Year: 2011
2011 Governor’s Cup Update: Local Players Need Tennis Academy
 Sarah Adegoke, is the youngest to play in the main draw of this year’s edition of the Governor’s Cup. In…
Scrabble Federation Holds General Assembly
Nigerian Scrabble Federation, NSF, has concluded arrangement for this year’s edition of its General Assembly billed to take off 25…
Alcoholism: A Habit Too Expensive, Too Damaging —Rachel Audu
By most accounts, excessive intake of alcohol is a menace, both to the body of the drinker and to the…
Rat As A Metaphor —Isaac Asabor
Amidst thousands of political terminologies and phrases that can be found in lexicons, one of the phrases that continues to…
Occupy Wall Street Protests: Lessons For Nigeria
The “Occupy Wall Street†protests are taking place thousands of miles away in New York but recent developments in Abuja…
Precious, Am Ok Out Of Glo Najia Sings
On Sunday night, delectable Am Ok and lanky Precious had their dreams of the fame and fortune that the Glo…
2011 The Headies: 2Face, Darey, MI, Others Win Multiple Awards
The sixth edition of the annual contemporary music awards ceremony, Headies, formerly known as the Hip-Hop World Awards, was held…
Crisis Looms In Ifako Over Road Blockage
The Isokan-Ola Community Development Association in Ifako Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has accused the Muslim…
Police Nab 3-Man Robbery Gang
The Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, led by SP Abba-Kyari has arrested three robbery suspects in Lagos. P.M.NEWS gathered…
‘Understanding Mopol’ Kicked Out Of GUS
The first mobile policeman to ever compete in Gulder Ultimate Search, Corporal Goodluck Ohio, has been evicted from the reality…
Comedy Meets Music At Harp Rhythm Unplugged
Away from the usual Boko Haram and MEND threats, residents of Abuja had something to be excited about recently, when…
Gossip Nation Hits Nigerian Cinemas
After more than two years of filming on locations in Australia and premiering the Gossip Nation, around the globe, Nollywood’s…
JukeBox Launches Album
It was a night of fun and excitement recently as JukeBox, winners of the 2010 edition of Star Quest, Nigeria’s…
Kelani, Irish Film Maker Partner
Seasoned Irish filmmaker Cashell Horgan is collaborating with Nigerian ace cinematographer, Tunde Kelani, to float the Advanced Film and Television…
Lagos Legislators Begin Inspection Of Mortuaries
Just few weeks after members of the Lagos State House of Assembly decried the deplorable condition of mortuaries in the…
Nigeria’s Leader Urges Africans To Step Up Governance To Fulfill Their Potentials
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan said today in Perth, Australia that for Nigeria and other African countries to speed up the…
Tatafo Gives Birth To First Baby
Popular female commedienne, Helen Paul-Bamisile, has been delievered of her first child, a baby boy. She gave birth to the…
Fashola Gives Security Equipment, 300 Trained Police Drivers To Command
In a bid to combat crime and criminal activities in Lagos State, the government on Tuesday handed over security equipment…
Nationalised Banks: Shareholders Drag CBN To Court
Shareholders of Afribank, Bank PHB and Spring Bank on Tuesday dragged the Central Bank of Nigeria before a Federal High…
Ogun Assembly Drills Daniel’s Ex-aides Over Alleged Illegal Land Acquisition
Contrary to rumour making the round that the Ogun State House of Assembly Committee on Lands and Acquisition is out…
Judicial Panel On Illegal Land Deal Receives 114 Petitions, Begins Sitting In Ogun
As the Judicial Panel of Inquiry constituted by the Ogun State government to look into land matters between January 2004…
Amaechi Challenges Nigerian Engineers On Project Execution
Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state has urged Nigerian engineers to subscribe to international best practices in project designs and…
EFCC Alerts Public, Charges 2 Over Impersonation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has alerted the public over rising cases of syndicates working in parts of…
Nigeria’s Leader Woos Australian Investors
President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in Perth, Western Australia that his Administration will vigorously implement policies, programmes and projects that…
Bayelsa To Pay New National Minimum Wage
Following the political pressure on the Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Timipre Sylva, he has announced government’s decision to pay the…
Absence Of Key MDAs Stalls House Of Reps Probe Of N450bn NNPC Debt
The absence of some key Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) on Tuesday, stalled the investigative hearing into the non-remittance of…
NUJ President Condoles With Borno Journalists Over Slain Colleague
The National President of NUJ, Mr Mohammed Garba on Tuesday condoled with journalists in Borno over the recent killing of…
Taskforce Arrests 39 Fake Revenue Collectors
The Anambra Taskforce on Market Decongestion says it has arrested 39 unauthorised revenue collectors in Onitsha, Anambra state, southeast Nigeria.…
NGO: Senator Doles Out N20m Take-Off Fund
Vice Chairman of Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Nurudeen Abatemi-Usman representing Kogi Central on the platform of Peoples…