Parking wardens giving out ‘illegal’ ticket fines to hit their boss’ targets

Motorists have been tricked into paying tens of thousands of pounds in ‘illegal’ parking tickets issued so that wardens can meet up with targets set by their office bosses. Thousands of the wrongful tickets have been paid by drivers who were unaware that they should have been cancelled by the council contractors who dole them [...]

Patriotism, passion, zeal and good efforts but England is no match to German’s doggedness

There is no doubt that this year’s World Cup tournament had been laced up with some touch of luck bites. Many teams had only suffered the misfortune of hard luck and England/Germany World Cup match is no exception. Germany was completely voracious and England could only have succumbed to be tamed.

Akureland set to nominate new oba-elect as Osupa (111)goes to court

Two weeks after the deposition of the last Deji of Akure, Oluwadare Adesina Adepoju, the process for the selection of a new monarch for Akure Kingdom began on Friday with the appointment of chairman and secretary of a selection co

Menopause: you can now discover the right time you are off fertile line, says research

Doctors have devised a test that could tell young women the precise age at which they will no longer be able to have babies. The discovery according to reports could be made even in women as young as 20 years of age. A blood test that measures levels of a hormone produced by the ovaries [...]

Immigration: Government to cut student and visiting visa to UK drastically.

A major tighter immigration control underway by the government may cut drastically students and family visit visas to the United Kingdom according to reports.

Memorial Prayer session for Prince Bayo Gbadebo in London East end.

A special prayer session is to be held for the Late Prince Bayo Gbadebo, the London popular socialite and humanitarian who died last week- end in a ghastly accident on Lagos –Ibadan expressway.

Abdul-mutallab: Nigerian Government denied presence at court proceeding and refused copies of filings

A judge in the case of a man accused of attempting to bomb a U.S. airliner says she has rejected a request by the Nigerian government to be present at hearings. U.S. District Judge Nancy G. Edmunds denied Nigeria’s request to formally observe proceedings and receive copies of filings in the case of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused of attempting to bring down Northwest Flight 253 on Christmas Day 2009, The Detroit News reported Wednesday.

James Ibori refused bail in Dubai… ordered to be retained in custody following Court injunction.

United kingdom Police are closed up on the extradition of former governor of Delta state and political stakeholder in the last dispensation under the departed President Umaru Yar’Adua, James Ibori following a court order refusing him bail by a Dubai Court.

Nigerian declared wanted in Washington, USA, for fraud committed over twelve years ago.

Police in the United States have declared a Nigerian wanted for escaping from the law more than twelve year ago from his Washington DC home

The Nigerian was charged with fraud offence in 1998 and has been on run ever since.

All pledges and no action as The G8 Summit convenes in Canada; What benefit for Africa and Africans?

Africa once again is also on the agenda. “A tentative agenda for the 36th G8 summit will include some issues which remain unresolved from previous summits. As chair of the G8 summit when many of the commitments for African aid and development are due to be fulfilled, special attention will be focused on Canada. International anti-poverty campaigners will descend on Huntsville.