Lagos, Nigeria News

Lagos - Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Nigerian authorities to prosecute those involved in sectarian clashes that claimed hundreds of lives a year ago in central city of Jos.

By Michael Eboh ZOOMmobile has announced the launch of - BOLT' - BOLTA an ultra-fast high speed broadband Internet package powered by EV-DO technology throughout the city of Lagos.

NEW YORK - In the run-up to the Broadway opening of "Fela!" - Bill T. Jones' new musical - one man sat through every single preview performance and hated being there every minute.

WIFE of the general overseer of ChristA Redemption Bible Church andA national president of Redemption Virtuous Sisters, Pastor Martha Ogundare, has said it is time for Nigerians to have a rethink and seek the face of God for total cleansing from corruption and other problems afflicting the nation.

Whatever the Nigerian-born centre Ayoola Erinle brings to the England midfield on his first test start this weekend, it is unlikely to be a kicking game that will leave some of the world's more rounded No 12s - Berrick Barnes of Australia, Luke McAlister of New Zealand, Felipe Contepomi of Argentina - wondering where they went wrong.

Fela Kuti: The Best of the Black President Forget the flavor-of-the-month pop stars; the biggest name in global music, the biggest enduring name with lasting impact, may well be the sax-playing son of a Nigerian feminist and a Protestant minister.

One of the state's largest retirement systems for public employees will not be fully audited by the state.

By Patience Saghana Rather than follow appropriate procedure of filing for claims, policy holdersA now resort to defraudA A insurance companiesA with the help of their lawyers.

The winner of the N30 million jackpot in the Glo "text 4 millions" promo will, on Sunday, November 15, be unveiled at a special grand finale Laffta Fest.

DETERMINED to improve its brand visibility and bring its products and services closer to the end users in remote and major urban centres, Omatek Ventures Plc, has launched its chains of franchisee retail outlets in the South West and South South Regions of the country.

AKUREa 'The WorksA A A and Housing Minister, Dr. Hassan Lawal, weekend, promised that the Federal Government will accord the reconstruction of the Lagos-Benin Expressway top priority.

In the wake of so many allegations of inaccurate medical diagnosis in the country, the Lagos State Government has procured an ultra-modern digital x-ray machine capable of covering 95 per cent of conventional x-ray examinations at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital .

The Federal Inland Revenue Service , has insisted that churches and mosques are not exempted from tax payment.

By Evelyn Usman Family of the 32-year-old bureau-de-change operator who was last Tuesday shot dead by an Army Private in Ikeja area of Lagos has accused the Nigerian Army of lying against the deceased by saying his death was as a result of his struggling with the soldier's weapon.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah LAGOS - THERE are indications that convicted Peoples' Democratic Party chieftain, Chief Bode George and five other members of the board of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, which he led, will spend the weekend in jail, despite Justice Joseph Oyewole's readiness to hear their motion for bail pending the appeal.

By Olasunkanmi Akoni & Gbenga Akanmu LAGOS - The Lagos State House of Assembly, yesterday, pardoned the state Commissioner for Tourism and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Senator Tokunbo Afikuyomi, after tendering his apology over his failure to submit the relevant documents on the current Sunborn Yacht Hotel controversy early.

FORMER A Chief Security officer to the late Head of State, GeneralA Sani Abacha, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha, was one of the high-profile inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum-Security Prison who welcomed Chief Bode George, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the prison on his arrival, Monday, Vanguard can authoritatively reveal.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Tosin Adejuwon LAGOS - FORMER Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George and five other members of his board were yesterday sentenced to 28 years jail term without an option of fine by an Ikeja High court.

By Abdulwahab Abdulah Prominent Nigerians including Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos StateA will tomorrow lay the foundation of the proposed Augustine University owned by the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos.

ABUJA a ' The Nigerian Air Force said yesterday that it has no authority to order the Civilian Personnel Unit of the Ministry of Defence, located inside its base at the Logistic Headquarters, Ikeja, Lagos, to vacate the premises as the unita TMs presence in the base was made possible by the Ministry of Defence.