Year: 2011
Chika Ike Gives Back
Since she survived a near ghastly auto accident penultimate week, Nollywood actress Chika Ike has not stopped thanking God and…
Tonto Dikeh Hosts Smart Kids
Nollywood daring actress Tonto Dikeh has shown the humane side of her private life recently when she hosted 100 smart…
Top 10 Mics Holds Friday
Come Friday 23 December, artistes billed to perform at the highly anticipated debut edition of open air concert, Top 10…
Julius Agwu Takes Crack Ya Ribs To Port Harcourt
Comedy and fun lovers in the bubbling city of Port Harcourt would be treated to rib-cracking jokes and good music…
Blue Print Unleashes K.G.A.N.G
A fast growing label, Blue Print Records has unveiled its new solo act K.G.A.N.G. Showbiz Trends learnt that the new…
BlackFace Homeless, Squats With Friends In Single Room
Augustine Ahmedu, popularly known as Blackface, former member of the defunct hit group, Plantashaun Boiz is seriously broke. The talented…
NIMASA Appeals $39m Judgment
Not satisfied with the order of a Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, that it should pay $39 million…
WAEC Releases November/December 2011 WASSCE Results
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the November/December 2011 West African Senior School Certificate Examination…
Kerosene Sold As Aviation Fuel, Marketers Explain Scarcity
Two oil marketing associations, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, MOMAN, and the Association of Petroleum Products Marketers, APPM, have…
VEGETABLE THEFT: Farmer Sent To Prison
An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced a farmer, Idi Usman (23), to one-month imprisonment for stealing ugu vegetables…
Dismissed Policeman Jailed For Extortion
A dismissed policeman, Michael Abutu, 30, who was arrested and charged to court for parading himself as a mobile police…
N1b FOOD BILL: Nigerians Condemn Jonathan, Sambo
Nigerians have condemned the N992 million cost of feeding and entertainment for President Goodluck Jonathan and Vice-President Namadi Sambo, contained…
Man, 20, In Court For Stealing 200 Fairly Used Handsets
An accused, Kenneth John (20), of no fixed address has been arraigned before an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly…
Fuel Subsidy: Get Ready For Mass Action —Activists
The Joint Action Front, JAF, a member of the Labour and Civil Society Coalition, LASCO, today called on Nigerians to…
Fashola, Wife Host 2011 Children’s End Of Year Party
Lagos State House, Ikeja on Tuesday witnessed a huge turnout of gaily dressed children from diverse backgrounds who had a…
Cross River Records 47 Deaths From Road Crashes —FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) in Calabar says it recorded 47 deaths in 79 road crashes between January…
Fire Renders Many Homeless In Ebute Meta
Many people were rendered homeless while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed when fire gutted some make-shift structures on…
Man Held For Sleeping With His Daughters
A 51-year-old okada rider has been sent to Kirikiri prison for sleeping with his two daughters. The suspect, Collins O,…
1,000 Benefit From Isolo Council Kerosene Scheme
Over 1,000 residents of Isolo Local Council Development Area, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have benefited from the council’s kerosene direct programme…
Akwa Ibom To Penalise Striking Teachers
The Akwa Ibom State government has threatened to discipline teachers who embarked on illegal strike on Monday in the state.…
CAN Seeks Unity Among Nigerians
The Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Ikeja Local Government Branch, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has called on Christians to make unity their…
How To Stop Assassinations —Cleric
As political associates, family and friends prepare to mark a decade of the assassination of the former Attorney General of…
Appeal Court Upholds Reps Election
The Court of Appeal, Lagos Division has upheld the election of Mr. Adeola Olamilekan Solomon of the Action Congress of…
Lagosians Buy Second Hand Clothes For Christmas
The country’s economic downturn is taking a toll on Lagosians as most of them have resorted to buying second hand…
Imperative For Values-Based Leadership In Nigeria —Arinze Uchechukwu Chris
The recently released Mo Ibrahim African Governance Index report for year 2011 which ranked Nigeria at position 41 out of…
Handball: Dauda Makes Case For Other Sports
President of Handball Federation of Nigeria, HFN, Yusuf Dauda, has appealed to the Federal Government not to concentrate only on…
London Olympics: Ogba Wants Fund Released For Nigeria’s Preparation
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Solomon Ogba, has said that the only way for Nigeria to shine…
Minister Seeks End To ASUU Strike
Minister of Education, Professor Ruqqayattu Ahmed Rufai, has called on members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to…
Ojokoro Moves To Rehabilitate School
Worried by the poor infrastructure at the Gbeleyi Primary School 11, Alakuko in Ojokoro Local Council Development Area of Lagos…
Bishop Oyedepo’s Slap Offering For Jesus —Adepoju paul olusegun
I finally got to see the widely circulating Winners Chapel’s slaps giving starring the presiding bishop and a teenager. The…