Year: 2012
Fresh Bomb Attack In Kano As Victims Get Mass Burial
Another suicide bomber went on the rampage this evening in the city of Kano, Nigeria’s north west as the rebel…
Amuwo Odofin Begins Rehabilitation Of 21 Roads
Amuwo Odofin Local Government is to begin the rehabilitation of 21 roads in the council from Monday with a target…
Lagos Threatens To Shut Mile 12 Market
The Lagos State Government has threatened to shut down the popular Mile 12 Market, Lagos, South West Nigeria over persistent…
Kano Buries The Dead, The wounded bemoan fate
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Even as the Boko Haram Sect and security agencies were still locked in occasional gun duel in Kano,…
Borno Poll: Supreme Court Adjourns for Judgment
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A five- man panel of Nigeria’s Supreme Court has fixed 17 February to deliver judgment on…
Fuel Scarcity Hits Kaduna
Long queues returned to most fillings in Kaduna Tuesday as biting fuel scarcity hits the state. P.M.NEWS discovered that most…
3 Die In Army, Boko Haram Shootout
Residents of Tsamninya, Kano, Kano state, Northwest Nigeria could not enjoy their night rest in the early hours of this…
3 Robbery Suspects Arrested In Hotel Room
Three robbery suspects have been arrested along with a manager of a hotel by policemen from the Igando Police Division…
Nigeria’s Presidential System Wasteful —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has said that the presidential system of government Nigeria is currently practising is wasteful. Prof.…
9 Suspects Escape From Police Cell
The Edo state police command is yet to come to terms with how nine suspected robbers escaped from the Special…
Man Arrested For Threatening Tenant With Pistol
A landlord, who recently returned from the United States with a pistol, has been arrested by the police in Benin…
Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Nnamani’s Case Adjourned Till 4 April
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria this morning adjourned till 4 April the trial of the former…
Imoke Floors Abang For PDP Gov Ticket
The much touted battle for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship ticket in Cross River State between incumbent, Senator Liyel…
Battered Lover Slams N20m Suit On NNPC Official
A businesswoman, Miss Jennifer Broderick, has filed a N20 million suit before an Ikeja High Court in Lagos against her…
Nations Cup: TB Joshua Denies Prophecy Rumour
The Synagogue Church Of All Nations has responded to rumours making the round in media houses and on Facebook about…
Court Ruling: NFF Begs For Dialogue
Things have fallen apart in the Glass House over last Friday’s court ruling, which declared the Nigeria Football Federation, NFF,…
Lagos Inaugurates Boards Of Associations
Thirty seven boards of sports associations in Lagos were inaugurated today at the Indoor Sports Hall of the Molade Okoya-Thomas…
Lagos Recruits Drainage Maintenance Officers
The Lagos State Government has appointed Drainage Maintenance Officers (DMO) in all local governments to ensure maintenance, clearing and dredging…
Workers Barricade PHCN HQ. In Abuja
Members of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), on Monday locked all the major gates leading to the PHCN…
Lagos Govt Issues Boycott Order Against Cart Pushers
Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola (SAN) has again warned Lagosians not to use cart pushers in the disposal of their…
108 Persons Die In Road Accidents
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) says 108 persons died in road accidents in Plateau last year, while 1,488 others…
Let’s Protest Against Boko Haram —Seriki Hausawa
Seriki Hausawa of Lagos State, Alhaji Aminu Idris Yaro has called on Nigerians to embark on public demonstrations against the…
Police Kill 4 Boko Haram Suspects
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order (ORO), says four suspected Boko Haram members believed to have been…
Lagos Rugby League Kicks Off In April
Friends of Rugby has concluded plans to organise Lagos Rugby Union League. The league is expected to kick off in…
Nigeria To Play More Int’l Tourneys In 2012
The secretary of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, NTTF, Segun Oguntade, has assured Nigerians that the body will increase its…
Players Jostle For Slots Ahead Of AJC In Abuja
Thirty four selected players from the Nigeria Tennis Federation (NTF)’s trials yesterday resumed camping for the 2012 Africa Junior Tennis…
War Is Imminent In Nigeria But God Forbid —Joe Igbokwe
I am writing this piece strictly as Joe Igbokwe and I am speaking strictly for myself only. I was born…
Jonathan’s New Year Burden Gift To Nigerians —Lajuwon Lasisi
Consider this, “my people perish because of lack of knowledge”, which simply means people never learn from history, however recent…
Nigeria’s Rulers Reap Rewards Of Corruption —Alex Perry
The killing of more than 178 people by Islamic militants in a series of attacks on state buildings in the…
Probe Death Of Journalist In Kano
The dead toll is still rising by the day in the wake of the senseless attacks unleashed on Kano, the…