Month: July 2010
Entertainment, Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
2Face, Shakira To Thrill Fans, As Curtain Falls On World Cup
As curtain falls on the 2010 FIFA World Cup tomorrow, Nigeria’s 2Face Idibia and other musicians including Shakira, will thrill…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Slumped Platini Rejoins World Cup Chiefs
Michel Platini, UEFA President, who fainted in a Johannesburg restaurant yesterday has regained consciousness and rejoined his colleagues from European…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Ticket Sold Out For World Cup Final
FIFA Spokesperson Nicolas Maingot. FIFA yesterday announced that tickets for the 2010 World Cup to be played at Soccer City…
The Odds Against Ebebi’s Return As Deputy Gov.
Indications are that the embattled former Deputy Governor, Peremobowei Ebebi, may have technically abandoned his office despite the confusion over…
Kidnappers of Adedibu’s Daughter Arrested
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested and paraded four suspects who allegedly attempted to abduct the daughter of the…
LASG Screens Immigrants For Naturalisation
Lagos State Commissioner for Home Affairs and Culture, Mr. Babatunde Balogun, has called on all applicants for Nigerian Nationality to…
Glo 1 Set To Launch
The much anticipated Glo 1 submarine optic fibre cable single-handedly built by Africa’s telecoms giant, Globacom, is now ready for…
Abimbola Fashola Condemns Nollywood’s Image of Women
The First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, has joined other Nigerians to condemn the exploitation of women in…
N100m Suit: Akpoyibo Knows Fate Next Week
Justice Onigbanjo of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria, has fixed 13 July, 2010 for judgement on the N100…
Estate Agent Dupes 42, Charged
For allegedly duping 42 prospective tenants of money running into millions of naira in Lagos, an estate agent, Raheed Ajayi,…
Violence Mars PDP Primaries
Violence and thuggery have marred the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, local government primaries in Cross River State, South-South Nigeria. The…
Suspension: Court Fixes 19 July For Melaye’s Suit
Justice A. A. Kafarati of a Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja this morning adjourned till 19 July, 2010, to…
Health Workers Abandon Hospitals In Edo
The strike embarked upon by health workers, including doctors, nurses and paramedical staff in Edo State, Nigeria entered its ninth…
Ogundokun Shuns Court Again
Chief Abiola Ogundokun, the publisher of the rested Conscience magazine, yesterday failed again to appear in court in a case…
Air Midwest Commences Operation, As Okada Set For A Comeback 8 Yrs After
Air Midwest, Nigeria’s latest domestic airline, will begin operation in a few days, P.M.NEW has learnt. Last month, the Nigerian…
IBB Group Flags Off 2011 Campaign In Ibadan
All is set for the flag off of IBB 2011 campaign by the Youths Vanguard Initiatives. The political awareness campaign,…
2011: Sambo Denies Picking Former Aide For Gov. Race
Vice President, Namadi Sambo, has denied the allegation that he is plotting to make former aide and erstwhile Commissioner of…
I Can Function Without A Deputy Governor —Orji
Governor Theodore Orji of Abia State said in Umuahia on Thursday that he could operate as a governor without a…
Stop Mental Abuse Of Nigerians —Group
Politicians have been urged to stop the psychological and mental abuse of Nigerians by throwing money around while failing to…
2011: Parties Urge INEC To Ensure Equal Representation
The Coalition for a New Nigeria (CNN) in Abuja on Thursday called on the new INEC Chairman, Dr. Attahiru Jega,…
2011: AC ‘ll Not Challenge Election Result At Tribunal—Spokesman
The Action Congress, (AC) has declared in Ado-Ekiti that it would not contest any election result at Elections Petition Tribunal…
NECO Insists On Use Of Security Personnel For Exams
NECO says it will continue to engage the services of security operatives, especially members of the Nigeria Security and Civil…
Police Destroy 30 Kidnap Camps
The police said on Thursday in Umuahia that it had destroyed 30 suspected kidnap camps in Ngwa areas of Abia…
PHCN Battles To Restore Light To P/Harcourt Airport
About four days after a truck rammed into high tension Power Holding Company, PHCN, poles that affected 16 electric poles…
Councillors Need Orientation —Lagos House Of Assembly
The Lagos State House of Assembly, South West, Nigeria has resolved that legislators in Local Government Councils in the state…
We Are Not Democratically Mature
With the strong belief that he cannot contribute to the development of his country, Nigeria in diaspora, Hon. Olufemi Adebanjo…
LG Special Adviser Eyes Lagos Assembly
The Special Adviser on Environment in Igando – Ikotun Local Council Development Area, (LCDA), Lagos, Nigeria, Comrade Alani Babatunde has…
Would-Be Victim Outsmarts Fraudster
The police at the Special Fraud Unit, Milverton, Ikoyi, Lagos Nigeria, have foiled an alleged attempt by a notorious fraudster…
Fleeing Robber Nabbed With Shotgun
The police at Ikorodu, Lagos State have arrested a suspected armed robber with a locally made double barrel shotgun following…