All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
An eighty man contingent arrived Lagos Thursday night from Ghana to participate in the 2009 Nigeria-Ghana International Tennis Tournament beginning this weekend at the Ikoyi Club 1938, Tennis Section.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Lagos and environs will experience endless funfair this weekend as residents will be treated to a night of thrills and excitement by artistes of the older and younger generations at the MTN Nigerian Music Fest scheduled to hold on Saturday, November 21, 2009 at the Ocean View Restaurants in Victoria Island Lagos.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Hillary Omolayo is a casual worker in a plastic manufacturing company in Lagos. He works 12 hours every day and earns N27, 000.00 a month. He was the breadwinner for his family of five until the event of March 5. That day the slicing machine he was working with chopped off four fingers from his right hands.He lost his job without any benefits and had to foot his medical bills from donations and help...
VeloNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Details of the 2010 version of the Vuelta a España are slowly leaking out through the Spanish media. The official route won’t be revealed until December 16 in Sevilla, but a newspaper in northern Spain has reported that the Vuelta will return to the mountainous region of Asturias and include summit finishes at Lagos de Covadonga as well as a new climb at Cotobello. Vuelta officials have...
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Izon Community in Lagos has called for unity in Ijaw kingdom, warning that a house divided against itself cannot stand.The call for unity was coming on the heels of recent comments by ...The Izon Community in Lagos has called for unity in Ijaw kingdom, warning that a house divided against itself cannot stand.The call for unity was coming on the heels of recent comments by ...
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
A Lagos financial management consultancy, De Regale and Associates Limited, is in a N36 million tango with Aisha Tosan, proprietor of "Crime Fighter", a television outreach programme through which the activities of the Nigerian police are publicised over the alleged damage of its office assets and property. In a suit filed through its attorney, Ademola Obayomi, De Regale and Associates Limited...
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
About 20 months after the crash of the Beechcraft 1900D aircraft belonging to Wings Aviation Limited, into the hills of Bushi Village in Obalinku Local Government area of Cross River State, the Accidents Investigation Bureau has finally released the remains of the victims to their families. The ill-fated twin turbo prop 19-seater aircraft with registration number 5N-JAH crashed on March 15, 2008 while...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Indications emerged, Friday, that it took what could have culminated into a violent riot at the Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Apapa, Lagos for prison authorities at Maximum Prisons, Kirikiri to formally hand over the popular prison blue-and blue uniform to convicted Chieftain of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and former Board Chairman of Nigerian Ports Authority, Chief Bode George.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
How would you like to sit in the comfort of your home and shop in major stores in the UK? Say for example, you sit in your home in Lagos, and shop at Marks and Spencer, Mothercare, TM Lewin or the Apple Store?
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
For being such a worthy exemplar in public office, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State would on Friday, December 18 at the Sheraton Hotels and Towers, Lagos, be honoured in a grand awards ceremony called the Paragon Awards for the Architects of A New Lagos, PAANEL.
Bernardine Evaristo's Blog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Zenobia Evaristo, second wife of Gregorio (below). Born Zenobia Sowemima in Ibadan, Nigeria. Died 1967, Lagos, Nigeria. Brought back to life as ‘herself’ in the new LARA. (Love the hair-do!)
turenchi (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
When Tola Adenaike and her brother moved into a two-bedroom apartment on Bakare Makinde Street, Agboyi, Lagos in July 2008, she thought she had found peace at last. Having had to leave her former residence in a hurry, the tailor felt lucky to have found a place quickly, considering how hard it is to find affordable housing in Lagos. That feeling soon gave way to despair when, months later, she discovered...
turenchi (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A 72-year-old man, Chief Jimoh Anifowose, who resides at 5A, Sadiku Street, Akowonjo, Egbeda in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, narrowly escaped death when he took a sex enhancing drug before having sex with his 56-year old wife, Mrs. Aduke Anifowose.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has urged Lagosians to make maximum use of the Primary Health Centres (PHCs) in all the local government areas in the state.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A prominent Lagos-based property consultant and auto parts dealer, Otunba Kamorudeen Lamina, popularly known as Sir ‘Kay” has denied being arrested and detained at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon, Ikoyi, Lagos.
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