Year: 2011
T-Babs Veers Into Publishing
Hip-hop musician cum movie director, Taiwo Babayemisi otherwise known as T-Babs has veered into publishing as he launches his weekly…
Nigeria Not Investing in Refinery in Indonesia -NNPC
Dieziani Allison Madueke, the minister of Petroleum Resources and Chairman of the Board of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Board has…
Nigerian Police Released Detained Newspaper Editors
Yusuf Ali, the Northern Operations Editor of The Nation newspaper who was arrested alongside Yomi Odunuga, the Abuja Bureau Chief…
Akala, Others Regain Freedom
Justice Moshood Abass of the Oyo state High Court, today granted bail to the former Governor of the state, Otunba…
Tribunal Upholds Yakowa’s Election Victory
The Election Tribunal sitting in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, today upheld the result of 28 April, 2011 governorship election in the…
Ex-Gov Doma Charged With N12b Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was expected to arraign the former governor of Nassarawa State, Aliyu Akwe Doma…
Cocaine: Baba Suwe Arrested At Airport
Nollywood comic actor, Alhaji King Babatunde Ayinla Nurudeen Olasunkanmi Omidina, popularly known as Baba Suwe, has been arrested by the…
Tax: Ogun Workers Begin Warning Strike
The Nigeria Labour Congress NLC, Ogun State chapter began a seven-day warning strike today to press home their demand which…
Man Held For Kidnap Attempt Of Twins
A 35-year-old man, Victor Joshua, has been remanded in prison custody by an Ebute-Metta magistrate’s court sitting at Oyingbo, Lagos…
LG Poll: Why Lagosians Should Reject PDP-Tinubu, Fashola
The National Leader of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Governor of Lagos State,…
5 Killed As Cult Groups Clash In I’Ode
At least five persons have reportedly been killed while several others were seriously injured when three cult fraternity groups namely…
US Relocates Lagos Office Over Security Threat
The United States Information Service, USIS, office in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria has been relocated over what sources attributed to…
Minimum Wage: 1,000 Teachers Shun Strike
As Plateau State workers continue the strike to press for the payment of the N18,000 minimum wage, 1,000 teachers in…
Assembly Condemns Sack Of Enugu Indigenes By Abia Govt
Members of the Enugu State House of Assembly have condemned the disengagement of the state’s indigenes working in the Abia…
Akpabio Empowers 4,500 Women With N2.2bn
Gov. Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday said the state government had allocated N2.2 billion to its Integrated…
2,500 PDP Members Defect To ACN
The Peoples’ Democratic Party has suffered a set-back even before next week’s local government elections as about 2,500 members in…
Families Abandon Relations In Old People’s Home
The head of a Lagos old people’s home, Reverend Sister Anthonia Adebowale has complained about how some families bring their…
Okonjo-Iweala Lectures AT ICAN Confab
Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Head of Economic Team, will be delivering the lead paper entitled…
Lagos Reviews Inheritance Law
Administrator General and Public Trustee, Lagos State, Mrs. C. O. Odumosu said a committee has been set up to review…
Yakubu Wants Siasia Sacked, Westerhof Blasts Eagles
Blackburn Rovers of England star, Yakubu Aiyegbeni, has told Samson Siasia to leave his job as Super Eagles’ Chief Coach…
Scrabble: Players, Officials Lament Missing World Cup
Nigerian players and their officials have expressed their disappointment over their inability to be at the Scrabble World Championship in…
I Learnt A Lot From Yemi Tella
 Rafiu Alagbe Taiwo is the coach of LSDPC Football Team of Lagos. In this interview with GRASSROOTS SOCCER GUIDE, he…
Standard of Balogun Cup Excites Organisers
Afo Football Organisataion has expressed satisfaction with the organisation, officiating and standard of the Balogun Cup which kicked off two…
Dosumu Cup Kicks Off Sunday
The much awaited second edition of U-15 Ade Dosumu Soccer Competition will kick off on Sunday at the Oshodi Sports…
Speaker’s Cup: Organisers Raise Prize Money To N1m
Organisers of this year’s Speaker’s Cup has concluded plans to raise the prize money to N1 million for the winners.…
Church Of The Lord Aladura Holds Sports Day
The maiden sports day of the Church of the Lord Aladura, Anthony Village, Lagos was held at the church premises…
Elantra Makes Grand Entry
The all-new Elantra – Hyundai’s medium luxury sedan that has arrived in Nigeria with exciting new styling and driving dynamics…
2012 Honda Civic Leads Compact Sedan
The all-new 2012 Honda Civic came out on top in a recent compact sedan comparison by Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com.…
A Governor With A Large Heart —Tayo Ogunbiyi
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), is different thing to different people. Professor Wole Soyinka, the Nobel…
Vitamin E Pills Linked With Prostate Cancer Risk
There is more evidence that taking vitamin E pills can be risky. A study that followed up on men who…