Year: 2012
Nigeria Draw Ivory Coast In African Nations Championship
Nigeria’s home-based Super Eagles have been drawn to play their counterparts from Cote d’Ivoire, the Elephant in the qualifying series…
Nasarawa plans 2 airports
Governor Umaru Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, central Nigeria, on Thursday in Lafia, said that two airports would soon be built…
Ex-militants want pipeline surveillance contract to go round
Ex-militants in Akwa Ibom who accepted the Federal Government’s amnesty programme have protested against their exclusion from the NNPC surveillance…
UK Visa agent summoned by Nigeria’s foreign minister
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Olugbenga Ashiru, on Thursday summoned the management of VFS Global, a visa service company,…
Boko Haram claims attacks on telecom firms
Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram on Thursday claimed a set of fires yesterday at telecom masts across the north, while…
Amazon unveils new Kindle Fire tablet
Amazon on Thursday, in Santa Monica, California, unveiled a new, larger version of its Kindle Fire tablet computer with a…
Lebanese Kidnapped In Lagos
A 23-year old Lebanese identified as Ahmed Mohammed has been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen, at Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He…
Pa Igbinedion’s Birthday Tragedy: 4 Lecturers Die In Auto Crash
The 78th birthday anniversary celebration of business magnate and father of Lucky Igbinedion, former governor of Edo State, Chief Gabriel…
Cynthia For Burial Tomorrow
Miss Cynthia Osokogu, the victim of an Internet dating transaction, is to be buried tomorrow at Bebe, Ovia Agbor in…
Lagos Traffic Law: Govt Boycotts Talks With Okada Union
The Lagos State Government has vowed not to have further talks with the All Nigerian Autobike Commercial Owners and Workers…
Gunmen Attack Corps Members In Taraba
Corps members in Taraba State, northern Nigeria, were attacked by gunmen in the early hours of Thursday, sources said. Sources…
Truck Driver Rapes 5yr Old Girl
A 50-year old truck driver, Segun Balogun has been arraigned before an Ejigbo Magistrate’s court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, for…
N5000 Note: ICAN Slams Sanusi
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN, has slammed the Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido…
Ogun College Crisis Worsens
The crisis rocking Tai Solarin College of Education, TASCE, Omu-Ijebu in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State, southwest Niigeria…
Lawmaker Suggests Way To Fight Corruption
A member of the Anti-Corruption Committee at the House of Representatives, Dr. Samuel Adejare, has prescribed the Chinese method of…
DANA Awaits Notification From FG
A day after Nigeria’s Federal Government lifted the suspension of Dana Air, the airline has not been notified, P.M.NEWS learnt…
‘N5,000 Note Threat To Nation’s Economy’
The controversial plan by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to inject N5,000 bank notes into the Nigerian market by…
Ogun To Set Aside 15 Percent Of IGR As Sinking Fund
Ogun State government has disclosed plans to set aside 15 percent of its internally generated revenue as a sinking fund.…
Bakassi Indigenes Protest In Lagos
Special Adviser to former President Olusegun Obasanjo on National Assembly Matters, Senator Florence Ita Giwa was in the vanguard of…
How To Restore Academic Integrity In Nigeria –Olasehinde
A Professor of Educational Psychology, Felicia Olabisi Olasehinde-Williams, has identified what she called “Academic Integrity Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)” as a…
‘Meritocracy Still Pays’
With the education sector in gradual decadence, not many Nigerians believe that students can gain admission into the tertiary institution…
Pay Attention To Students’ Welfare, FG Told
Adenikan Adebayo Ismail, has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to pay more attention to the welfare of Nigerian…
West Africa’s Sporting Blues
By Elizabeth Ohene I gave up all hope of playing any sports with any seriousness when at the age of…
Re-Boko Haram Militants Burn Down Primary School
By Joe Igbokwe My heart bled profusely when I read Wednesday morning that Boko Haram militants burnt down Gwange 3…
We Won’t Allow Jimoh Ibrahim Kill Newswatch
By Ray Ekpu Since the four of us (Ray Ekpu, Dan Agbese, Yakubu Mohammed and Soji Akinrinade) who are the…
Mocking Nigeria’s Health System
Media reports in the last few days regarding the health condition of Nigeria’s First Lady Mrs Patience Jonathan raises fresh…
Super Eagles Off To Liberia Tomorrow
Players and officials of Nigeria’s Super Eagles will tomorrow depart the country for Monrovia ahead of their African Cup of…
Nations Cup Qualifier: IK Uche, Emenike Hit Target
If the numerous goals scored by Super Eagles strikers during their training are anything to go by, then the Lone…
Basketball Clinic: Turnout Of Kids Excites Oyedeji
The large turnout of kids for the 13th Olumide Oyedeji basketball clinic at the Indoor Sports Hall of the National…
NPL: Pillars To Get League Crown In Ijebu Ode
Kano Pillars will be crowned Nigerian champions tomorrow after Ocean Boys were thrown out of the league for missing two…