Year: 2012
Union Bank Face Stern Test In Final
The dominance of Union Bank Table Tennis teams (male and female) will be tested tomorrow in the final of the…
Vivian Eyes Shot Put Gold
Nigeria’s Shot Put athlete, and two-time Olympian, Vivian Peters-Chukwuemeka has declared her ambition to vie for the gold medal at…
Peters Tips Flamingoes To Shine
Former member of the Technical Committee of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, James Peters, has tipped Nigeria’s Flamingoes to shine…
Goldie Escapes, Junia, Malonza Axed
On the night of Sunday, 8 July, Nigeria’s representative at the ongoing Big Brother Stargame, singer Goldie Harvey was saved…
Mr. 2Kay, Ruggedman Shoot Kosi Were
Fast rising act, Mr 2Kay has shot his popular track Kosi Were with star rapper, Ruggedman in Lagos. The new…
PSquare Set For HMV Apollo
Award winning duo, Psquare, who recently dropped the video of their song, Beautiful Onyinye, featuring United States star rapper, Rick…
Bimbo Akintola Returns In Hoodrush
For many industry people and movie lovers who have been waiting to see the delectable Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akintola on…
The BEAT, StarQuest 2011 Winners Launch Album
One year after emerging as the winning band of the 2011 edition of Star Quest, Nigeria’s first and only band-based…
Unilag Receives Unwanted Guest
Recently, the main auditorium of the University of Lagos played host to movie lovers who trooped out to see Unwanted…
Ibadan paper to pay ex-Gov Kalu N10m damages
An Abuja High Court on Wednesday ordered an Ibadan-based publisher of The Extra Newspapers, to pay the former governor of…
‘My Younger brother fathered my children’
A 52-year-old man, Oladokun Bello has told an Akure Customary Court in Ondo state in Western Nigeria, that he was…
Russia continues romance with Syria
Russia said Wednesday it would fulfil a contract to deliver air defence systems to Syria and had no plans to…
Oritsejafor urges US to tag Boko Haram terrorists
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, president of Nigeria’s Christian Association of Nigeria called Tuesday on the United States to declare the Islamist…
NCE Student Hangs Self
Agbo Raymond, an NCE 11 student of College of Education, Oju in Benue State, has committed suicide. P.M.NEWS learnt that…
Singer Justina Throws Thanksgiving Bash
Singer Justina, the 2007 Nokia First Chance Talent competition first runner, has thrown a thanksgiving party after an auto accident…
Lagos Assembly Summons Contractors Over Poor Performance
Two firms handling various road projects in Lagos State have been summoned by the state House of Assembly over their…
I Begged To Buy Drugs At UCH
Morenikeji Titilayo Ojebode, the widow of late Samuel Ojebode spoke with GBENRO ADESINA about her husband’s last days Can you…
Dad Won’t Witness My Wedding Day
The second son of the late Samuel Ojebode from his second wife, Abimbola Ojebode, 35, also spoke with GBENRO ADESINA…
World oil prices slide as Norway strike ends
Global oil prices slid Tuesday after Norway halted an oil workers’ strike that threatened production and news of weak Chinese…
Katsina deputy speaker quits
The Deputy Speaker of the Katsina State House of Assembly, Alhaji Bello Majenwaiyya (PDP-Charanchi), has resigned. According to the News…
INEC boss in Benin pledges fair polls
Chairman of Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, on Tuesday in Benin, said the people of Edo would…
Russia sends naval flotilla to Syria
Russia has sent a naval flotilla of seven warships led by an anti-submarine destroyer to its naval base at the…
Botswana’s VP retires over ill-health
Botswana’s Vice President, Mompati Merafhe, announced on Tuesday his intention to retire at the end of this month due to…
Enugu goes for tricyle
Following the recent ban on motorcycles in Enugu metropolis, the Enugu State Government in the eastern part of Nigeria said…
Belgore Panel backs autonomy for councils
The Presidential Committee on the Review of Outstanding Issues from recent Constitutional Conferences has recommended optimal autonomy and stable local…
Oyo House splits over workers’ sack
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly were today split over the recent sack of 3,000 civil…
Ribadu: I’ll catch oil subsidy thieves in 7 days
DESMOND UTOMWEN/Abuja The pioneer Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Malam Nuhu Ribadu has boasted that should he be given…
ALSCON: UC Rusal ignores Nigeria’s Supreme Court
The aluminium company of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska UC Rusal on Tuesday insisted it was still the owner of Nigeria’s…
Husband Goes To Prison For Wife
A man who stood surety for his run-away wife, Benneth Nnine has been remanded in prison custody by an Apapa…
Multiple Accident On Obafemi Awolowo Way
An accident involving three vehicles happened today on Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. According to an eyewitness,…