Year: 2011
Expert Advises Women On Family Planning
A gynaecologist, Dr Idris Liman, has advised women to first go for test for a suitable family planning method. Liman…
Badagry Celebrates Oshoco’s Re-election Mandate
It was fanfare as various groups gathered at the youth centre at Ajara Dokoh in Badagry on 13 October to…
Robbers Strike In Nigeria’s Oil City
Robbers struck in front of Diamond Bank Mile One branch on Ikwerre Road in Port Harcourt, the capital of the…
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LG Poll: Lagos Restricts Movement On Saturday
There will be no movement in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, on Saturday, 22 October as the local government election takes place…
Gaddafi TV Confirms Son Khamis Was Killed
A PRO-GADDAFI television channel last night confirmed the death of the toppled Libyan leader’s youngest son, Khamis, who had been…
Global Criminal Proceeds hit N240 Trillion… FG
The Federal Government on Monday revealed that cross border flow of global criminal proceeds from criminal activities has hit N240…
EFCC Arraigns Ex-Gov Goje, Four Others Over N52b Fraud
A former governor of Gombe State, Senator Danjuma Goje, on Monday, October 17, 2011 bowed to the superior arguments of…
NNPC Faults Auditor-General Claims on Audit of its Accounts
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC on Monday stated that the Corporation has an up-to-date audited accounts and refuted claims…
N90.7m Veterinary Council Fraud: Trial Of Ex-Registrar Resumes
The trial of the immediate past Registrar of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, Dr. Daniel Garba Maddo, and two other…
N894m Scam: Bankole Moves To Thwart Trial
Justice Donatus Okorowo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday adjourned till 19 December to rule on…
Baba Suwe: Why We Won’t Free Him Yet —NDLEA
Nollywood comic actor, Baba Suwe, will remain in detention until the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, is convinced he…
Bus Driver Kills Boxing Coach
A mobile policeman, MOPOL, in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has allegedly stabbed a bus passenger to death following an argument…
Fashola To Rebuild Ikorodu Road At N30b
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State says the planned reconstruction of Mile 12-Ikorodu Road will cost the government N30 billion.…
Lagos Council Hires Hunters As Guards
Chairman, Oto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Badagry, Lagos, South West Nigeria, Mr. Bolaji Roberts, says his administration has recruited…
Fake Mopol Arrested
Detectives at Ebute Ero Police Division, Lagos Island, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned a suspected fake police sergeant, Mohammed…
House Of Reps Seat: ACN Floors Labour
The Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos this afternoon dismissed the petition filed by a Labour Party candidate, Cosmas Okoli…
Man Arrested Over Death Of Brother’s Wife
A 39 -year old man, Sadiq Abdul Kazeem has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly killing his…
Tanker Fire Razes N5m Property
Valuable items worth over N5 million were lost to the petrol tanker fire disaster that occurred last night in Oke-Sokori…
Teachers, Pupils Protest In Taraba
Economic and government activities in Taraba State, northeast Nigeria have been paralysed following a protest by the state primary school…
Drivers Protest In Benin
There was mass protest by transport workers in Benin City, the Edo State capital, southsouth Nigeria, today when they took…
Aiyenugba: Don’t Blame Me For Eagles’ Woes
Super Eagles’ goalkeeper, Dele Aiyenugba, has told Nigerians not to single him out for blame after the Eagles failed to…
Governor’s Cup 1st Leg: Battles Begin In Main Draws
After a weekend of qualifying matches, Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship enters its crucial stage with the Main Draws starting…
Climate Change: 500 Lagosians On Sensitisation March
In apparent display of passion and love for the environment, about 500 officials of the Lagos State Government, the Nigerian…
Lagos Inaugurates Kidsmart Computers In Schools
The Lagos State Government has flagged off the Kidsmart Early Learning Programme for public nursery and primary schools to ensure…
Food Security: Fashola Launches Eko Farmers Mart
Wife of the Lagos State Governor, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, has commissioned the Eko Farmers Mart built by the Ministry of…
NURTW Chairmanship Aspirant In N200m Bribe Scandal
A chairmanship candidate for the Lagos State council of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Comrade Musiliu Ayinde…
Adamawa ACN Appoints Acting Chairman
The Adamawa State chapter of Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, said on Sunday in Yola that it has appointed Alhaji…
Sensitise Public On Fuel Subsidy Removal, FG Told
The Deputy Treasurer of Sokoto State PDP, Mr Mapia, has urged the Federal Government to mobilise the stakeholders in the…
1,560 Delegates For CPC Congress In Adamawa
A total of 1,560 delegates are to participate in Saturday’s primaries for the CPC flag-bearer in Adamawa State governorship election,…
Prostitution Bill Not Nigeria’s Priority –OSU
Monsignor Gabriel Osu, Director of Communications, Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that legalising prostitution…