Year: 2012
Court Bars INEC’s Use of Procured Ballot Boxes
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday barred the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, from further use of…
100 Suspected Cultists Arrested
Over 100 persons suspected to be cultists have been arrested in Makurdi, Benue State, northcentral Nigeria, by the Benue State…
Gowon Slams Jonathan Over Renaming UNILAG
President Goodluck Jonathan was on Tuesday chided by former Head of State and Chairman of Nigeria Prays, Gen. Yakubu Gowon…
Customs Impounds N92m Fake Drugs, Goods
The Zone C department of the federal operations of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday announced the seizure of…
Federer books semi final match with Djokovic
Roger Federer reached a record-equalling 31st Grand Slam semi-final Tuesday, surviving a brutal French Open barrage from frail Argentine Juan…
6 bodies found in plane wrecked house
Six bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of one of the houses in the Lagos neighbourhood, where the ill-fated…
Collapsed Hospital: Expatriate Found Dead
Edo state government has postponed indefinitely re-construction work on the century-old hospital building in Benin City, southsouth Nigeria. This followed…
Crashed Plane’s Engines Packed Up —Demuren
The two engines of the Dana Air plane that crashed in Lagos on Sunday, killing all 152 people on board,…
Recalled Lagos Doctors Resume Tomorrow
The 788 recalled doctors in Lagos State will formally resume work on Wednesday after all the doctors would have collected…
Man Dies During Sex Romp With Girlfriend
A young man aged about 30 reportedly died at the weekend in Calabar, the Cross River state capital, southsouth Nigeria,…
Dana Air To Pay N2.3b To Families Of Crash Victims
With the confirmation that all the 152 passengers who were on board Dana Air flight 992 last Sunday died in…
Task Force Smashes Oil Theft Gang
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has uncovered a place in Ikorodu where oil thieves…
Bauchi Attack: Anarchy Looms, CAN Warns
Following the attack on churches and killings of Christians in Bauchi State, Northeast Nigeria, the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN…
Woman Sends Man To Prison For Fondling Her Breasts
A 30-year old man and resident of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, Honest Ogu, has landed in trouble for allegedly fondling…
Dana Crash: Group Sympathises With Nigeria
The Three Wheelers Beneficiaries and Operations Association of Nigeria, TWBOAN, Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, has described Sunday’s plane crash at…
Fire Engulfs Governor’s Residence
Part of the official residence of the Kaduna state governor was this morning gutted by fire. P.M.NEWS gathered that the…
TUC Calls For Safer Airspace
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has called on the Federal Government to strengthen the capacities of aviation agencies to make…
Sack Of 1,000 At Mobil’s Terminal Worsens Unemployment
Chief Ekpu Johnson, the President-General of Ekid Peoples Union in Eket, Akwa Ibom, says the sack of 1,000 workers at…
Ex-IGP, Ehindero Faces Criminal Charge
The ICPC on Monday filed a criminal suit against former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero. The News Agency of…
Dana Air operational license suspended
Nigeria’s aviation authorities have withdrawn the operational license of the Dana Airlines, the owners of the plane that crashed Sunday…
MAULAG: UNILAG Students Drag FG To Court
The students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) on Monday filed a suit against the Federal Government for changing the…
Apple Wins Battle Over Nano SIM Card
Apple has won a battle over the standard for a smaller SIM card, use of which would leave more room…
New Dell Laptop Offers 32.7 Hours Battery Life
Dell has announced Latitude business laptops with Intel’s latest core processors that can provide around 33 hours of battery life,…
Microsoft Releases Window 8 Preview
Microsoft has released the final preview of Windows 8, the company has announced. The new software includes an interface primarily…
MKO Deserves More! —‘Dimeji Daniels
Whatever his intentions were(are), President Goodluck Jonathan deserves more kudos than knocks for renaming University of Lagos (UNILAG) after Chief…
Dana Air Crash: Need To Sanitise Aviation Sector
Once again, the nation has been thrown into mourning following the death of more than 150 passengers of a domestic…
French Open: Nadal Faces Almagro In Q/Final
Rafael Nadal swept aside Juan Monaco, winning 17 games on the trot after his pal led 2-1 in the first…
Drogba Too Expensive For My Club—Maradona
Al Wasl Coach, Diego Maradona, has ruled his club out of the race for Didier Drogba, claiming that they simply…
Malware infection cleared from pmnewsnigeria.com
The latest malware report by our internet security company shows that pmnewsnigeria.com is now free from malware. Please click the…
Eagles Are Beatable —Malawi Coach
Head Coach of the Flames of Malawi, Kinnah Phiri, has said that the Super Eagles of Nigeria do not pose…