Month: August 2011
US Open: Sharapova Survives Watson’s Scare
British teenager Heather Watson gave former champion Maria Sharapova an almighty scare before the Russian prevailed on day one of…
Desertions in Jos as Calm Returns
After a renewed clash between Muslims and Christians at Rukuba Road Monday afternoon in Jos, Plateau State , a seeming…
Lagos ACN Seeks Quick Overhaul Security System
In the light of the bombing of the United Nations Office in Abuja, the Lagos State chapter of the Action…
Education Is Freedom, Says Sylva
Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, has advocated that only quality and appropriate education can guarantee freedom for peoples and…
Lagos Inaugurates Committee On Micro-Finance
In continuation of the efforts of the Fashola administration to reduce poverty in Lagos State, the government has inaugurated a…
Elections 2011, Headlines, News, Politics
INEC, Jonathan, PDP Tackle CPC Over Voters’ Biometric Data
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, which is challenging the victory of President Goodluck Jonathan at the April 2011 Presidential…
Ibadan Flood Death Toll Rises
The death toll arising from the flood that ravaged Ibadan, capital of Oyo State last weekend, has risen to at…
Osun state Declares N19,000.00 Minimum Wage
Osun State Government has made a surprising gesture to striking workers: agreeing to pay wages more than the minimum set…
Salami: ACN Restates Call on President Jonathan for Reversal
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged President GoodluckJonathan to rescind his decision to accede to the NJC recommendation…
Bomb Blast: South Africa Condoles With Nigeria
South Africa has condemned the suicide attack on the UN building in Abuja, which killed several people. In a statement…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Ondo Assembly Approves Members of the Electoral Commission for Local Polls
Ondo State is now set for local government elections in the 18 local Governments as the Ondo State House of…
Ocean Surge: Keep Off Beaches, Lagos Warns
The Lagos State government has issued a warning to Lagosians, especially those residing by the waterfront around the coastal areas…
Fear Of Expulsion Behind UNICAL Students’ Rampage
P.M.NEWS investigation has revealed that students of the University of Calabar, South- South Nigeria who went on the rampage at…
Boko Haram Again: Borno Council Boss Shot Dead
Gunmen have stormed the home of a local government chairman in Nigeria’s northeast and shot him dead, a state official…
Deputy Gov In Ghastly Auto Crash
The Deputy Governor of Gombe State, Mr. David Albashi, sustained serious injuries when his vehicle collided with another vehicle along…
Robbery Suspects Escape Death
The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria this morning rescued two suspected robbers from mob attack at Iju-Ishaga area of the…
How Mercy Johnson Defied All Odds To Marry Sweetheart
Against all odds, Nollywood star actress, Mercy Ozioma Johnson, on Saturday 27 August, tied the nuptial knot with her sweetheart,…
Bakare Slams Jonathan Over Salami
The serving overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Vice Presidential Candiadte of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Pastor…
A Provost’s First Day In Office —tayo mabeweje
Monday, 8th of August was a date and day the staffers, students and visitors on ground at the Michael Otedola…
Corruption At Nigerian Embassy In Germany —Uzoma Ahamefule
This news from Germany is really disturbing. Why is it that our leaders make us laughing objects before the international…
Highway Of Death
The Ogun State Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, has just released a chilling data on accidents on…
Interpol Begins Manhunt For Man Who Poisoned Blind Wife
Detectives of the Ogun State Police Command in Southwest Nigeria in cooperation with International Police, INTERPOL, have begun a manhunt…
Cholera Kills 7 In Nasarawa
An outbreak of a disease suspected to be cholera has killed seven persons out of some 189 cases reported since…
Jonathan: This Is a Challenging Time for Nigeria’s Judiciary
President Goodluck Jonathan has sworn in Justice Dahiru Musdapher as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN in replacement of…
Report Erring Contractors, Deputy Governor Urges Lagosians
Lagos State deputy governor, Mrs. Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, has urged Lagosians to report contractors in the state who fail to properly…
Farmar Lands In Israel
NBA’s Jordan Farmar has headed to Israel during lockout and was greeted at the airport by fans singing and banging…
Ramadan: Council Boss Feeds 500 Muslims Daily
The chairman of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, Hon. Kamal Abiodun Bayewu, has been feeding over 500 Muslims…
KAI Arrests 70 Environmental Offenders
Law enforcement unit of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment, Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) brigade has arrested 70 people…
Ideye, Ayila Miss Deadline
The trio of Brown Ideye, Atanda Ayila Yusuf and Efe Ambrose, won’t make it to the Super Eagles’ camp in…
Draw With MAS A Setback —Sunshine Coach
Coach of Sunshine Stars of Akure, Gbenga Ogunbote, has described the draw game his team had with MAS Fez of…