Year: 2013
Kidnappers On The Loose
The rising wave of kidnapping in Nigeria and government’s inability to curb it is creating tension in the country Nigeria,…
News Analysis: The entire country needs a state of emergency
By Bayo Onanuga President Goodluck Jonathan, ignoring a last minute dissuasion by Nigerian Governors Forum, has slammed a state of…
ACN slams emergency rule in Borno, others
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe…
Problems with pmnewsnigeria.com: Our apology
The pmnewsnigeria.com server was put down for an urgent maintenance between Monday and Tuesday night. Visitors to our site must…
Boko Haram Emergency: Jonathan’s Full Speech
Full text of PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES…
Training Tour: Visas Delay Flying Eagles’ Trip To Germany
Contrary to earlier reports that Nigeria’s Flying Eagles would depart the shores of the country to Germany for a two-week…
Lagos Appoints Mensah, Onanuga, As Coaches
Lagos State is set to engage the services of 82 coaches that will work with the 37 sports associations in…
Latter Rain Stars Maintain Winning Streak
Latter Rain Stars Football Club of Ogba, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria maintained their unbeaten run when they defeated Zion Football Club…
Afrobasket 2013: Oyedeji Predicts Good Outing For D’Tigers
Barely 7 days before Nigeria’s senior national team, D’Tigers begin camping in Lagos for the 2013 Afrobasket holding in Abidjan,…
DStv League: Debut Win Excites Customs’ Coach
Assistant coach of Customs of Lagos, Muhammed Abba has expressed his satisfaction over his team’s hard earned victory against Comets…
Politicians And Their Obsession For Pettiness
By Comrade Akido Agenro Nigerian political class’ penchant for actions that heat up the political system is unbecoming of statesmen.…
Sowore Vs Doyin Okupe On Al Jazeera TV
By Joe Igbokwe The other day I watched Al Jazeera Television where Omoyele Sowore, of Sahara Reporters, our own Professor…
Granting Amnesty To Kidnappers
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Nigeria is a blessed nation. Its people are unbelievable. Its leaders are ingenious. Quite very ingenious leaders! …
A Nation Adrift
There is no doubt that the security situation in the country is on the verge of total collapse given the…
3 Farmers Remanded For Robbery
Three farmers from Teme Fulani Camp near Gwanara, Kwara State, arraigned before Magistrate M.F.Abikoye in Ilorin, have been remanded at…
Insecurity: Jonathan No More In Charge -Aturu
Human rights activist, Comrade Bamidele Aturu says President Goodluck Jonathan has lost control of the nation as high wave of…
Fashola Tasks INEC Again On Fair Role In APC Merger
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Saturday joined his colleague Governors from Ogun State and Imo State to…
Amaechi, Oshiomhole Shun Govs’ Meeting
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South/South-East Governors’…
Police Raid Lagos Island, Arrest 164
At least 164 suspects have been arrested at various black spots on Lagos Island during a massive raid carried out…
Boko Haram Holds Women, Children Hostages
The purported head of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed two recent deadly attacks in the northeast in a…
Driver Bolts With Employer’s Car
A driver, Edem Bassey Effiong, a native of Calabar, Cross River State, south-south Nigeria, has disappeared with his employer’s Toyota…
Corruption: 157 LASTMA Officers Dismissed
The Lagos State Government has sacked 157 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA over cases of gross…
Samsung announces 5G data breakthrough
Samsung Electronics said Monday it had successfully tested super-fast fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology that would eventually allow users to download…
Tiger Woods wins 2nd Players Championship
World number one, Tiger Woods held his nerves, by winning his second Players Championship by two shots Sunday night at…
Maku denies link with Nasarawa mayhem
Nigeria’s Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, has dismissed a media report associating him with the recent bloodshed in Nasarawa…
Nigerian League: Warri Wolves Sack players
Nigerian Professional Football League, NPFL, side, Warri Wolves have sacked some players who are termed to be unproductive and also…
Mimiko: Omisore a misunderstood politician
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of the western Nigerian state of Ondo has described a former deputy governor of the state of…
Governors Of South-South, South-East To Revive Ties
JETHRO IBILEKE/Asaba Governors of the old Eastern and Mid West Regions of Nigeria have vowed to revive economic and political…
Nasarawa killings: Police open hotline for information
The Nigerian police has announced a telephone hotline as part of efforts to aid the investigation into the recent killing…
Ferguson: Rooney wants to leave Man U
Outgoing Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed on Sunday that striker Wayne Rooney has asked to leave the club for…