Month: January 2012
Fashola Sad Over Jonathan’s Refusal To Withdraw Soldiers
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State is sad that President Goodluck Jonathan has refused to withdraw soldiers from the streets…
Lagos Moves To Prevent Flood
The Lagos State government has adopted a three-tier measure to ensure all year round drainage maintenance across the state to…
2012: Our Vision For Health Sector —Idris
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Jide Idris, has made known the vision of the government for the health sector…
‘NLC, TUC Betrayed Us’
The Patron of Festac Town Youth Association, Eng. Oluwafemi Sholanke, has declared that the Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade Union…
Lekki-Epe Highway Row: Lagos To Sue Tribune
The Lagos State government says it is heading to court over what it called unfounded reports on the Lekki-Epe Expressway…
Kano Govt Relaxes Curfew
The Kano State Government has relaxed the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state following Friday’s bomb blasts that rocked parts…
Stand Up And Fight For Nigeria, Minister Pleads
The Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro, has appealed to “all Nigerians to rise up to the defence of the…
Gunmen Kill Nigerian Peacekeeper
A Nigerian peacekeeper with the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), has been reported killed in an…
Lawmakers Condemn Kano Explosions
The Senate Minority Whip, Senator Ganiyu Olanrewaju Solomon, GOS, and a member of the House of Representatives, James Abiodun Faleke,…
6 Nigerians Arrested In Clash With South African Police
No fewer than 50 foreign nationals, including six Nigerians, were arrested after a clash with the police at Kempton Park…
Girlfriend’s GSM Exposes 11 Robbery Suspects
The Police in Lagos have arrested 11 members of a robbery gang, through the mobile telephone number, given by a…
Bizman Supports Fuel Subsidy Removal
A Lagos-based businessman and boss of Gabovies Oil and Gas Company, Mr. Ganiyu Bolaji Davies, has praised President Goodluck Jonathan…
Police Arrest 4 Pipeline Vandals
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring unit, Force headquarters Annex, Lagos, southwest Nigeria have arrested four suspected pipeline vandals…
Federation Boss Charges Coaches On Local Players
President of the Nigeria Basketball Federation, (NBBF), Tijjani Umar, has charged coaches of the federation to focus more on building…
Tributes For Late Ihezie, Burial Arrangement Yet To Be Announced
Nigeria’s movie stars have continued to pay tribute to late veteran actor, David Ihezie, 70 who died on Thursday night…
Ram Charging: 6th National Ram Owners Tourney Begins In Lagos
Jalisco playground, Oshodi, Lagos was jammed packed yesterday with spectators to watch the first round of fights as the 6th…
AFN In The Dark Over Olympic Games’ Funds
President of the Athletics Federation of Nigeria, AFN, Solomon Ogba, has disclosed that the federation has not been informed about…
AGN Election: Those That Want Segun Arinze’s Job
The much anticipated general election of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has been scheduled to hold on Saturday, 17…
Soccer Fans Honour Fabiyi
Nigeria’s ex and present international soccer stars are set to honour film producer and actor, Abayomi Fabiyi, at the premiere…
Movie On Corruption Hits Cinemas
90ninthday, a movie that centres around corruption in Nigeria, will hit the cinemas this Friday. The film, which had five…
Sally Set For New movie
After featuring in a couple of popular movies, budding actor and model, Shile Sally is set to shoot his own…
Fresh Attacks In Bauchi Claim 10 Lives
With dead bodies still being recovered in last Friday’s attack in Kano, Nigeria second biggest commercial city, latest reports indicate…
ACN Queries Plans to Privatize Nigeria’s Maritime Security
.Nigeria’s leading opposition party wonders why Nigerian government concessions maritime surveillance to an ex-militant The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN)…
Non Natives Flee as Nigeria’s President Visits bombed City
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan today visited the city of Kano, the scene of the most deadly offensive, so…
Foreigners get Nigeria travel warning
Britain and New Zealand have warned their nationals against travelling to parts of Nigeria after a series of terrorist bomb…
Governor Kwankwaso Visits Kano’s bombed sites
Governor of the beleaguered Nigerian state of Kano, Rabiu Kwankwaso today visited the various places bombed yesterday by Boko Haram…
Igbos the Target of Kano Bombs, Leader claims
Chief Tobias Michael Idika, President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Kano State Chapter and President General Leaders of Ethnic Communities Resident in Kano…
Nigeria: Atiku, ACN shocked by weekend bombings
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has said that Friday’s deadly attacks in Kano have again highlighted the federal government’s…
News Analysis: Boko Haram Militants Mock Nigeria’s Security
Bayo Onanuga Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, retired army general Owoeye Azazi was in Lagos Friday soaked in the ping-pong controversy…
Death Toll in Kano Attacks Rises to 150
.Police claimed 7 Died, But Witnesses, hospital, mortuary and Red Cross sources said between 120 and 150 died The death…