Year: 2011
Of Soaring Fees In Christian-Owned Universities —Isaac Asabor
For many years, many Christian parents in our country, appeared to be facing a dilemma. The dilemma was whether to…
As The World Food Crisis Gets Worse
Most nations of the world face a very bleak future regarding the provision of adequate food to feed the growing…
Pools Agents Want Govt Policy Released
Lagos State Pools Agents Association, LASPAA, has again called on the state government to release a policy that will guide…
COWLSO Shops For N50m To Complete Retirement Villa
The Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials, COWLSO is currently in need of N150 million to complete the building…
Ex-Chairmanship Aspirant Pledges Loyalty
Former Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, Dotun Oladapo, also the founder of the Movement…
Doherty Seeks Support For Toba Oke
Incumbent Chairman of Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government Area, Hon. Demola Doherty has called on residents of the area to troop out…
Book Launch To Mark Academic’s 70th Birthday
Dr. Job Abiodun Adewunmi, an astute academic and former Principal of the famous Titcombe College, Egbe, Kogi State, and former…
Lawyer Drags Senator To Court Over Legal Fees
In a bid to recover his professional legal fees, a Lagos lawyer, Barrister Oje Alexander Uzebu, has filed an application…
Illegal Occupation: Businessman Sues IGP For N10m
An aggrieved Lagos businessman, Reverend Israel Olorunwumi, whose landed property was compulsorily acquired by the Area ‘K’ Lagos Police Command…
Tribunal Adjourns Hearing In Election Dispute
An Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has fixed Monday, 17 October, 2011 for the hearing of the…
My Work Speaks For Me — Council Boss
The Chairman, Oto-Awori Local Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos State. Hon. Bolaji Robert, seeking re-election in the coming local…
Akala, Senator Agboola, Babalola Know Fate Tomorrow
An Ibadan High Court will tomorrow rule on the bail applications involving the immediate past governor of Oyo State, Otunba…
Mission Schools: Court Strikes Out Amosun’s Application For Arbitration
An Abeokuta High Court today struck out an application by the Ogun state government against Joint Christian Mission and proprietors…
Abdulmutalab Pleads Guilty To Terrorism Charge
Underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, has pleaded guilty to charges of attempt to bomb an airplane on Christmas day in…
NCC Redeploys Key Staff
Dr Eugene Juwah, Executive Vice Chairman of Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) has announced major staff movements in the commission. In…
College Cecalls 20 Suspended Students
The Bayelsa College of Health Technology in Otuogidi, Ogbia Ogbia Local Government Area, has recalled 20 students who were suspended…
Journalists Deserve Special Salary Scale, says fomer FRCN chief
Mr. Ben Egbuna, a former Director-General of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), has said that journalists in the…
Nigeria Loses N1.6tr Annually From Non-export Of Agric Commodities —Adesina
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Akinwunmi Adesina, said on Tuesday in Abuja that Nigeria loses N1.6 trillion…
Ajimobi Reconstitutes Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board
Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has approved the appointment of Rev. Fr. Theophilus Fadeyi as the Chairman of Oyo…
Governors to meet Jonathan over constitution amendment
The Nigeria Governors` Forum (NGF) is to meet with President Goodluck Jonathan over the proposed amendment of the 1999 Constitution.…
Cross River Govt Ready To Host Presidential Retreat At Obudu Ranch —Official
The Cross River Government has restated its readiness to host President Goodluck Jonathan and Corporate Nigeria during a week-long presidential…
Conductor Docked Over Manslaughter
A trailer conductor, Kenneth Ahayo, was on Tuesday arraigned before an Apapa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly killing…
Lagos ACN Condemns Invasion Of The Nation, Arrest Of Journalists
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has condemned the invasion of the offices of The Nation…
Illegal Occupants Defy Govt’s Quit Order In Osun
Illegal occupants of the Government Reservation Area (GRA) at Abere, near the State Governor’s Office in Osogbo, have continued to…
RIM Apologises To Blackberry Users
For the second day Blackberry users around the world were cut off from internet services on Tuesday, reports Cape Times.…
Daniel Docked, Slammed With 16-Count Charge
An Ogun State High Court sitting at Isabo, Abeokuta this morning remanded the former governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga…
3 Robbers Killed
Three members of a 7-Man robbery gang, who snatched about N6.5 milion from a UK – based Nigerian in Lekki…
ACN Begins Campaign For LG Polls
The Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Lagos State Chapter this afternoon flagged off its campaign for the election into the…
The Nation Editors Face Forgery Charge, Police Raid Office
The editors of The Nation newspaper who were arrested yesterday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, and Lagos, by the police, may…