Year: 2012
Panel blames PHCN’s CEOs for firm’s inefficiency
A committee set up to look into metering and electricity supply in Nigeria has faulted chief executive officers of PHCN…
UNILAG : Jonathan’s Name Change a Gift Horse, says Soyinka
The full text of Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka’s response to the changing of the University of Lagos name into…
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Bayern v Chelsea: Predict and Win winners get prizes
Two of the four winners of the P.M.News’ Predict And Win competition, Adegbenle Adedapo and Wasiu Adeoti were at the…
UNILAG Or MAU: A Controversy Like No Other
President Goodluck Jonathan must have expected a torrent of public applause for his decision to rename the 50-year old University…
Northern leaders meet with Jonathan on security
The leadership of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) met with President Goodluck Jonathan late Wednesday night on issues of security…
3 men to die by hanging for robbery
A High Court in Abakaliki on Wednesday sentenced three men to death by hanging for robbery. The condemned men Chukwuma…
N60B Bank Fraud: Group Seeks Trial of Kogi PDP Stalwart
A civil society group, Forum for Zero Tolerance to Financial Crimes, on Wednesday in Abuja called on the Chairman of…
Court Dismisses Suit Against Salami’s Reinstatement
Efforts to reinstate suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Isa Salami was boosted on Wednesday following the…
Govt insists on new name for UNILAG
Federal Government said on Wednesday that protests by students and staff of University of Lagos over the change of the…
Ibadan Residents Groan Under PHCN Extortionists
The residents of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, southwest Nigeria, have called on the management of the Power Holding Company…
Italian Engineer Kidnapped In Ilorin
An Italian engineer, who is working with Borini Prono, Construction Company, has been kidnapped in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital,…
LG Election: OGSIEC Cautions CNPP
The Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) has warned the state chapter of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP)…
Brendan Rodgers Becomes New Liverpool Manager
Brendan Rodgers has agreed a deal to become the new manager of Liverpool Football Club. The 39-year-old will sign a…
Don’t Scrap Or Merge EFCC —Shettima
The Governor of Borno State, Alhaji Kashim Shettima, has joined other well-meaning Nigerians in calling for the strengthening of the…
You Have A Case To Answer —Court Tells Akingbola
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja Wednesday ruled that the embattled former Managing Director of defunct Intercontinental Bank, Erastus…
Lagos Court Conducts Proceedings With Torchlight
A Lagos High Court in Ikeja presided over by Justice Oke Opeyemi Ikeja today conducted its proceeding with torchlight due…
UNILAG Shut: Students Block 3rd Mainland Bridge, Alumni Reject Name Change
The University of Lagos, Akoka, southwest Nigeria, was this morning shut for two weeks by the authorities of the institution…
HIV Palaver: Man Abandons Wife, Baby In Hospital
A man has abandoned his wife and their new baby in a hospital and insisted that he was no longer…
ACN Celebrates 13 Years Of Fruitful Democracy In Lagos
The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has congratulated the Lagos State government and the past administration…
2015 Presidency: Count Me Out —Fashola
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, yesterday urged his supporters to count him out of the race for Nigeria’s…
I Don’t Know What’s Wrong With The FG
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, in this interview stresses the failure of the Federal Government…
House Begins Review Of 2012 Budget
The Committee on Economic Planning and Budget of the Lagos State House of Assembly has commenced a quarterly review of…
Villagers Resist Police Team On Illegal Duty
The battle for supremacy between the Eleku Family of Oko-Oloni in Ibeju Lekki Local Government area of Lagos State, outhwest…
Palmwine Tapper Held Over Colleague’s Death
The police in Calabar have arrested a 40-year -old palm wine tapper, a native of Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom…
Goldsmith Charged With N10m Necklace Theft
A Lagos Island-based goldsmith, Sikiru Adeyemi, 42, has been arrested by the police at Adeniji Adele Division for allegedly stealing…
Jailbird Arrested With Gun
A jailbird who was arrested by the police with a gun and bullets confessed that he was only a thief…
Coalition Urges Jonathan To Reshuffle Cabinet
The Coalition of Niger Delta Ethnic and Civil Society Groups have urged President Goodluck Jonathan to sack some members of…
The Scourge And Terror Of Abandoned Projects —Shakir Babatunde Noah-Akinowo
“The crimes which are annually committed seem to be a necessary results of our social organization, …… society prepares crimes,…
Lawyers Task FG On Dividends Of Democracy
Some lawyers on Tuesday in Lagos urged the Federal Government to continue to ensure that the dividends of democracy were…
Edo Group Supports Renaming Of UNILAG After MKO
The Edo Consultative Forum (ECF), Lagos branch, on Tuesday commended the Federal Government for re-naming the University of Lagos (UNILAG),…