Year: 2012
Couple Sends Bestman To Prison Over Wedding Suit
A newly married woman, Mrs. Ify Anyanwu has arrested and charged to a Lagos court her husband’s bestman, Chris Abasuonu…
Fashola Vows To Enforce Traffic Law
Governor Babatunde Fashola has vowed to enforce the new road traffic law, saying that he wants to sanitise the transportation…
DJ Murdered
The police in Lagos have arrested a prophet and two others for interrogation in connection with the murder of a…
Organisation Donates $15,000 To Support Yoruba Studies At Ohio State
Yoruba Club 21, a Columbus-based socio-cultural group for people of Yoruba descent from Nigeria, has donated $15,000 to the Owomoyela…
Arik Air Begins Nigeria-Cameroon Flights
Arik Air has announced that it will begin scheduled commercial flights between Lagos, southwest Nigeria, and Cameroon’s most populous city…
In-laws Beat Varsity Worker To Death
The marriage of about three decades between Mr. and Mrs. John Odu did not only turn sour, but the in-laws…
OBJ’s Doctor Dies
One of the personal physicians of former president, Olusegun Obasanjo, Dr. Durosola Habeeb Omotolani is dead, aged 63 years. P.M.NEWS…
HP Revs Up Campaign Against Counterfeit
America’s multinational hardware and software corporation, Hewlett-Packard (HP), is stepping up its anti-counterfeiting campaign after a colossal lost of 600…
Guinness Nigeria Promotes Responsible Drinking
Guinness Nigeria Plc has organised the second series of the DrinkIQ Media workshop to reinstate the need for consumers to…
Etisalat Deploys Oracle Data Retrieval, Analysis Solution
Etisalat says it has deployed the Oracle Communications Data Model solution for its data retrieval and analysis. According to the…
Where Are The Prophets?
By Isaac Asabor. The question, “Where Are The Prophets?” which a Nigerian reggae musician, Peterside Ottong, asked in his music…
Time To Militarise The National Youth Service Corps
By Henry Chukwuemeka Onyema Outside the way in which he concluded the Nigerian civil war of 1967-1970, the best legacy…
Police And The Resolution Of Murder Cases
The speed at which the police investigated the murder of Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nassarawa State University,…
Liberia FA Boss To Nigeria: Forget Nations Cup Ticket
President of Liberia Football Association, LFA, Musa Bility has told the Super Eagles of Nigeria to forget their dream of…
FIFA Reopens 2006 World Cup Probe
FIFA’s new investigator Michael Garcia says he will re-examine whether South Africa was robbed of the hosting of the 2006…
Fergie Bans Sponsors’ Cars At Man U
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has banned the club’s young stars from driving flashy sports cars from new sponsors…
Federer, Stosur Advance At US Open
World Number 1 Roger Federer launched his quest for an 18th career Grand Slam title by defeating American Donald Young…
‘Falconets Won’t Underrate Mexico’
Media Officer of Nigeria’s Falconets, Ejiro Babafemi says the team will not underrate their quarter-final opponents, Mexico when they clash…
Why Nigerian Players Are Backward
One of Nigeria’s foremost movie producers and actor, Kanayo O. Kanayo, who plays tennis at the National Stadium, Surulere, Lagos,…
Want a job as pilot? Head for Asia
Asian airlines that are now recruiting pilots abroad will need more than 180,000 over the next two decades, according to…
ATNIG Unveils New Lightning Protection Devices
In an effort to proffer solution to the problem of lightning in the country, a Nigerian lightning technology distributor, ATNIG…
Orient refinery for completion next year
The management of Orient Petroleum Resources Plc (OPR), said its refinery, which would be sited at Nsugbe-Umuleri in Anambra, would…
Jonathan has admitted failure, says ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria has described the lamentations of President Goodluck Jonathan at the opening of the 52nd Annual…
10 die in Ogun ghastly crash
Ten passengers of a commercial bus died on Tuesday at Obada-Oko in Ogun State, western Nigeria when their bus collided…
Nigeria: Flooding kills 10, displaces 20,000
Flooding in north-eastern Nigeria has killed at least 10 people and displaced an estimated 20,000 following heavy rains and the…
Venezuela’s refinery blaze spreads
A blaze at Venezuela’s main oil refinery, which has left 48 people dead, spread on Monday to a third fuel…
Samsung phones a hot cake as Apple seeks ban
In a bit of irony, there were reports that US consumers were snapping up Samsung devices in anticipation of a…
US gets ready for dangerous Storm Isaac
US President Barack Obama Monday declared a state of emergency in Louisiana as Tropical Storm Isaac gathered strength and threatened…
Jonathan: I’m the most criticized president in the world
Nigeria’s Goodluck Jonathan said on Monday that he was “the most criticised president in the whole world”, but pledged that,…
Oko Prisons Escape: Comptroller Blasts Police boss
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Edo State Commissioner of Police, Olayinka Balogun on Monday has come under the criticism of the State Comptroller…