Year: 2012
Lagos Urged To Encourage School Sports
Lagos State government has been enjoined to encourage sporting activities amongst schools in the state. The Commissioner for the Environment,…
Ayomike Wins Club Tourney
Tim Ayomike, a handicap 3 golfer, who carded a total of 154 shots over the 36 holes of golf, emerged…
Currency Trafficking: Governor Lamido’s Son Arrested
Aminu Lamido, son of the Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and…
The Tragedy Of Nigeria’s Civil Service
In the uncontainable urge for agitated minds to continuously reflect on the state of affairs, it is necessary to briefly…
Chris Brown Rocks Lagos Again
Come 22 December, American pop star Chris Brown will be making his second trip to Lagos to headline a pre-Christmas…
•••As Idris Elba Hosts D’Banj’s Koko Concert
British star actor Idris Elba has been confirmed as the host of the Lagos version of D’banj’s Koko Concert. The…
Loya Milk Deal Thrills Don Jazzy
Celebrity music producer and newly appointed brand ambassador of Loya Milk, Don Jazzy says there is a strong synergy between…
Wizkid Drops ‘Thank You’
To celebrate an amazing 2012, EME top act and rising superstar, Wizkid, has released a new track in appreciation of…
Dana Air Returns To The Skies This Week
Dana Air would begin flying again this week, five months after one of its aircraft crashed in Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…
Rita Dominic Wins Kalasha Awards
Barely a week after she was named most stylish actress at the FAB Awards in Lagos, Nigeria, screen siren Rita…
Against The Culture Of Silence
The title of this piece is an adaptation of a book written by ‘Niyi Fasanmi, about a decade ago which…
Fixing Nigeria’s Bad Roads
When countries with deplorable road networks are called, Nigeria will be among the nations that occupy the front row seats.…
Learn To Read Labels
Our markets are filled with an over-whelming number of food products from which to choose. But how do we know…
I Would Have Celebrated
As most of you already know Yinka Lawanson a.k.a Lamboghinny and I, were made NDLEA ( National Drug Law Enforcement…
Nigeria: Wife of retired army general abducted
Titilayo, the wife of retired Brigadier-General Oluwole Rotimi, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Ibadan, capital of Oyo state…
Why Kidnapping thrives in Nigeria
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) for Lagos and Ogun, Mr Mamman Tsafe, has attributed the high rate of kidnapping…
Fire for Fire: Leukemia defeated with HIV
NEW YORK (AFP) – US doctors in Philadelphia said they have saved a seven-year-old girl who was close to dying…
Niger state builds E-library in memory of Ekwensi
Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Tuesday, described the late renowned novelist, Cyprian Ekwensi, as a “great thinker and lover…
Lagos Chief Judge Frees 46 Prisoners
Henry Ojelu The Chief Judge Of Lagos State, South-West Nigeria, Justice Ayotunde Phillips today granted freedom to forty six awaiting…
Varsity Don: ‘Oshiomhole was my classmate’
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin A University lecturer, Professor Philip Agbebaku has told the Edo Election Petitions Tribunal that Governor Adams Oshiomhole was…
Nigerian doctors down tools over taxes
Essential medical services were on Tuesday brought to a halt as Resident Doctors at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH),…
Delta state returns seized money to James Ibori
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, in a bid to sway the court not to allow…
Boko Haram: Jonathan pleads for US assistance
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has outlined the various security challenges facing his country, especially Boko Haram and asked for the…
Ex-Nigerian governor evades arrest
Efforts by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest the former Kogi State governor, Abubakar Audu,…
Adeboye: God Will Rebuild Nigeria
Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer, Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) on Tuesday said that God will restore and…
Woman In Trouble Over Dead Boyfriend; Thugs Hired To Beat The Man Killed Him
A 22-year old woman, Mrs. Tawa Rawan, has landed in big trouble. That was after she sent thugs to beat…
JAF Protest: 2 Activists Released
Two of the four activists arrested yesterday by the police during a rally organised by the Joint Action Front, JAF,…
Traffic Law: 35,000 Drivers Attend Driving Schools For Recertification
At least 35,000 professional drivers in Lagos State have visited the various Drivers’ Institutes located in different parts of the…
Exam Fraud: NECO Introduces Customised Answer Scripts
The Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), Prof Promise Okplala says the Council has introduced customised answer scripts for…
Husband Begs Court To Dissolve 28-Years Marriage, Over Wife’s Domineering Attitude
A man, Akibu Ibitoye, of Olulande Area, Ilorin, on Monday approached an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his 28 years-old…