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Lagos Assembly Promises Serious Scrutiny Of 2013 Budget

The Lagos State House of Assembly has said it is not prepared to grant easy passage to the 2013 budget…

Adekeye, Apex Court Jurist Bows Out

Supreme Court jurist, Justice Olufnlola Oyelola Adekeye, who attained the mandatory retirement age of 70 years on 28 October, retired…

Robbers Massacre Village Head, 19 Others

Armed robbers shot dead 20 people on Tuesday in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, an area plagued by violent clashes between…

Fashola Presents N497b 2013 Budget

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State today presented a budget of N497.277 billion to the State House of Assembly for…

Constitution Amendment: NBA Insists On Referendum

The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) says only a referendum will bestow legitimacy on the outcome of Constitution amendment. The President…

3rd MAINLAND Bridge: Knocks, Kudos For Jonathan

Lagos residents have given more knocks and less kudos to the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government over the rehabilitation of…

Parents Seek Ban On Corporal Punishment

Some parents on Tuesday in Lagos called for the abolition of corporal punishment in primary and post-primary schools across the…

Assemblyman Tasks NASS Over Unemployment

The representative of Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has urged the National Assembly…

Improve Yourselves, Lagos Lawmaker Urges Youths

The Deputy Leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mrs. Lola Akande, has challenged Nigerian youths to re-dedicate themselves…

Achebe’s Book: Ohanaeze Chief Chides Yoruba Leaders

A former General Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo in Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Mr. Pascal Chimezie has condemned Yoruba leaders who…

38-Year Old Man Docked For Stealing

A 38-year old man, Chukwuma Eugene, has been arraigned before an Ikeja magistrates court, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for fraud. He…

Teenager In Court Over Robbery

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday remanded a teenager, who allegedly robbed passengers of two BlackBerry handsets at gunpoint Magistrate…

2 Epe Elders Charged With N6m Theft, Burglary

The police at Area ‘J’ Command, Elemoro, Lekki, Ajah, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two Epe prominent elders, Chief…

Unrepentant Time Wasters

It is now common in the Lagos State House of Assembly to hear staff and visitors describe the state lawmakers…

Williams Sisters excited to be in Nigeria

Tunde Oyedele/sports editor The Williams sisters, Serena and Venus, who are currently on tour of Nigeria, say they are excited…

Imoke Presents N151bn Budget Of Commitment

Governor of Cross River State, Southsouth Nigeria, Senator Liyel Imoke, on Tuesday presented a budget of N151.3 billion as the…

Man Held For Sleeping With Step Daughter

A 62-year old man, Mr Alabi Ibraheem, who was alleged to have defiled her 10-year old step daughter in Abeokuta,…

Our Job Is To Satisfy Our Constituents —Omisore

The Chairman, Committee on Special Duties and House Services, Lagos State House of Assembly, Ipoola Omisore, has said that no…

Lagos warns on the ripples of Hurricane Sandy

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has raised the alarm over the imminent ripple effect on Lagos coastal areas of…

Prostate Cancer Kills 14 Nigerian Men Daily, Says Expert

Prostate cancer kills 14 men everyday in Nigeria, Dr Abia Nzelu, Coordinator, National Cancer Prevention Programme (NCPP), Lagos State branch,…

Army Nabs 3 Fake Soldiers, NITEL Cable Vandals

The Forward Operation Base (FOB), 144 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, Aba, Abia, said on Monday that it has arrested…

3rd M\Bridge Fully Opens, Repairs Gulped N1b

All was set this afternoon for the full opening of the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The bridge…

Farmer, 22, Remanded Over Murder Of Man, 70

A Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court presided over by Mrs. Theresa Wergbah on Tuesday remanded a 22-year old farmer, Aondoyila Agbidye,…

Man Loses 3 Kids In Lagos Boat Mishap

The man who lost three of his children in a boat mishap at Imude in Otto Awori Local Council Development…

Gunmen Rob, Kill Car Dealer

Four armed men on Monday robbed and killed a middle-aged car dealer, Chief Emeka Ekwerendu, at Modebe Avenue Junction in…

Kaduna Bombing: Expose Terrorists Now-Makinde Tells Jonathan

The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, Dr. Ola Makinde has called on the President Goodluck Jonathan-led Federal Government and all…

13 Prisoners Freed In Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu

The Ogun State Chief Judge, Justice Tokunbo Olopade, on Monday set free 13 inmates in Ijebu-Ode and Sagamu prisons. The…

21 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Saudi

Twenty-One Nigerian pilgrims died in Saudi Arabia, the National Hajj Commission has announced. Male pilgrims that died were 13. The…

AJEGUNLE: Rise And Fall Of ‘ One Million And One’ Robbery Gang

For months, residents of Ajegunle, in Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, found sleep a luxury. Why? They…

Trade Fair: Construction Of Pavilions, Shops Begins At TBS

Construction of exhibition halls and shops have picked up at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), the venue of the 26th…