Year: 2011
Murder Of Eleweomo: Senate Leader Sent To Prison
By Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Senate Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin, was arraigned at the Magistrate’s Court 1, Iyangankun, presided over by Alhaja…
Federer Revels In New Form
Roger Federer, the holder of a record 16 Grand Slam titles, believes that his new coach Paul Annacone is giving…
Posters Of IBB’s Son Flood Minna
By Aliyu Musa/Minna The campaign posters of Mohammed Babangida, son of former military dictator, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, have flooded…
I’m Not Under Pressure – Nadal
The feat is so difficult that it’s been more than 41 years since any man achieved it but Rafael Nadal…
Ritualists Pluck Out Varsity Student’s Eyes
The family of Churchill Omoruyi, a 300-level student of the University of Benin, Edo State began the new year on…
PDP, A Monster To Be Defeated —Ribadu
By Simon Ateba Former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN,…
Lagos Workers Reject 25% Salary Increase; Demand N18,000 Minimum Wage
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Industrial unrest appears imminent in Lagos State, South West Nigeria as Lagos State workers have rejected the…
More Teenagers Going Deaf —Study
By Eromosele Ebhomele More youths are going deaf and the proliferation of portable audio players may be to blame, new…
Awujale Fires Aide
By Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu-Ode The Paramount ruler and Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba (Dr.) Sikiru Kayode Adetona has fired his long time…
8 Arrested Over Baale’s Murder
By Yusuf Muhammed The police in Ogun State have arrested eight persons in connection with the killing of Chief Waidi…
Price Of Bread Goes Up Next Week
By Oluwole Adeboye The National President of the Association of Master Bakers and Caterers of Nigeria, AMBCN, Chief Bayo Folarin,…
Islamists Burn Church In Maiduguri
Unidentified arsonists burnt a church in a northern Nigerian city where Islamists torched two churches and killed six worshippers on…
2 Arrested Over Stolen Goods
By Paul Iyoghojie The police in Lagos have arrested one Bishop Godsent, 34, for allegedly receiving goods and money stolen…
‘We Did Not Attack Magistrate’
By Paul Sanusi The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation ( Special Offences Unit), Alausa, Ikeja, Southwest Nigeria, has exonerated its men…