Year: 2010
Football, Headlines, World News
FIFA Mourns 75 Ugandans
President of world football governing body, Federation of International Football Associations, FIFA, Sepp Blatter has expressed deep regret over the…
Soyinka Chess Tourney For 2011
The 10th World Chess champion, Grandmaster, Boris Spassky will storm Nigeria next year for his long time friend, Professor Wole…
Falconets Ready For England, As U-20 Women W/Cup Begins
Nigeria’s Falconets are battle ready for England tomorrow as the FIFA U-20 Women World Cup begins today in Germany The…
Scribe Wants Funds For Association
Secretary General of the Nigeria Professional Powerlifting Association, Sangode Oladipupo, is lamenting that lack funds has crippled his association and…
The Internet: Many Disadvantages
‘Daddy, who was John Rockefeller?’ ‘The internet is not only for Facebook, Twitter and downloading music. Google it’ was the…
Bad Roads In Lagos: Fashola Goofed
Apparently reacting to reports about the bad state of roads in Lagos State and government’s seeming insensitivity to the plight…
Unilorin Set To Celebrate Nigeria At 50
University of Ilorin is set to mark the 50th independence of Nigeria with the publication of a book on Fifty…
Institute Organises Seminar For Teachers
Softgate Global Service (SGS) recently held a seminar on contemporary teaching techniques for effective classroom management for teachers all over…
TASUED, Offa Poly SIFE Empower Students, Communities
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) has empowered the students and the university community through…
Siblings In Marriage
We have said so much about the relationship of women with in-laws. No doubt, a good number of in-laws are…
Robbers Pluck Catholic Priest’s Eye
P.M.NEWS learnt this morning that Nigeria’s dare-devil robbers, showing utter disrespect to even men of God, have attacked a Roman…
Whereabouts Of Kidnapped Journalists Still Unknown
The whereabouts of the Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalist, NUJ, Mr. Wahab Oba and four…
Armed Robbers Kill 4 Cops
The Nigerian police yesterday lost four of their officers to armed robbers at Ago Iwoye in Ijebu North area of…
Police Arrest 4 Indomie Staff
Four of the protesting staff of De United Food, manufacturer of Indomie noodles have allegedly been arrested by the police…
Naira Pools Boss Dies
The Chairman of Naira Pools Nigeria Limited, Otunba Ezekiel Agbolade Modupe Badero is dead. He died in London at 71.…
Fashola Blames Rain For Bad Roads
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola, has blamed the rain for the bad roads in the state, begging Lagosians for understanding…
139 Private Schools Shut
The Cross River State Government has shut 139 private schools in the Northern and Central Senatorial Districts of the state.…
‘Don’t Waste Money On Nigeria’s 50th Independence’
A councillorship aspirant on the platform of Action Congress, for Ward ‘D’ in Alimosho Local Government, Lagos State, Nigeria, Yekini…
3 Million Trees For Lagos
Lagos State government in pursuit of its vision of planting 3 million trees will hold the second anniversary of the…
Senator Seeks Unity In PDP
Senator Garba Talba (PDP-Yobe South) says all stakeholders must come together and review the issue of zoning in the PDP.…
Gov. Aspirant Kicks Against Zoning
A PDP gubernatorial aspirant in Abia State, Chief Henry Ikoh, has said that no political aspirant should be denied the…
Blame PENCOM For Workers’ Woes—IBTC
Stanbic IBTC Pension Managers, a Pension Fund Administrator (PFA), has blamed the National Pensions Commission (PENCOM) for the non-remittance of…
Man Turns Dumb In Court
There was a mild drama at the Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, presided by Mrs. S.O. Solebo when a 22-year old…
AC Condemns PDP’s Zoning Controversy
The Action Congress (AC) has raised an alarm over the ongoing controversy on the PDP’s zoning policy, saying it could…
LASEMA Moves To Curb Hazards At Grassroots
The Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, has inaugurated Local Emergency Management Committee, LEMC, in all Local Governments and Local…
Iniesta: Trophy’ll Stop Political Strife In Spain
Basking in the euphoria of his country’s heroic winning of the 2010 World Cup, Barcelona’s Andres Iniesta said the trophy…
Bomb Kills 64 Uganda Fans
Simultaneous explosions tore through crowds watching the World Cup final at a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant, killing at…
Sweet, Bitter Momories, As Curtain Falls On 2010 World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup, which ended in the early hours of today in South Africa brings sweet, bitter and…
Union Bank, Comets Confirm Class, As Pillars Can’t Stop Winning
Matches were played in both the Atlantic and Savannah Conference last weekend when the league resumed after a week’s break…
Nigeria’s Preparation Suffers Setback
Nigeria’s deaf football national team may not have a good outing at the coming 1st West Africa Deaf Football Championship.…