Year: 2012
Hugo Chavez: My cancer is back
Venezuelan President, 58 year-old Hugo Chavez has admitted a relapse of his cancer and designated vice president Nicolas Maduro as…
4th time lucky Marquez knocks out Pacquiao
A bloodied Juan Manuel Marquez knocked out with a right hand with one second left in the sixth round to…
TY Danjuma clocks 75
General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, the civil war veteran, the coup maker, former chief of army staff, former defence minister, big…
Obasanjo’s team endorses Ghana’s election
West African observers Saturday declared that Ghana’s just concluded presidential election was “peaceful and transparent,” but noted widespread technical glitches…
Pension Fund soars to N2.45 trillion
Nigeria’s total pension fund contribution hit N2.45 trillion last year December, the Director-General of the National Pension Commission, Mr Muhammad…
Police avert attack on PDP office
The Nigerian police on Saturday in Yola,capital of Adamawa state foiled an attempt to attack the PDP Secretariat. The irate…
8 year-old Amarachi wins Nigeria’s Got Talent show
Seun Bisuga Amarachi Nyanne was nothing short of stunning. She wowed the crowd everytime she was on stage and when…
Jonathan: I will miss my brother Meni
President Goodluck Jonathan has described the death of his younger brother, Chief Meni Jonathan as “particularly too painful to bear”.…
Mandela admitted to hospital
Africa’s icon and former South African leader, Nelson Mandela was admitted to a hospital in Pretoria Saturday to undergo tests…
Mahama and Akufo-Addo running neck and neck
Counting of votes has started in Ghana, and early results showed a tight race between incumbent John Dramani Mahama, a…
Ex-Nigerian governor, Balarabe wins anti-corruption award
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, former governor of the old Kaduna state has been named the winner of this year’s civil society…
Owei Lakemfa, Nigerian heads OATUU
Former journalist, Owei Lakemfa, has been elected as the Secretary General of the Organisation of African Trade Union Unity, (OATUU),…
I won’t resign, SURE-P chair Kolade says
Dr Christopher Kolade, former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and the Chairman, Subsidy Re-investment and Empowerment Programme (SURE-P),…
Boko Haram loses four more commanders
Nigeria’s Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order has disclosed that it shot dead four suspected terrorist commanders of…
Melaye the dad of my child, insists Bisi Ibidapo Obe
In African tradition, before the invention of DNA, the belief was that a woman always knows the rightful father of…
Jonathan weeps at brother’s burial
President Goodluck Jonathan could not hold back his emotions at the burial rites for his younger brother, Meni Innocent Jonathan,…
Council boss uses council fund as personal collateral
Justice I.E Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Lokoja, Kogi state has been told how Yahaya Abubakar, former…
Alleged minister’s assailant acquited 9 years after
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Nigeria’s Supreme Court on Friday discharged and acquitted an alleged assailant of former minister of information…
Ex-Militants sue Jonathan over N63.2b amnesty programme
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja The planned inclusion of victims of oil pollution as beneficiaries of the N63.281 billion approved by…
Nigerian Pastor charged with rape
The police in Western Nigerian state of Ekiti on Friday arraigned Solomon Olasehinde, 25, before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate’s court for…
Lagos-Kano passenger train service begins soon
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Mr Adeseyi Sijuwade, on Friday said that the Lagos to Kano…
Ghana’s voting stretches to second day
Voting in Ghana’s presidential and parliamentary polls on Friday was extended to the following day due to delays linked to…
Indian Nurse in Britain’s royal family hoax call dies
An Indian nurse at the hospital which treated Prince William’s pregnant wife Catherine was found dead on Friday, days after…
Toothless Traffic Law: Okada Riders Defy Fashola
Two months after the Lagos State Government commenced the enforcement of its new traffic law restricting the operation of commercial…
Front Page Comment: Lagos And Its Laws
As the Lagos State House of Assembly churns out laws to make the state a better place, we expect the…
Camry, Honda cars favorites of robbers in Nigeria
P.M.NEWS investigation has revealed that Honda cars and Sport Utility Vehicles, SUVs are the most sought after automobiles by armed…
Killers Of 9 Cops Nabbed
The Police in Lagos State have smashed a robbery gang whose members allegedly killed nine policemen during their operations. The …
How We Robbed Alali Hart —Suspects
Four robbery suspects have reportedly told the police how they robbed Alali Hart, a woman who runs a boutique, of…
7 Held Over Copyright Abuse
The General Manager of Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria, Mayowa Ayilaran, his company and six others, namely, Louis Udoh, Halim…
Knocks For Presidency Over N2.2b Banquet Hall
It has been more knocks for President Goodluck Jonathan over his administration’s approval for a new N2.2 billion Banquet Hall…