Year: 2011
Senator-Elect Scores INEC High
The Senator-Elect, Lagos East Senatorial District, Action Congress of Nigeria, Mr. Gbenga Ashafa has scored the Independent National Electoral Commission,…
‘No Vacancy In Lagos’
Governorship candidates of political parties in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have been urged to jettison their dream of contesting for…
Sule Rates Nigerian Athletes High
Nigerian athletes in the long and triple jump events have been given pass mark because of their outstanding performances at…
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Police Arrest 42 For Post-Election Violence
The Police in Taraba have arrested 42 persons over the killing of two persons in post-election violence in Mutum Biyu…
LASU Student Nabbed With Fake Naira Notes
For being in possession of fake N500 notes, a student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, Benjamin Omata, 19,…
Apprentice Decamps With Master’s N1.4m
A 19-year-old apprentice was on Monday charged before an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos, for allegedly decamping with his master’s…
Group Condemns Plot To Blackmail Estate Agent
A socio-economic group, Movement for the Development of Ishawoland, MDI, has commended Lagos-based estate agent, Chief Tesilim Adeola Almaroof for…
Poly Graduate Seeks Dissolution Of Marriage
A Lagos State polytechnic graduate, Mrs. Sobanle Abimbola has dragged her husband, Mr. Adewale Agbokere, a tanker driver before the…
Salesgirl, Lover Docked For Theft
Detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos, South-West Nigeria have arraigned two lovers, Anu Afuye and…
Driver Of Slain Monarch Still At Large
Driver to the slain Onijoun of Ijoun in Yewa North area of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria, Oba Jimoh Oyetubo Olubo…
Man Tears Sister’s Clothes With Knife
The police in Lagos on Monday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Michael Okorie, before an Apapa Senior Magistrate’s Court for allegedly…
Acceptance Speech By President Goodluck Jonathan
ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR, FOLLOWING HISDECLARATION AS THE WINNER OF THE 2011 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, TODAY, 18THAPRIL,…
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Official: Jonathan wins Nigeria’s presidential election
The curtains were drawn on Nigeria’s presidential election with the announcement today of the vote tallies for all the 36…
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Election: Riots Spread In The North, Curfew Imposed
Governor Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State this morning imposed a curfew on the state, as disgruntled youths sympathetic to Muhammadu…
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Katsina Burns As Goodluck Wins
The orgy of violence which erupted Monday morning in Kaduna State over ongoing announcement of results of last Saturday’s Presidential…
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Round the Clock Curfew Slammed on Kaduna
After violence broke out in major areas of Kaduna today over anger on announced elections results in the state, Kaduna…
Rioters Burn Sambo, Na’Abba’s Houses
Rioters have reportedly burnt the home of the Vice President, Namadi Sambo and that of the former Speaker of the…
Eagles’ Olubayo Dies In Auto Crash
Tragedy befell Nigerian football early today when news from Greece confirmed that Super Eagles’ defender, Adefemi Olubayo died in an…
Patrick Doyle In N91 Million Tax Scam
Detectives from State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, South-West, Nigeria, have arraigned Mr. Patrick Omojuwa Doyle (not…
Heavy Traffic Jams INEC’s Website
The website of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, www.inecnigheria.org has been attracting enormous traffic, with visitors reaching close to…
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Buhari Seeks To Stop INEC; Alleges Rigging
The presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, Muhammadu Buhari has alleged that the results released so far…
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INEC Results Dashboard: 1.30 p.m
•Jonathan: 21,429,283 •Buhari: 10,249,756 •Ribadu: 2,032,488 •Shekarau: 729,658
Front Page Comment: Jonathan’s Big Four-Year-Burden
President Goodluck Jonathan who has been elected by Nigerians across ethnic and religious divides for a four-year term has a…
The Need For Continuity In Lagos State
What is the purpose of a government? The response to this poser cannot be far-fetched. A recourse to political theory…
Varsity Bridging Admission Gaps Through Distance Learning Centres
The problem encountered by Nigerian students every year over admission into tertiary institutions cannot be overlooked as 60 per cent…
One More River To Cross
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, appears to have passed the litmus test posed by conducting this year’s general elections…
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Jonathan Sweeps Polls In Rivers
As expected, President Goodluck Jonathan of the Peoples Democratic Party won last Saturday’s presidential poll in Rivers state. He polled…
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Jonathan Clears Edo State
As predicted by P.M.NEWS last Friday, presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Goodluck Jonathan has won the election…
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You’re A Blackmailer, Tinubu Blasts Buhari
Former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has described the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change, CPC,…