As frequent cases of building collapse continue to take its toll on the nation, the Lagos State Government, at the weekend, implored residents and Community Development Associations, (CDAs) to monitor and report any suspected development of property th...
Lagos State House of Assembly may review the law prohibiting smoking of Indian hemp at the recreation centres of the State. Chairman House Committee on Youths, Sports and Social Development, Hon. Babatunde Ayeni, disclosed this during the committee&rsq...
Over one thousand persons, including a former Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Mr. Jeff Oshiomogho, at the weekend decamped to the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria(ACN) from the PDP in Ogbonna, Etsako Central Local Government Area. Speaking on t...
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has decried the anti-labour practices adopted by multi-national companies operating at the Federal Lighter Terminal (FLT) and the Federal Ocean Terminal (FOT) in Onne, Rivers State. TUC President, Comrade Peter Esele, tol...
As the internment date for the late former leader of Biafra, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, draws nearer, the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) weekend disclosed that the late Igbo leader was not dead, saying he passed on to join other great African lea...
After over 44 years in incubation, the dredging of River Niger was flagged off on September 10, 2009. The project crystallises the federal government’s unwavering determination to tackle the country’s infrastructure and development challeng...
President of the National Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Alhaji Ibrahim Khaleel, has accused state governors of being the major stumbling block to the attainment of local governments’ independence as a tier of government in the coun...
As part of efforts to ensure that adequate measures are put in place to address crime wave in the state, the Katsina State Police Command has outlawed the use of motorcycles within the state beyond 10 pm. Police Public Relations officer, ASP Ibrahim Ab...
Nigerian-American Andy Ogide is hoping the Nigeria Basketball Federation will invite him to star for D’Tigers in the July FIBA Olympic Qualifying Tournament win Venezuela. The Lagun Aro GBC forward hails from Atlanta, Georgia. Ogide believes he i...
Osun State governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has declared that sports will henceforth be a compulsory activity in all schools in the state. The declaration came at the monthly Walk-to-Live programme of the state government where the governor led thousan...
Eagles’ midfielder Dickson Paul Etuhu has backed Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi to restore the country’s football. The Fulham star, who is one of only 11 Europe-based stars called up for a 2013 Nations Cup qualifier in Rwanda, has also said he...
Five years after helping Nigeria lift the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup trophy in South Korea, a member of the Golden Eaglets Daniel Joshua is in pains and abandoned after an accident rendered him paralysed. Daniel Joshua who played as a central midfielder ...
American celebrities and members of the black community in the US converged at New Hope Baptist Church , venue of the funeral to pay their tributes to the American star singer and six-time Grammy Award winner , Whitney Houston . Houst...
Barely two months after government introduced the fuel subsidy removal policy which sparked off a protest which nearly set the entire country ablaze, the government last week announced a planned 88 per cent hike of electricity tariff setting tong...
Sensing a threat to its cosy perch and constitutional mandate, the Senate last week quickly torpedoed both the conceptual underpinnings and arrowheads of the campaign for a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) to renegotiate the bases for the Nigerian P...