Year: 2010
Bomb Blasts: Henry Okah Claims on Al-Jazeera is Ouright lie -Presidency
The presidency has described as “diversionary” and “outright lie” claims by Henry Okah, the leader of Movement for the Emancipation…
MEND Leader, Okah Tackles Jonathan Over Bomb Blasts
The former leader of Nigeria’s armed group has said he was arrested because he refused to tell the group to…
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines Planes Collide In Ghana
A Turkish Airlines plane taxied into a Deutsche Lufthansa AG jet standing on the tarmac on Tuesday at the main…
Dokpesi Regains Freedom, Cancels Press Conference
Raymond Dokpesi, the director general of the presidential campaign organisation of former military dictator Ibrahim Babangida, has been released. He…
Don’t Politicise Bomb Blasts Investigations —Jonathan Group
The Goodluck/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation has called for dispassionate investigations of the October 1 bomb blasts which led to the…
AFTERMATH OF BOMB BLASTS: Security Beefed Up At Lagos Airport
Following the bomb blasts that killed 12 persons and injured dozens in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, last Friday while the country…
N824m Debt: Ex-Deputy Gov’s Son Loses Bid To Stop Arrest
The son of former Deputy Governor of old Ondo State, Mr. Akinwole Omoboriowo, and Kojo Annan, and son of former…
I Beg My Husband For Sex —Housewife
A petty trader, Mrs. Kate Ude, has narrated to an Ojo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court, Ojo, Lagos, how she begs,…
5,000 Ex-Militants Rehabilitated
Nigeria has rehabilitated more than 5,000 former militants from the oil-rich Niger Delta who embraced a government amnesty last year,…
Recruitment Will Be Transparent —NDLEA
The process of recruitment by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, will be transparent and only those who qualify…
Lawyer Emerges “The Patriot 2010â€
Barrister Monday Onyekachi Ubani, a legal practitioner from Abia State, has emerged the Patriot 2010, in the first ever radio…
Bomb Scare At NNPC HQ
There was a bomb scare at the headquarters of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Abuja, Nigeria this morning, P.M.NEWS…
NUT Set For World Teachers’ Day
The Nigeria Union of Teachers, Ikorodu branch, has kicked off activities to mark the 2010Â World Teachers Day, with a…
Female Priests Invade Catholic Church
Over 100 women have ordained themselves Catholic priests in the United States of America and other parts of the world…
Consumers Have Nothing To Celebrate —CAFON
The Consumer’s Advocacy Forum of Nigeria (CAFON) has said that Nigerian consumers have been neglected, abused and exploited for so…
Depositors In For Tough Time, As CBN Revokes 224 MFB Licences
As the legal battle between some micro finance banks, whose operating licenses were revoked, and the Central Bank of Nigeria,…
Community Appeals To Fashola Over Flood
Residents of Surulere, Oke Oko Ibereko in Olorunda Local Council Area of Lagos State, South West Nigeria, have appealed to…
Expect Female President In 50 Years —Senatorial Aspirant
A Senatorial aspirant in Lagos State on the platform of the PDP, Mrs. Adenike Agnes Shobajo has said that Nigerians…
Wema Bank Partners With Elizade
Determined to make life more pleasurable for its customers, Wema Bank, in concert with Elizade Nigeria Ltd, has come up…
World Bank Commends Edo Govt
The World Bank has commended the Edo government for its prudent management of the state’s finances. The country director of…
2011: No Polling Booths In Palaces –INEC
To check cases of electoral malpractice, INEC on Monday said there would be no polling booths in the palaces of…
ACN Chieftain Faults Celebration
A chieftain of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN in Lagos State, Nigeria, Otunba Niyi Raheem has faulted the spending…
Un Urges Collective Effort To Reduce Poverty
United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged governments, the private sector and civil society to work much more closely…
Landlord Remanded In Prison For Inflicting Wound On Tenant
The landlord of 11, Idowa Akinola Street, Olowora Isheri, Lagos State, Nigeria, Abiodun Adebayo, 46, has been ordered to be…
Ban Unfortunate For Nigeria —Yobo
In the wake of Nigeria’s suspension from international football, Super Eagles’ captain, Joseph Yobo, has made a passionate plea to…
2 Arraigned For Bag Snatching
Two suspects, Akin Oladipupo, 25, and Abiodun Hassan, 29 have been arraigned before the Ikeja magistrate’s court sitting at Isheri-Oke…
Adamu, Others Okay FIFA’s Decision
FIFA/CAF Executive Member, Dr. Amos Adamu and ex-internationals have thrown their weight behind the indefinite suspension of Nigeria by the…
Team Nigeria Target More Gold
The feat recorded by schoolgirl Augustina Nkem Nwaokolo who won a gold medal in the 48kg weightlifting event at the…
2010 Commonwealth Games: Faulty Scales Force Postponement Of Boxing Event
The official weigh-in for the boxing competition at the Commonwealth Games has been put back until today after complaints that…
Ekiti Beckons To The Judiciary For Justice
For the umpteenth time, the good people of Ekiti State await the judiciary to do the needful and give them…