Year: 2012
‘I Want D’Tigers’ Action’
For Somtochukwu Mbah, a 15 years old SS2 student of Corona Secondary School, Agbara, Lagos, playing for Nigeria’s national men’s…
Natural Grass For Adokiye Stadium
In a bid to meet the internationally acceptable standard, the Rivers State Commissioner for Sports, Fred Igwe, says the Adokiye…
Scrabble: Ikekeregor Eyes Nations Cup Ticket
Former African scrabble champion, Dennis Ikekeregor says he still has the ambition of representing Nigeria at the next edition of…
Men Always Ask Me For Sex
Crossover Nollywood actress, Imelda Ada Okwori, who has featured in movies such as Law Abiding, Santana Ladies, Wedding Gifts and…
Impersonation: Segun Arinze Warns Facebook Fans
Star actor and ex-national president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Segun Arinze has raised an alarm over…
Ngozi Nwosu Goes Underground
Following reports by P.M.NEWS on her failing health and battle with a kidney-related ailment, Nollywood star actress, Ngozi Nwosu,…
Thousands Protest Anti-Islam Film In Kaduna
Shiite Muslims in their thousands trooped out in Kaduna, Kaduna State in Northcentral Nigeria today to protest the widely-condemned anti-Islam…
Gunmen Kill Driver, Abduct 2 kids
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Dare-devil gunmen suspected to be kidnappers this morning in Benin struck at the home of a Nigerian businessman…
We Need To Fight
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, once again, came to media attention last week when he spoke at this year’s Leadership Newspapers…
Golf: Snedeker wins Championship, $10m bonus
American Brandt Snedeker won the US PGA Tour Championship and claimed a $10 million bonus for capturing the tour season…
La Liga: Sabotage suspected in Madrid-Rayo floodlight failure
Real Madrid’s La Liga match at Rayo Vallecano was postponed on Sunday after the floodlights failed amid reports of electrical…
Archbishop urges Amaechi, Omehia end feud
Archbishop, Province of Niger Delta and Bishop of the Diocese of Niger Delta North, Most Reverend Ignatius C. O. Kattey…
Lokoja-Abuja Highway closed
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Those travelling from Abuja and other Northern states to the Southern parts of the country and vice versa…
Reporter’s Diary: Nigeria’s aviation industry in limbo
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent For those who have predicted that Nigeria’s aviation industry is heading for a crash and its airlines,…
PDP commends Jonathan over N5000 decision
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday commended President Goodluck Jonathan for hearkening to the views of Nigerians by stopping…
Arik Air back in the air with empty seats
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s largest airline, Arik Air, began flying this morning with planes half empty, three days after it…
Deadly bomb explosion in Bauchi Catholic Church
A bomb has reportedly gone off at St. John’s Catholic Church at Bayan Gari in Bauchi, north western Nigeria, killing…
Akeredolu pledges to integrate Ondo with Western Nigeria
The governorship candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria in Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, on Saturday said there was…
Anti-Islam movie: Egypt Coptic Christians fear reprisals
CAIRO(AFP) – Egyptian Christians, who have long complained of discrimination, say they fear that an anti-Islam film produced by Copts…
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets maul Niger’s Junior Menas
Nigeria’s Golden Eaglets on Saturday in Calabar walloped Junior Menas of Niger Republic 6-0 in the second leg of the…
4 Boko Haram suspects killed, 3 Arrested in raids
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order said on Saturday that it had killed four and arrested three…
Drogba: No plan to quit Shanghai Shenhua for now
Former Chelsea star Didier Drogba has said he hopes to stay with Chinese club Shanghai Shenhua despite questions over his…
Jonathan goes to UN General Assembly
President Goodluck Jonathan will on Sunday lead Nigeria’s delegation to attend the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations in…
Curfew slammed on Damaturu, Potiskum
Soldiers of the task force in Nigeria’s Yobe state have conducted door-to-door searches in Damaturu, capital of Yobe and Potiskum,…
Single mum arrested with wraps of hard drugs
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said in Lagos on Saturday that it has arrested four suspects, including a…
Gunmen kill 4 Nigerian villagers
The Lamurde Local Government Authority in Adamawa State, northeast Nigeria, has confirmed the death of four persons following an attack…
$100,000 reward for killer of anti-Islam movie
A Pakistani government minister Saturday offered a $100,000 reward for the death of the maker of the anti-Islam film produced…
Petrol tanker fire: Burns victims in intensive care disappear
Eleven surviving victims of the 12 July Okogbe Petroleum Tanker fire disaster in Ahoada West local Government area of Rivers…
Arik begins flying again Sunday
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s biggest airline, Arik Air, said on Saturday that it will resume fight operations on Sunday, three…
Arik Air Grounded for Day 3
Simon Ateba/Aviation Correspondent Nineteen of the 23 aircraft of Arik Air, Nigeria biggest airline, remained grounded on Saturday and its…