Year: 2015
Fashola charges Lagosians to vote the right party
PUBLIC ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, BABATUNDE RAJI FASHOLA, SAN TO LAGOSIANS ON THE APRIL 11 2015 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTIONS Dear…
Lagos Trade Unions Endorse Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Joint Public Service Negotiating Council, JNC, the umbrella of all civil servants in Lagos State…
Hundreds of flights scrapped as French air traffic controllers strike
Hundreds of flights to and from France were cancelled Wednesday as air traffic controllers launched a two-day strike over working…
Lagos Liberal Ethos
By KANMI ADEMILUYI Lagos has always being accommodating to all comers. In its long and rich history, there is no…
Gabon to host 2017 Africa Cup of Nations – CAF
Gabon won a three-country contest against Algeria and Ghana on Wednesday to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations football…
All Africa Games: It’s Over For Siasia’s Eagles, Zambia Coach Boasts
Zambia U-23 team coach Fighton Simukonda has declared that Nigeria will not qualify for the All African Games football event…
Flying Eagles Hit Camp Sunday For U-20 World Cup
With just 51 days to the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup billed for New Zealand, coach of Nigeria’s Flying Eagles,…
Adamu Back In Football Politics
There are strong indications that Dr. Amos Adamu is gradually having his way back to the politics of world football.…
Why Igbo Should Vote For APC
By Prince Olusegun Ologbese As a progressive group, we the Association of Good Leadership Advocates Peace Development Lagos, an offshoot…
Embracing A Great Tradition: Ambode In The Eye Of The Storm
By Mac Durugbo Given the eye-catching and life-fulfilling infrastructure already put down by the present administration in Lagos State as…
Need For A New, Virile Opposition Party
With the sudden transformation of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from an opposition party to the ruling party come 29…
Driver Admits Filming Boss’ Wife In The Bathroom
A 31-year old man has admitted recording a video of a woman getting undressed to take a shower while he…
Police Reform Group Begs Buhari To Sack IGP Abba
Eromosele Ebhomele The Network on Police Reform In Nigeria, NOPRIN, on Wednesday demanded the sack of the Inspector-General of Police,…
NDLEA Steps Up War Against Drug Traffickers At Seme Border
Jeff Ezemadu The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at Seme border has stepped up its war against drug traffickers…
Fashola Mobilises 100,000 Civil Servants For Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Ahead Saturday’s governorship poll in Lagos, Governor Babatunde Fashola is mobilising over 100,000 civil servants for the All…
Two soldiers, one rebel killed in east Ukraine fighting
Two soldiers and a pro-Russian rebel were killed in the last 24 hours in eastern Ukraine where isolated clashes continue…
Ugbojiaku: Oba Akiolu Has Been Kind To Igbo
The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has been wrongly vilified by a section of the populace in Lagos over an…
INEC Sacks 2 Officials Over Electoral Fraud
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has sacked two Electoral Officers attached to Oredo and Orhiomwon Local Government…
Orji Kalu Set To Join APC
Any moment from now, former governor of Abia State, Uzor Orji Kalu, would join the All Progressives Congress, APC. As…
Kenya lists money transfer companies with terrorist links
Kenya’s police chief issued Wednesday a list of 85 people and companies, including at least 13 key money transfer companies,…
Nigerian troops capture Alagarno in Borno
Nigerian troops on April 7 successfully completed a raid on all terrorist camps in Alagarno in Borno state. Alagarno is…
Man using earphone killed by train in Lagos
An unidentified young man with earphone on, was on Wednesday killed by a passenger train at Cappa area of Oshodi,…
OPC warns against unbecoming comments directed at Oba Akiolu
Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has warned Nigerians against making unbecoming comments against the paramount ruler of Lagos, Oba Rilwan…
Army tells Amaechi “Parade Has Changed Gear”
Governor Rotimi Amaechi is optimistic that members and supporters of the All Progressives Congress (APC) will not be harassed and…
Killers of APC supporters will not go unpunished – Amaechi
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state has vowed that all those involved in the brutal killing of…
Don’t use foreign currencies for local transactions – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday warned individuals and corporate organisations against the use of foreign currency to…
We will build institutions not individuals – APC Chieftain
The South-South Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Hilliard Etta, says the party will build institutions rather…
Mugabe in South Africa for first state visit in 20 years
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe visited South Africa on Wednesday in his first state trip to the country since 1994 as…
‘The Interview’ DVDs balloon-launched into N. Korea
A South Korean activist said Wednesday he had launched thousands of copies of Hollywood film “The Interview” into North Korea…
Nigerians should be grateful to Jonathan – Ambode
Akinwunmi Ambode, All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Lagos state, has said that President Goodluck Jonathan deserved endless commendation…