Year: 2012
The Headies 2012 IS Back
As the 23 July date for The Headies approaches, preparations for the 2012 edition of Nigeria’s biggest and most respected…
Gang War: Ebute Meta Residents Send SOS To LASG, CP
For what they described as unwarranted loss of lives and property resulting from frequent clashes between rival groups, residents of…
Bisi Yusuf: Our Favourite Son —ACN
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos State says it is pleased with the activities of the Chairman of…
Lagos Assembly Wades Into Alaba, LG Dispute
The Lagos State House of Assembly has intervened in the dispute between the traders at the Alaba International Market and…
EFCC Arraigns Man For Forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a 32-year old man, Samuel Khamsary before an Abuja High…
Assemblyman Gives Account Of Stewardship
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, has disclosed that…
NYSC deplores posting pressure by parents
Brigadier-General Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has decried the incessant requests for posting of corps…
Ivory Coast uncovers coup plot
Authorities in Cote d’Ivoire have discovered and prevented a plot to overthrow the government organised by exiled military officers, the…
Oil rich Arab States embrace solar energy
After decades of relying on carbon-emitting fossil fuels to build their cities in the desert, some oil and gas rich…
Nigeria’s SEC chief Arunma Oteh suspended
The head of Nigeria’s stock exchange regulator has been suspended from her post, its board announced Tuesday, weeks after she…
Euro 2012: Czechs clinch vital three points
The Czech Republic kept alive their hopes of reaching the Euro 2012 quarter-finals as they beat Greece 2-1 in their…
Oil prices take a dive
Oil prices diverged on Tuesday after New York crude struck an eight-month low with euphoria fading over a bailout deal…
World Bank projects little global economic growth
The World Bank on Tuesday projected “weak growth” for the global economy this year under pressure from Europe’s debt crisis…
South Africa sacks police chief, reshuffles cabinet
South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday fired his police chief, who is implicated in suspect property deals, and replaced…
The diesel engine exhaust cancerous, says WHO
This is a piece of news that should interest and even frighten Nigerians, dependent on generating electricity with diesel oil.…
Nigerian stocks close higher for the second day
Just like it happened Monday, transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday appreciated by 0.27 per cent with…
Shun ethnicity, Jonathan charges Nigeria’s envoys
President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja gave letters of credence to 93 newly appointed ambassadors with a call on…
Implement Report On Fuel Subsidy -ACN Insists
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the allegation of bribery involving the chair of the House of Representatives…
I Lied, Says Shamed Farouk Lawan
Chairman of the House of Representatives Probe Panel on Fuel Subsidy Mismanagement, Farouk Lawan, has admitted that he collected $600,000…
Woman Attempts To Kill Self, Husband
A 34-year old woman, Bukola Abiwa, has been arrested by the police and arraigned before Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State,…
June 12: Torrents Of Tributes For Abiola
As Nigerians in the diaspora mark the 19th anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, there have been…
I Won’t Fail, Says First Lagos Female PPRO
In the first interview she granted P.M.NEWS as the first female Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Lagos State, southwest…
Nigeria, Turkey trade volume rises
The trade volume between Nigeria and Turkey stood at 1.3 billion dollars (N206 billion) in 2011, Dr. Herbert Ajayi, the…
Pressure Mounts On Speaker Tambuwal Over Lawan
Some lawmakers have started mounting pressure on the Honourable Aminu Tambuwal leadership of the House of Representatives to take concrete…
LASG, Lagosians Draw Battle Line
Residents of Lagos State say they are ready to resist the new transport bill that is about to be passed…
Senator Adeyemi: Make June 12 National Holiday
Nigerian Senator Smart Adeyemi (PDP Kogi) on Tuesday said the late Chief MKO Abiola deserved all the commendations for playing…
Police Arrest 6 Over ATM Robbery
Police said on Monday that six suspects had been arrested over the vandalism of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in…
Man Docked For Procurement Of 9-Year-Old Girl
A 26-year old man, Israel Thomas of Fred Avenue, Jikwoyi Phase 1 Abuja on Monday appeared before an Abuja Upper…
80 Ships Expected In Lagos
Eighty ships are expected to arrive at the Lagos ports in the next three weeks, the News Agency of Nigeria…