Month: June 2011
Residents Decry Slow Pace Of Work On Isheri-Oshun-Ijegun Road
Residents of Ejigbo and Alimosho Local Council Development Areas have appealed to the Lagos State government to complete the construction…
Trader Turns Lady Into Punching Bag
For turning a woman into a punching bag, a trader, Mike Agabubhor, 25, has been charged before the Abule Egba…
INEC Dissociates Self From Celebration
The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has dissociated itself from a purported celebration of the success of the April elections and…
Group Congratulates Governor Fashola
The Lagos State Coordinator of Renewed Life Foundation for the Disabled in Nigeria, Comrade Ojo Bamidele, has congratulated the governor…
Wristwatch Thief In Court
The police have arraigned a man, Taofeek Ogunbanire, 47 before the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for allegedly stealing a wrist watch…
Salaam Emerges Osun Speaker
Hon. Nojeem Folasayo Salami today was elected the Speaker of the 5th Osun State House of Assembly where Governor Rauf…
German Govt. Investigates Shooting of a Nigerian-born WomanÂ
The Embassy of Nigeria in Germany said on Wednesday that the German authorities have commenced investigation into the shooting of…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Argie coach under fire over Nigeria drubbing, says AFP
Argentine Football Association (AFA) president Julio Grondona has accused coach Sergio Batista of jeopardising the reputation of the national side,…
Landlord Discovers AK 47 Rifle, Ammunition In Tenant’s Roof
The police in Lagos state Southwest Nigeria have arrested a man, Nosiru Bello after his landlord discovered AK 47 rifle …
Crisis Averted As Reps End Session
A controversy that would have thrown the House of Representatives into another round of crisis was tactically and narrowly averted…
N350 Per Litre! Korosene Price Hits Record High
A survey carried out by P.M.NEWS between yesterday and this morning has shown an unimaginable increase in the price of…
An Era Ends At Lagos House, Passes 6 Bills Into Law
The 40 lawmakers at the Lagos State House of Assembly today sat to mark the end of the sixth legislative…
Candlelight For Actor Nwosu
A candle light procession and service of songs will be held for the late veteran actor, Ashley Nwosu today. The…
Police, Ketu Residents Clash
Hell was let loose this morning in Ketu area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria following a clash between policemen and…
Ken Saro Wiwa’s Judge Sworn-In
Justice Ibrahim Auta, the man who sentenced Ogoni rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa to death, on trumped up charges, was on…
JAMB Exams Shifted Again
The Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination [UTME] earlier scheduled to hold on 11 June has been shifted to Saturday, 18 June.…
Amaechi Reappoints Ibim As Commissioner
Mrs. Ibim Semenitari, the immediate past Commissioner for Information and Communications in Rivers State is one of the commissioner-nominees forwarded…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Batista: Eagles Disgraced Us, Argentina’s Captain Laments Night Of Worst Defeat
Argentina team witnessed an embarrassing moment of their life yesterday when they were humbled 1-4 by Nigeria’s Super Eagles in…
Ajimobi Takes Stock
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State has started holding marathon meetings with heads of parastatals in Oyo State so as…
CBN Open: Mbanu Shocks Lawal
More upsets were recorded at the ongoing 33rd Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Open Tennis Championship taking place at the…
Lagos Sports Pensioners Cry To Fashola
Retirees of the Lagos State Sports Council, LSSC, have appealed to Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN), over unpaid gratuities and…
FOI Law, An Affirmation Of Church’s Teachings —CAN
The signing of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill into law is an affirmation of the church’s teachings on distributive…
Igbinedion Varsity VC, Others For LASU Lectures
Vice Chancellor of the Igbinedion University, Edo State, Professor Emmanuel E. Osaghae, Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Adeyemi…
‘Violence Is A Violation Of Rights’
Violence against persons is a gross violation of the rights of that individual, says the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).…
N/Assembly Passes Anti-Terrorism Law
The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the Anti Terrorism Bill. This followed the adoption of the harmonised report of its…
Lagos Residents Beg Fashola To Monitor Tenancy Law
Some Lagos residents have advised Gov. Babatunde Fashola not to enforce the new tenancy law in the state until a…
Togolese Docked For Theft
Policemen from the Anthony Police Station, Anthony, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria have arraigned a Togolese, Doji Amosu, before the Shomolu Magistrate’s…
I’ll Never Let Nigerians Down
I thank you all, fellow citizens, for the trust and confidence, which you have demonstrated through the power of your…
Nigeria’s New Dawn
With the results of the recent elections, it is clear that a major hurdle in Nigeria’s quest for good governance…
A New Beginning In Ogun, Oyo
With the inauguration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun as governor of Ogun State and his counterpart, Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State,…