Year: 2011
Students Riot Over Missing Male Organs
Students of the Federal Polytechnic, Niger State, Northern Nigeria went on the rampage on Monday destroying properties estimated at millions…
Accused Offers Marriage To Rape Victim
A 23-year old man, Samuel Godwin Effiong, who is facing a rape charge at Oshodi magistrate’s court, has made a…
Workers Bar Speaker From Office
The Speaker of Benue State House Assembly, Hon. Terhemen Tarzoor was today barred from entering the State House of Assembly…
Woman Delivers Baby Girl On The Road
A woman, with a nine-month old pregnancy, who was rushing to the hospital on foot in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria,…
Basketball: Nigeria Can’t Qualify For Olympics —Ahmedu
Proprietor of the Dodan Warriors Basketball Club of Lagos, Col. Sam Ahmedu (retd) believes that it will be hard for…
Governor Appoints 924 Aides, Others
Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi on Monday approved the appointment of 94 Senior Special Assistants (SSAs), 20 Special Advisers (SAs)…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
‘No Going Back On Council Polls’
The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) on Monday declared that it would not rescind its decision to stop de-registered…
Police Declare Ex-Councillor Wanted
A former councillor in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State has been declared wanted by the Kano Police Command…
Senior Workers Hail New LASU VC
The Lagos State University (LASU) Chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Monday expressed optimism that…
Lagos Holds Pre-Independence Interdenominational Service
The Lagos State Ministry of Home Affairs and Culture has held an Independence interdenominational service to pray for the nation…
SIM Registration Deadline: Subscribers Besiege Registration Centres
Barely two days to the deadline for SIM registration, subscribers on Monday besieged registration centres in Lagos, the News Agency…
Imoke: Harvest Of Endorsement —Otei Oham
It was true when a famous writer of blessed memory, Harvey Firestone, said: “You get the best out of others…
Jos, The Abridged Truth No One Wants To Tell —Prince Charles Dickson
A Tarokh adage translates, a child lacks wisdom, and some say that what is important is that the child does…
Mr. President, You Missed The Point
President Goodluck Jonathan had ample opportunity to reply critics of his lack-lustre administration on Sunday during the interdenominational service to…
Efugh Relishes Heartland’s Victory
Stand-in skipper of the victorious Heartland Football Club of Owerri, Chinedu Efugh, has said that his side’s 1-0 victory over…
‘Naze Millionaires Have Challenged Me’
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has said that the feat recorded by the state’s team, Heartland Football Club of…
Oyo To Boost Tennis Development
Oyo State Government has reiterated its commitment to the development of tennis at the grassroots, saying that it is the…
Akosile Tasks NTF On Dearth Of Tourneys
Bronze medal winner in the Doubles event at the recently concluded Garden City Games in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Akosile…
You got it wrong, Mr. President —ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said President Goodluck Jonathan got it all mixed up when he implied that his…
Daughter-In-Law Versus Mother-In-Law
I believe the story of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not new to anyone in our society. I can’t say what…
Tenant Gives Landlord Dud Cheque
An angry landlord has dragged his tenant to a Lagos court for issuing him dud cheque for payment of house…
Fashola Promises To Fix Schools In Poor Shape
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has debunked the argument that public schools are in bad shape, noting that the…
Bolaji Ariyoh Deserves Massive Support
Deacon Felix Adewale Ajayi, a chieftain of Action Congress of Nigeria, (ACN), Oshodi Local Government Area has backed Oshodi LGA…
‘We Won’t Go Back To Work’
The striking workers of the Lagos State Water Corporation, have vowed not to go back to work until Engr. Sayo…
Elections 2011, Metro, News, Politics
Aspirant Appeals To Party Leadership
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, councillorship aspirant for Ward 8, Obalende, Hon. Jubril Sulaimon, has said that his grassroots experience…
More Teenage Hawkers On Lagos Roads
The number of teenage hawkers on the streets of Lagos State keeps rising daily. Along Acme Road in Ogba, Lagos…
Nigerian Drug Ring Busted In India
The crime branch in New Delhi, India claimed to have busted a Nigerian drug racket that used to get heroin…
ACN Cautions Ex-governor On His Birthday
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Oyo State chapter has debunked the claim by former Governor of the state, Senator…
Rail Company Begins Third Phase Of Cement Haulage From Ewekoro To Ibadan
A 20 wagon haulage train of 750 tonnes of cement from Lafarge Cement Factory, Ewekoro, Ogun State has arrived Ibadan,…
Labour Minister Asks ASUU to Call of Strike
As the warning strike by academics of Nigerian universities enters the second day, the minister of labour and productivity, Chief…