Year: 2012
NFF Warns Keshi:No Excuses For Failure
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has told Stephen Keshi they expect his team to beat Liberia on Saturday and qualify…
Cook Bolts With Mistress’ N15m Jewellery
A 34-year old man from the Republic of Benin employed as cook has absconded with his employer’s jewellery valued at…
Deported Nigerian Rapes 2 Women In Hotel Room
A Nigerian deported from Republic of China has been remanded in Kirikiri Prisons, Apapa, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, for allegedly…
Lagos Begins Construction Of Fela Museum
The Lagos State Government has begun the construction of a museum in honour of the late Afro beat king, Fela…
D’banj Condemns Aluu, Mubi Killings
Music star, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, popularly known as D’banj has described the killings of four University of Port Harcourt undergraduates…
Two Elders Remanded For Failing To Foil Robbery
Two elderly security guards have been sent to Ikoyi Prison in Lagos after the police arraigned them before a Yaba…
2 Docked For N7.7m Deposit Slip Forgery
Two businessmen were arraigned in Lagos on Tuesday for alleged forgery of bank deposit slip and text message credit alert…
N1m Cable Theft Lands 3 In Court
The police on Monday arraigned three electricians before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing armoured cable valued at…
Squatter In Court For Attempted Rape, Theft
A 24-year old man, Emmanuel Uwurah, was on Monday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court charged with assault and theft…
New Traffic Law: LASG To Crush Seized Okada
The Lagos State Government is set to crush over 3,000 okada seized by the taskforce for violating the provisions of…
PDP Wants Obanikoro Sworn In
The Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has demanded the immediate swearing in of its candidate, Babajide…
Femi Fani-Kayode And The Treatise On Independence
By Godwin Onyeacholem Before embarking on a disinterested scrutiny of Femi Fani-Kayode’s published essay on the Nigerian condition at the…
The Failure Of A State
BY YUNUSA KEHINDE SALAMI The prevalence of poverty, corruption, and general insecurity of life and property will naturally lead a…
As Food Crisis Looms
President Goodluck Jonathan’s anouncement yesterday morning of a N17.6 billion financial assistance to flood-ravaged states will certainly go a long…
Accepting Our Imperfections
Do you like what you see when you look at the mirror? For me it depends on what time of…
Delta Relief
I was in the United States of America when I saw some scary pictures sent to my BlackBerry phone. These…
Liberia Tie: Keshi Jittery Over Eagles’ Fitness
If there is anything that gives Super Eagles’ coach Stephen Keshi cause for concern ahead of the crucial Nations Cup…
Budget 2013: Home truths Speaker Tambuwal Told Jonathan
VOTE OF THANKS BY RT. HON. AMINU WAZIRI TAMBUWAL CFR, SPEAKER, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,…
Glo Soccer Academy: Nigerians Rush For Registration
As Glo Soccer Academy, tagged West Africa’s biggest soccer reality TV show, gathers momentum, thousands of youths across the country…
NUJ Games Hots Up In Lagos
The National Stadium in Surulere, Lagos is a beehive of activities as this year’s Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Games…
Can Eagles Scale Liberia Hurdle?
Attention will shift to the U.J. Esuene Stadium, Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday when Super Eagles of Nigeria play…
Budget 2013: Jonathan promises prudence, growth, jobs
“Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, you will recall that in furtherance of my Administration’s efforts to transform our economy, the 2012…
Lagos Public School Wins Debate
Oriwu Senior Secondary School, Ikorodu, Lagos, a public school in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, yesterday emerged the winner of the…
Sex Worker Jailed
After he had enjoyed a night of several rounds of sex with a commercial sex worker, a young man, Anayo…
Unlawful Eviction: Court Orders Landlady To Pay Tenant N.2m
A Lagos magistrate’s court, sitting at Ikeja, has ordered an Abule-Egba based landlady, Alhaja Adenike Bolanle Sonde to pay N200,000…
Jonathan presents N4.92trillion budget for 2013
Desmond Utomwen/Abuja President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan this morning presented an estimated budget proposal of N4.92trillion for the 2013 fiscal year.…
Some Of Our Roads Very Bad
Chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Works, Rotimi Olowo, speaks with Assembly Matters, on the condition…
Repair work on Third Mainland Bridge to finish October
The current repair works on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be completed by the end of October, according…
4 arrested over money laundering rules violations
The Managing Director of NICON Properties, Wuse Abuja, Mr. Yahaya Atai Odoma and the Accountant of the company, Mr. Rufai…
8 Fuel subsidy scam suspects granted bail
Eight suspects arraigned before Justices Habeeb Abiru and Lateefa Okunnu of the Lagos High Court by the Economic and Financial…