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Lagos, State News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Ikeja – The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Friday apologised to Lagos residents over the hardship arising from the ongoing strike by doctors in the employ of the state. Addressing some Lagos residents who stormed his office in protest against the strike, Fashola expressed regrets at the possible loss of lives as a […]
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Action Congress of Nigeria, Edo, Headlines, Party Politics, State News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
By Nnamdi Ojiego The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has condemned the reported assassination of the Principal Private Secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, Comrade Olaitan Oyerinde, saying it raises a lot of questions, especially coming shortly after the yet-to-be-resolved ramming of the Governor’s convoy by a tipper truck that claimed the lives […]
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Cross River, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
THE founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo has inspected the site for the smooth take-off of the Cross River campus of the Covenant University Otta in Ogun State. The proposed University which is expected to take-off soon would offer courses like Engineering, Computer Science, as well as […]
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National Politics, Soccer, Sports, Top Stories
Friday, May 4th, 2012

BY OLA AJAYI, IBADAN A retired Nigerian footballer, Rashidi Yekini who scored the country’s first goal at the World Cup is dead. Yekini who was born in Kaduna was said to have died in his Kwara residence. Though, the circumstances surrounding his death were still sketchy at the time of this story, his death was reportedly […]
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Edo, Headlines, State News
Friday, May 4th, 2012
Mr Olaitan Oyerinde African Examiner Friday, May 04, 2012 A special Adviser and private secretary to Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state, South South Nigeria, has been killed by unknown gunmen. Reports say four gun men stormed the house of Mr Olaitan Oyerinde at Ugbor GRA, Benin and scaled the fence then brutally shot him […]
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Headlines, Soccer, Sports
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
Akombo TRAPPED players and officials of Sunshine Stars FC of Akure are still unsure of when they will depart Bamako, Mali, as fighting between rebels and government forces continued yesterday morning. According to one of the accompanying journalists, Tunde Shamsudeen, who spoke with Tribunesports on phone from Bamako yesterday morning, the situation at the Bamako […]
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Bayelsa, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
May 4, 2012 by Mike Odiegwu, Yenagoa Leave a Comment Leaders of cult groups in Bayelsa State have threatened to attack the state Commissioner of Police Mr. Chris Olakpe, if he refuses to halt continuing arrest of their members. Following the incessant killings in parts of the state in recent times by suspected cultists, Olakpe […]
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Africa & World Politics, Boko Haram, Headlines
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
THE European Union (EU) has told the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic sect that it cannot force the Union out of Nigeria, especially the North. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, the Head of EU delegation to Nigeria, Dr David MacRae, said the killings and the insecurity in the country caused by terrorists’ activities of the sect […]
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Latest Politics
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
May 4, 2012 by Niyi Odebode and Olusola Fabiyi 3 Comments Ahead of an imminent cabinent shake-up by President Goodluck Jonathan, ministers and politicians aspiring to join the Federal Executive Council have started lobbying key figures in the Peoples Democratic Party. Investigations by our correspondents on Thursday showed that the key PDP members being lobbied […]
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EFCC Politics, Latest Politics
Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
May 4, 2012 by Agency Reporter Leave a Comment EFCC Boss, IBRAHIM LAMORDE | credits: File A High Court in Abuja on Thursday granted leave to the Economic Financial Crimes Commission to seize 108 properties belonging to the six accused persons involved in the alleged diversion of N32.8bn Police Pension Fund. A Permanent Secretary, Atiku […]