Ketu Flood Victims Get Relief Items
As a form of relief for victims displaced by flood in Agbaji-Ketu Local Council Development Area, LCDA, the chairperson of…
Why Buildings Collapse
Sub-standard materials, illegal construction plan and lack of sound concrete blocks have been identified as reasons why buildings collapse frequently…
NFF: Our Woes Defy Logic
The dwindling fortunes of the country’s football is giving the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, some serious concern. The height of…
UBC Bout: Okedara Eyes World Boxing Title
National Super Middleweight champion, Mojeed Okedara, has declared that his desire is to have a shot at the world title.…
Governor’s Cup 2nd Leg: Nigerian Players Set To Redeem Image
Following their unimpressive performance in the first leg of the ongoing Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship, Nigerian players have resolved…
NSC Official Wants Support For Table Tennis
The Lagos liaison officer and Assistance Director of National Sport Commission NSC, Mrs. Tayo Oreweme, has charged corporate bodies to…
2011 Governor’s Cup Update: I Started Playing Tennis At 5
 OLUSEGUN ABIDOYE had an exclusive interview with an American lady, Vickery Sachia at the Lagos Tennis Club, Onikan. She spoke…
Dearth Of Tourneys Affected Local Stars
 Abdulmumin Babalola spoke with OLUSEGUN ABIDOYE on the non impressive performance of Nigerian players in the Governor’s Cup and other…
First Bank, Deepwater Battle For Supremacy
As the third phase of this year’s edition of Zenith Premier League continues inside the Indoor Sports Hall of the…
Will Smith Becomes Minority Owner
American music and movie star,Will Smith, a Philadelphia native and wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, are officially minority shareholders of the…
NBA Stars Set For World Tour
Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, Blake Griffin are among NBA stars set for an extravagant world tour Since the NBA lockout…
Time To Reclaim Nigeria —Chido Onumah
I have been following the “Occupy Movement†across the world and I must say I am impressed. What started as…
Ekiti’s Day In The Sun —Clever Oparah
Two weeks ago, Ekiti, that state that prides itself as ‘The Land of Honour’ was caught in the spasms of…
The Hemlock Called Subsidy Removal
For the umpteenth time, the Federal Government is toying with the plan to remove the so-called petroleum subsidy. Although the…
Lagos To Curb LASTMA Officials’ Excesses
The Lagos State Government has been worried by the unbecoming attitude of some officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management…
Gambia Expels Nigerian Activist, Odinkalu
Dr. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, human rights activist and vocal critic of the government of President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia, has…
ACN Condemns Killing Of Journalist By Boko Haram
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a condemnable escalation of the Boko Haram crisis following the reported…
Cross River Palm Oil Refinery To Employ 7,000 Workers
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River has announced plans by his administration to establish a palm oil refinery that will employ…
QPR Beat Chelsea 1-0
Heldar Helguson earned Queens Park Rangers, QPR, the bragging rights in a feisty west London derby win over nine-man Chelsea…
2 Killed As Two Banks Robbed In Kaduna
Armed men today robbed two banks and burnt a police station at Saminaka, in the Lere local government area of…
Man City Thrash United 6-1, This Is My Worst Result In History -Fergie
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson described today’s 6-1 rout at the hands of derby rivals Manchester City as “our…
NCOPSS Laments Mass Failure In Exams
The Kebbi chapter of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), has identified the cause of the mass failure in…
Ajegunle Residents Disrupt Council Polls In Lagos
Residents of Onibaba Street in Ajegunle, Lagos on Saturday stopped election conduct in the area following alleged shortage of ballot…
Lagos Warns Of More Flooding As Ogun River Over Flows
Residents of some riverside communities in Lagos State were on Saturday advised to brace up for more flooding following an…