Month: July 2010
Auto Crash: 15 On Danger List
At least 15 commuters were believed to be on danger list this morning as a Lagos-bound white Mazda commuter bus…
N100b Bond: Daniel Lobbies Traditional Rulers
Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State, SouthWest, Nigeria this morning held a meeting with stakeholders in the state including traditional…
Abbatoir Squatters Get 2-Week Ultimatum2
The Lagos State government has issued a two-week ultimatum to thousands of illegal squatters at the Abattoir and Lairage, Oko-Oba,…
Aregbesola Urged To Pursue Mandate
An Action Congress, AC, stalwart in Ayobo Ipaja Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, Nigeria, Prince Owen Alao Adeniran,…
Lagos Councils Barred From Mounting Roadblocks
The 20 local governments and 37 local council development areas in Lagos State, South West Nigeria, have been barred from…
DPP Yet To Zone Presidency
The National Chairman of the DPP, retired Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni, said in Jos that the party had yet to…
Adekanye, Sulaimon Condemn Abduction Of Journalists
The Chairman of Lagos Mainland Local Government, Mr. Rufus Oladele Adekanye a.k.a. LADO and his Bariga Local Council Development Area…
Lagos Lawmaker Tasks Politicians On Promises
A member of the Lagos House of Assembly, Ayoola Ahmed, has chided politicians who renege on their electoral promises, urging…
LASG Amends Charges Against Firm
The Lagos State Government on Tuesday at a Lagos High Court amended its charges against FBN Capital Nigeria Ltd over…
Disunity Ruined Eagles —Utaka
Super Eagles of Nigeria’s midfielder, John Chukwudi Utaka yesterday spoke on the country’s participation in the just concluded 2010 FIFA…
Falconets Begin World Cup On Shaky Note
Nigeria’s Falconets began their campaign in the U-20 Women World Cup in Germany with a 1-1 draw game against England…
Nigerians Ridiculed In S/A —Oladunjoye
Prince ‘Wale Oladunjoye, Senior Special Assistant on Grassroots Sports Development to Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State, Nigeria, says…
Olympic Day Run: Lagos May Miss Out
Lagos State may miss this year’s Olympic Day run which comes up at the weekend throughout the country. P.M.Sports gathered…
New Look Eagles Coming Soon —EguavoenEagles
Stand-in Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen has disclosed that a new-look senior national team that will meet the expectations of…
€50,000 For Grabs At Soyinka Tourney
Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, staged an unusual appearance into sporting limelight Monday following the decision of prominent chess patrons…
D’Tigers Camp Opens
Most Valuable Player, (MVP) of the recently held All Stars Match, Bukar Mohammed of Dodan Warriors Basketball Club, will lead…
Bond Is A Financial Instrument Not Political
My involvement in the establishment of the branch of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Abeokuta prompted me to dabble into…
Walter Carrington At 80: A Historical Necessity; An Agent Of Change
It was Chief Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu who said few years back that the story of man is a chronicle of…
Who Will Fix Nigeria?
Whenever, eminent Nigerians want to betray their sense of self-delusion they refer to Nigeria as the giant of Africa when…
Senators Chukwumerije, Igbeke Jump Ship
Alphonsus Igbeke (ANPP-Anambra North), the All Nigeria People’s Party senator who replaced Joy Emordi at the Senate and Senator Uche…
NNPC Is Bankrupt -Babalola
Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC is bankrupt, Remi Babalola, the Minister of State for Finance told state commissioners of finance…
We Have Political Will To Provide Power -Jonathan
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has once again assured Nigerians that this Administration has the political will to provide adequate power…
Five Killed, Houses Razed As Christians, Muslims Clash In Taraba
At least five persons were killed and several others injured in a bloody clash between Muslims and Christians at Wukari…
Minority Support Group Drums Up Support for President Jonathan
A coalition of minorities in North Central, North East and South – South under the auspices of Congress for Equality…
Mandela to spend birthday with family
South Africa’s Nelson Mandela will on Sunday celebrate his 92 birthday in a private ceremony with family in Johannesburg, his…
LASG Committed To Improving Service Delivery To Lagosians
The Lagos State Government at the weekend expressed its commitment to the improvement of its service delivery capacities to the…
Otedola’s N150b Debt Killing AP Plc, Why MD Resigned
Although the crisis-torn African Petroleum Plc has appointed a new helmsman, Michael Ahme, P.M. NEWS can authoritatively reveal this morning…
Five Killed, Houses Razed As Christians, Muslims Clash In Taraba
At least five persons were killed and several others injured in a bloody clash between Muslims and Christians at Wukari…
N80m Paid To Kidnappers In Kano
Alhaji Salisu Mataba, a Kano-based business man kidnapped by unknown gun men last Sunday regained his freedom at 12 mid-night…
Telecoms Manager Arrested With Cocaine
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Lagos-based telecommunications manager with 70 wraps of cocaine…