Year: 2012
US judge scolds Samsung in battle with Apple
SAN JOSE, California, Aug 2, 2012 (AFP) – The judge in a massive smartphone patent case reprimanded Samsung for releasing…
Friesland Campina WAMCO appoints new CEO for Nigeria
Friesland Campina WAMCO Nigeria Plc, the makers of Peak milk, have appointed Peter Eshikena, 52, as Managing Director. In this…
Federer wins marathon match for Olympic final
Swiss tennis maestro, Roger Federer beat Argentine Juan del Potro in a marathon semi final match to qualify for the…
Ojudu denies bashing ACN over PDP boss
Senator Babafemi Ojudu has said there was never a time that he described as “illogical” or “irrational” the call by…
Abuja slum dwellers fail to stop demolition
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A desperate attempt by residents of Mpape, a slum satellite settlement within the Abuja metropolis in…
Emir of Fika Escapes Suicide Bomber
The Emir of Fika in the Boko Haram state of Yobe escaped a suicide attack on Friday, when the bomber…
No Going Back On Jonathan’s Impeachment–Rep
A member of the House of Representatives, Dr. Samuel Adejare, has vowed that the House will not back-off from the…
Ojudu: The true story of Ekiti ACN Senatorial Primary
Senator Babafemi Ojudu representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District in the Nigerian Senate, has said that he feels constrained to set the…
Pastor Charged With Visa Fraud
A female pastor with one of Nigeria’s leading Pentecostal churches (name withheld), Felicia Ngozi Onuoha, has been arraigned before an…
Director Sacks Wife For Having 5 Girls
The Assistant Director, Audit, at the Federal Ministry of Finance, Tajudeen Adenekan has thrown out his wife of 12 years,…
PDP Begins Legal Battle Against Oshiomhole
There were indications on Friday that candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 14 July governorship election in…
JTF Destroys 5,000 Drums Of Petroleum Product In Cross River
The Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Pulo Shield, on Thursday destroyed more than 5,000 drums of petroleum estimated at N100…
Manko Transfers Prosecutors
After the recent shake up at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria by the…
Driver Murdered By Wife’s Lover
A driver in Calabar, Cross River State capital, southsouth Nigeria, Mr. Effiom James Usor, has allegedly been murdered by his…
Taskforce Shuts 7 Fuel Stations
The Edo State Petroleum Monitoring Committee has sealed up seven petrol stations in Benin City, the state capital, southsouth Nigeria,…
Lagos Unveils Apapa Regeneration Plan
For too long, the Apapa Central Business District, CBD, haven to the nation’s seaports, has become a nightmare of sort…
Olaitan: Lawyer, Group Demand Ugolor’s Release
Benin-based lawyer, Olayiwola Afoloabi has petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, requesting the immediate and unconditional release…
FCMB Grows Net Revenues To N32.4bn
First City Monument Bank (FCMB)Plc has recorded significant improvements in its financial position for the first half (Q2) of the…
NITDA Earmarks N20m For IT Outsourcing Body
The National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, says it has set aside the sum of N20 million for the upkeep…
54 Investors Bid For 11 PHCN’s Firms
The Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), has received, as at Tuesday, technical and financial proposals from 54 investors interested in…
Etisalat Excite subscribers With Free Subscription Promo
Nigeria’s most innovative telecommunications company, Etisalat has come out with a new blackberry plan for its subscribers. The new Blackberry…
We Saw American Wonder, D’Tigers Confess
Nigeria’s D’Tigers say they experienced wonders in last night’s Olympic Basketball Group A match against America, where they suffered the…
All Eyes On Bolt, As Athletics Begin
The countdown towards what is being hyped as the fastest race in history begins today as the Olympic athletics get…
Qualify From Heat, Get N75k, AFN Charges Team Nigeria
In what looks like a desperate bid to ensure that Team Nigerian begin to live up to expectations in London,…
George, Morton Give Nigeria Hope In Atthletics
Nigeria’s hope of getting into the medals’ table became brighter today as the duo of Omolara George and Amaechi Morton…
Nigeria Must Return To Grassroots -Coach
Following the ouster of Team Nigeria in the boxing event at the ongoing London 2012 Olympics, Head Coach of Calisto…
‘Toriola Should Quit Now’
Segun Toriola may be the first Nigerian to appear in the Olympics with a record six appearances, but some table-tennis…
Injury Ruined My Nations Cup Debut
Former striker of defunct Stationery Stores Football Club of Lagos, Taiwo Oloyede spoke with SUNADY AKINTOYE and BAMIDELE OLOWOSAGBA about…
Signs Of Love 2
Dear Aidy, The things you pointed out in “Signs of love” were quite true and real. All along, I’ve been…
Yoruba Movies Predated Nollywood
Prolific film producer and Mainframe boss Tunde Kelani spoke with P.M.NEWS Entertainment about the Nigerian movie industry, on-line film distribution,…