Year: 2011
Population: Clerics Call For Responsible Parenthood
Some clerics on Thursday called for responsible parenthood among Nigerians to regulate population growing at 2.9 per cent per cent…
2012 Bayelsa Guber Polls: Why We’ve Not Cleared Slyva -Baraje
Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party told journalists in Abuja on Thursday that the embattled Bayelsa State…
Beach Soccer: NFF Calls 18 For Dubai Inter Continental Cup
The Nigeria Football Federation, NFF, has called up 18 players to the camp of the national Beach Soccer team to…
Lawmaker Decries Age Limit In Employment
A federal lawmaker, Rep. Saheed Fijabi, says that placing age barrier above competence in employment matters is inimical to the…
Eleventh Tibetan Burns Herself To Death In China
A Tibetan nun burnt herself to death on Thursday in southwest China, making her the eleventh ethnic Tibetan this year…
Nuclear-powered Electricity A Major Priority In Jonathan’s Administration —Envoy
Nigeria’s Deputy Envoy at the UN, Bukun-Olu Onemola, said on Wednesday that the introduction of nuclear-powered electricity remained a major…
200 Foreign Firms To Participate in 2011 Lagos Trade Fair– LCCI
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) on Thursday said that about 200 foreign firms would participate in this…
Expert Urges FG On Population Policy Review
An environmentalist, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa on Thursday called on government at all tiers to address the high birth rate in…
Nollywood Actress On Trial For Murder Attempt
Popular Yoruba movie star, Bimbo Akinsanya, has been arrested and arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court over alleged conspiracy to…
19 Nigerian Pilgrims Die In Mecca, 5 Lose Pregnancies
At least 19 Nigerian pilgrims have died in Saudi Arabia in the ongoing pilgrimage in the holy land. One of…
Robbers Kill 2 Cops In Shootout At Oshodi
Two policemen were killed yesterday while three others were seriously injured during a shootout between armed robbers and policemen near…
PMAN Scribe Slumps, Dies
The General Secretary of the Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) Idowu Blessing Akinnehin is dead. P.M.NEWS learnt that Akinnehin…
Arik Air: Senate Backs Ultimatum Against BA
The Senate Committee on Aviation says it supports the 9 November deadline given by the Ministry of Aviation to British…
Woman Bites Off Neighbour’s Nose
A 38-year-old woman, Monica Edosa, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Ikpoba-Okha Area Customary Court sitting at Idogbo in Edo…
Stop Heating Up The Polity, Lagos ACN Warns Lagos PDP
The Lagos State Chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has warned Lagos PDP for the umpteenth time that it…