Year: 2012
Adamant Lagos Doctors On Strike
Patients who visited various public health facilities in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria today for medical attention were not attended to…
Spanish Doctor Missing In Nigeria
Spain said Wednesday that one of its nationals had gone missing in southern Nigeria and was feared kidnapped. The disappearance…
Tsunami Alert In Indonesia
The Indonesian president said on Wednesday there was no immediate threat of a tsunami from an 8.6-magnitude earthquake that struck…
26 Arrested Over School Land
The Lagos State Taskforce on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has begun massive clampdown on suspected land grabbers, known…
Lawmaker Call For National Conference
A legislator, Sunday Adepoju, representating Ido/Ibarapa East Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has emphasised the need for national…
ACN Alleges Threat To Aregbesola’s Life
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has raised the alarm over ‘credible threats’ to Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s life within the…
2012 Planting Season: Edo Disburses N102m To Farmers
As part of its effort to ensure sufficient food production, Edo State Government has disbursed the sum of N102 million…
‘Prophet’ Arraigned Over N600,000 Fraud
A 35-year old man, Isaac Salau, who claimed to have the powers to exorcise evil spirits, was on Tuesday charged…
NDLEA Arrests 2 For Cocaine Ingestion
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday arrested four suspected drug traffickers, including two men who ingested 124…
Dons Seek Life Jail For Corrupt Public Officers
Members of the academia on Tuesday urged the government to put in place stiffer measures to punish public officers found…
Highway Robbery: Police Kill 7 Suspects
The efforts of the police in Ogun to rid the highways of robbers have yielded results as policemen killed seven…
Lagos Decries Shortage In Blood Banks
The Lagos State Government has decried the shortage of blood in General Hospitals blood banks in the state, just as…
OPD Raises Alarm Over Rising Child Rape Cases
The Lagos State Office of the Public Defender, OPD, has raised an alarm over the rising cases of child rape,…
N60m Fraud: Ex-Commissioner Gets Bail
A former Commissioner for Finance in Osun, Mr. Moses Ojo, was on Tuesday granted bail by an Osogbo Senior Magistrate’s…
Fighting On Lagos Island: Police Arrest 18
The monitoring unit of the Inspector-General of Police, Abuja, has arraigned 18 persons before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court on a…
‘Lagos Carnival Will Continue’
A lawmaker representing Eti-Osa Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Gbolahan Yishawu, has described the recent carnival…
Why I Empowered 31 Constituents —Ladi Balogun
It was Good Friday and despite the heavy rainfall, the people of Ajeromi-Ifelodun Constituency 2 trooped out to witness the…
Lawmaker Flays FG Over Power Outage
The Chairman, House Committee on Energy, Mineral Resources and Waterfront Infrastructure in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Lanre Ogunyemi,…
Committee Chairman Warns Students Against Wasting Govt Funds
Students of skill acquisition centres in Lagos state have been warned to guide against wastage of government funds in the…
Football, Headlines, Sports, World News
Nigeria Crashes On FIFA Ranking Again
Nigeria’s football continues with its steady decline, as the country dropped by three spots in the monthly FIFA ranking released…
Eagles Ready For Pharaohs
Reports reaching P.M.Sports from Dubai early today say the Super Eagles are battle ready for the Pharaohs of Egypt in…
Olympics: Nigerian Wrestlers Step Up Preparation
In a bid to step up their chances ahead of the qualifiers for the fast approaching London 2012 Olympics, the…
Barca’s Abidal Gets Liver Transplant
Barcelona defender, Eric Abidal underwent liver transplant Tuesday but as at the time of filling this report, Barcelona are yet…
Mysterio Set New Target
It doesn’t seem like it’s been so long but Rey Mysterio has been out of action since SummerSlam last year. He was…
Punk Jabs Stone Cold
WWE champion C.M. Punk appeared on the Fox D.C. early this week playing up a feud with retired WWE Hall…
Wrestlemania: Lesnar Returns In Chicago
Brock Lesnar has returned to WWE, and he now has a scheduled match to prove it. Lesnar is set to…
Badminton: Nigeria’ll Be In Olympics —Danlami
President of Nigeria Badminton Federation, NBF, Justice Danlami Senchi has assured Nigerians of an Olympic ticket through Nigeria’s top ranked…
Para Soccer: How Warriors Won Promasidor Cup -Garuba
Captain of NAS Warriors, Abdulahi Garuba says determination and hardwork were responsible for their victory in the final of Promasidor…
Rival Tips Ohuruogu For Olympic Glory
Christiae Ohuruogu is Britain’s only defending Olympic champion on the track, but she has struggled to find her form since…
Pillars Can Win NPL Title
Kano Pillars have revealed that they have the calibre of players that will give them the Nigeria Premier League shield…