Year: 2012
‘Involve Professionals In Civil Service Transformation’
The Chief Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Dr. Rasaq Balogun, has called on the Office of Transformation…
Police Foil Robbery, Arrest 5 Suspects
Police in Okokomaiko Police Station, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have foiled a robbery attempt by a three-man robbery gang. P.M.NEWS…
Police Brutalise 36-Yr Old Woman
A 36-year-old woman from Delta State, resident in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, is asking the Lagos police Command to fish out…
Two Remanded Over N3m Visa Fraud
Two suspected visa racketeers Omolabi Akeem, 30, and Jubril Azeez, 24, who allegedly specialises in fleecing unsuspecting members of the…
Fuel Subsidy: I am In Support Of The People
Senator Babafemi Ojudu representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District at the Senate, in this interview with Ayodele Lawal and Simon Ateba,…
Olympic Handball: Why Nigeria Withdrew From Olympic Qualifiers — Yusuf
President of the Handball Federation of Nigeria, Dauda Yusuf, has explained the reason Nigeria pulled out of the 20th African…
Ndanusa Makes Case For Sports Academies
President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee, NOC, Engr. Sani Ndanusa, has urged the National Sports Commission, NSC, and other sports…
On The Nationwide Protest Over Fuel Subsidy Removal —Odunayo Joseph
There is no doubt that the ongoing gridlock over the removal of fuel subsidy can be traced to four factors…
Time To End Subsidy On Inefficiency —Chido Onumah
President Jonathan’s decision to increase the price of petrol on January 1, 2012, will go down in history as one…
Jonathan Must Account For The Billions His Government Inherited
The Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Trade Union Congress, TUC, Civil Society Organisation and the generality of Nigerians have been on…
REMOVAL OF OIL SUBSIDY: PRESIDENT JONATHAN BREAKS SOCIAL CONTRACT WITH THE PEOPLE.
By Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu As Nigerians gathered with family and friends to celebrate the New Year, the federal government…
Tinubu: Jonathan Has betrayed the people
Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader and former governor of Lagos State, has accused the Jonathan…
Agege Abattoir Stinks, Lawmaker Cries Out
A Lagos lawmaker, Ibrahim Layode, has cried out over the poor environment under which business people at the abattoir and…
ACN Condemns Arrest Of Its Former Scribe, Calls For His Release
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has strongly condemned Tuesday’s arrest of its former National Secretary, Dr. Usman Bugaje, by…
Oyo Govt Declares Curfew
Protest against the removal of oil subsidy has taken another dimension as hoodlums have hijacked the protest by unleashing terror…
24-Hour Curfew Imposed In Kaduna
To prevent hoodlums from hijacking the fuel subsidy protest and breakdown of law and order, the Kaduna State government has…
FUEL SUSBIDY PROTEST: Fashola Cautions Security Agencies
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola on Tuesday received another set of prominent Nigerians protesting removal of fuel subsidy at…
Amaechi Swears In 10 Acting Council Chairmen
Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Southsouth Nigeria, today swore in ten acting council chairmen to preside over affairs…
ACN Condemns Suspension Of 11 LG Chairmen
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Rivers State chapter, has decried the sacking of 11 Council Chairmen and subsequent swearing in…
ACN To Jonathan: Listen To The People’s Voice
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to listen to the voice of the people,…
Diezani: Why Oil subsidy should Go
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke on Tuesday explained how the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal…
Boko Haram: Army Acquires Bomb Detectors
The Nigeria Army on Tuesday stated that it has acquired modern explosive detectors and other Hi- Tech equipment in an…
Occupy Nigeria Rally: Day 2, No Retreat, NO Surrender
The Occupy Nigeria rally entered day two today nationwide with thousands of demonstrators including two deputy president of the Nigeria…
Boko Haram Kills 12 Members Of Apostolic Church
Twelve worshippers at the Christ Apostolic Church in Yola, Adamawa State were killed last night when gunmen, suspected to be…
Activists Call For Killer DPO’s Prosecution
Human rights activists have called for the prosecution of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Pen Cinema Police Divisional Headquarters, Segun…
Sagay, Adeyemi, ANA Back Labour
Constitutional lawyer, Prof. Itse Sagay, elder statesman, Pa Ayo Opadokun and others say the ongoing strike must be sustained until…
Senate Sits Over Subsidy Removal
The Senate this afternoon rose from an emergency meeting with a resolution that its leadership should continue with the ongoing…
Okonjo-Iweala Blames Govs For Subsidy Removal
The Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala, has denied being the mastermind of the oil subsidy removal that has…
Occupy Nigeria Rally: Day 2, Gets Violent In Ibadan
The nationwide protest against the Federal Government’s removal of oil subsidy which was peaceful in most parts of the country…