Year: 2012
Rooney’s Ban’ll Affect England—Nani
Portugal winger, Nani thinks that the absence of his Manchester United team-mate for England’s first two group games is so…
Mosley Retires, Hands Gloves To Son
“Sugar” Shane Mosley announced Monday that he was hanging up the gloves after an illustrious 19-year career that will likely…
Injury-Prone Johnson Quits
Four-time Olympic medalist Shawn Johnson, 20, of the United States has announced her retirement from competition due to recurring knee…
Farah On Course For Olympics
Mo Farah was delighted with his form after running the fastest 5,000 metres in the world this year in his…
Banyana’ll Have Problem At London Games—Ikhana
Coach of Nigeria’s Super Falcons, Kadiri Ikhana, has warned that the Banyana Banyana of South Africa, one of the African…
Lawal: I’ll Quit Tennis Soon
Losing finalist in the Men’s Singles event of the recently concluded CBN Open, who is also the Nigerian number four,…
Fire Guts Redeemers Varsity Female Hostel
There was commotion at the Redeemers University in Mowe, Ogun State this morning as fire gutted Queen Esther Hall, one…
Dairy Farm, Kuje Celebrate Lagos Principal’s Cup Victories
Last Saturday was a day of celebration for students of Dairy Farm Senior Secondary School, Agege and Kuje Senior Secondary…
African Tourney: Team Nigeria’s Victories Excite Handball Boss
President of Handball Federation of Nigeria, HFN, Dauda Yusuf has expressed his satisfaction with the performance of the Nigerian teams…
Growing Injury Worries Gerrard
Skipper Steven Gerrard admits he is ‘angry’ at England losing so many key players through injury in the build-up to…
Dominant Spain Chasing Record
Four years ago, Spain made history at the Euros, finally ending 44 years of pain and misery as the perennial…
Ex-Bayelsa state governor detained over fraud charge
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Former governor of Nigeria’s oil rich Bayelsa state, Chief Timipre Sylva, was on Tuesday docked before…
Ex-Open varsity VC now Kogi government scribe
Nigeria’s Kogi state government has appointed Professor Olugbenro Jegede, the pioneer Vice Chancellor of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN),…
Gombe students protest colleague’s killing
Students of Federal College of Education (Technical), Gombe, have protested the killing of their colleague by security agents. A witness…
Japan sprinter goes naked to raise cash
A 27-year-old sprinter who wants to represent Japan at the London Paralympic Games has stripped off for a calendar showcasing…
HIV Is Not Death Penalty —NGO Boss
The Programme Coordinator of Community Health Support and Empowerment Initiative, Mrs Priscillia Ingbian, has declared that contracting of HIV/AIDS is…
Euro 2012: Holders Spain head for Poland
Champions Spain and under-pressure Italy were the main teams expected to arrive in Poland for the European championship on Tuesday,…
Plane Crash: How PHCN saved a Nigerian teenager
Nigeria’s abysmal power supply by the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, may have saved 14-year-old, David Shoyemi from being…
Nigeria postpones event to mourn victims
The celebration of the World Environment Day slated for Tuesday, June 5, has been postponed until further notice by the…
Syria in tit-for-tat with Western diplomats
Syria’s government declared on Tuesday that the ambassadors and staff of several Western countries as well as Turkey were personae…
Samsung Unveils Computers with Windows 8
South Korea’s Samsung Electronics unveiled in Taipei today notebook and tablet computers running on Windows 8 Tuesday, the latest firm…
LASAA Allays Fears Over Collapsed Third Mainland Bridge Billboard
The management of the Lagos State Signage and advertisement Agency (LASAA) has allayed fears of stakeholders in the outdoor advertising…
Black Boxes of crashed plane found
Simon Ateba The flight data recorder and cockpit data recorder or black boxes of Dana Air plane that crashed on…
Five Trapped In Collapsed Hospital Building
Tragedy struck in Benin City on Monday as five construction workers including an expatriate worker were trapped in the collapsed…
Hackers attack www.pmnewsnigeria.com
Google Sunday reported the presence of malware on some of the pages on our site, planted by yet to be…
Plane Crash: Lagos declares week of mourning
Nigeria’s Lagos State Government on Monday cancelled all official engagements in the State as it declared one week of mourning…
Losses continue at Nigeria stock exchange
Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE ) opened on Monday on a negative note with major equities recording…
Ekiti teachers defy government, snub tests
Teachers working in the public schools of the western Nigerian state of Ekiti on Monday defied the state government by…
President Goodluck Jonathan visits plane crash site
President Goodluck Jonathan, in company of the Lagos state governor, Raji Fashola, the Inspector General of police, Mohammed Abubakar and…
Li Na Crashes At French Open, As Tsonga, Del Potro Reach Q/Finals
Li Na’s hopes of defending her French Open title ended with a 3-6 6-2 6-0 defeat by world number 142…