Berlusconi sex trial delayed over venue change request
A Milan court on Monday announced it will postpone former premier Silvio Berlusconi’s sex trial for almost a month, pending a decision on whether to transfer the case to a city where his defence team...
View ArticleWhy men need tomatoes
The tomato is a savoury fruit that is usually bright red in colour. Tomatoes can be eaten fresh or cooked and in many different kinds of meals. They contain many nutrients beneficial to health. Red...
View Article39-year-old cancer patient laments cost of treatment
A 39-year-old cancer patient, Dorcas Olusola, has lamented the increasing cost of treating her ailment. She said the more she ran around to raise money for the treatment of the cancer that had affected...
View ArticleBoko Haram: Unwanted guests on the prowl
Against the backdrop of arrest of five suspected members of Boko Haram in Lagos last week, BUKOLA ADEBAYO writes that a possible invasion of the South-West by the dreaded Islamic sect may spell doom...
View ArticlePolice debunk headless bodies’ broadcast
The Ogun State Police Command has debunked rumour that headless bodies of three suspected female students were dumped in an area in Ijebu Ode on Monday. A message circulated via BlackBerry about the...
View ArticleCourt insists on hearing charges against Ikuforiji
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday turned down request to strike out the money laundering charges instituted against the Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, and his aide,...
View Article‘Fuel price hike’ll be resisted’
Nigeria Voters Assembly has warned that the plan by President Goodluck Jonathan to increase prices of petroleum products may precipitate a revolution against the leadership. The president had indicated...
View ArticleVAT accounts for 16% of total FIRS collection
Fhe Federal Inland Revenue Service has described Value Added Tax as the third highest contributor to the nation’s tax revenue in the past eight years, accounting for 16 per cent of total collection in...
View ArticleOur leaders have failed us
OJEWOYE Gbenga, Busari Street, Egan, Lagos State, +23480593623: Our past and present leaders are the problems with this nation. What good legacies can we get from them while in office that could lead...
View ArticleA communicative cartoon
Bola Aiyelabola, 9, Wole Edun Street, Ipaja, Lagos State, +23480535469: Your cartoon on page 22 of Tuesday, March 19 is highly communicative. It shows the double standards in treating two groups of...
View Article‘63 million Nigerians suffer from sleep disorder’
An associate professor and consultant neurologist, College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Dr. Njideka Okubadejo, has said about 63 million Nigerians suffer from sleep-related problems. Okubadejo,...
View ArticleCrisis: PDP suspends NEC meeting indefinitely
THERE were indications on Tuesday that the Peoples Democratic Party might have suspended indefinitely the holding of its National Executive Council meeting in the light of internal wrangling rocking...
View ArticleSecondary school dropout consults for teaching hospital
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Usen Effiong, for posing as a medical doctor and consulting for the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital for more than two months. The...
View ArticleLawmaker urges investment in poverty alleviation
A member of the Kwara State House of Assembly, Mr. David Bamidele, has urged political leaders, corporate organisations and wealthy individuals to invest in poverty alleviation, youth and women...
View ArticlePianist on trial for picketing Okotie’s church
A former pianist with Household of God, Mr. Dafiaghor Okiotor, was again in the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court, presided by Magistrate Oshodi Makanjuola, on Tuesday for breach of peace and disorderly...
View ArticleEnvious youths killed my son – Slain undergraduate’s father
Mr. Boye Otenaike, the father of the undergraduate who was killed in Mushin, Lagos State last week, has described his son’s murder as the handiwork of envious youths. The deceased, Adeolu, was a 400...
View ArticleWomen arraigned for cutting neighbour with blade
Two women – Temitope Abigeal and Temitope Remi – have been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ebute Meta on a three count of conspiracy, assault and grievous harm. Abigeal (26) and Remi...
View ArticleCommunity pleads with govt to rehabilate roads, drains
Residents of Oki in Iyana Ipaja, Lagos State have said the coming rainy season will be disastrous for them if the government does not rehabilate their roads. They said their roads and drainage...
View ArticlePolice arrest 17 northerners as illegal immigrants
There was confusion at the Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service on Tuesday after it was discovered that 17 people from northern Nigeria were among 92 illegal immigrants arrested by...
View ArticleNCC, Customs seize N300m pirated works
Collaboration between the Nigerian Copyright Commission and the Nigerian Customs Service again recently yielded a positive result in the fight against piracy as a 40-feet container, loaded with...
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