Month: March 2014
Nigeria’s Crisis Of Governance
By Bayo Onanuga We are all victims of Nigeria’s crisis of governance, and we all experience its symptoms: failed schools,…
Political Thugs And Elections
By Ignatius Adegoke The great body of critical discourse on the politics of the era seems to have little good…
Entertainment, Interview, News
Musician Eedris: Why I Became A Farmer
His last album was released seven years ago, a development that has ensured he has been off the musical radar.…
I once sold nylon bags, wristwatches to survive, says Lagos lawmaker
Eromosele Ebhomele A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly and Chairman, Committee on Economic Planning and Budget of…
OKonjo-Iweala says NNPC audit will curb corruption
Nigeria must reform its oil sector to end decades of suspicion of widespread corruption and build up public trust, the…
Federer, Djokovic move into quarters, Wawrinka out
Four-time champion Roger Federer eased into the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells ATP Masters on Wednesday with a 6-4, 6-4…
Business, Headlines, Metro, News
Shoprite prices not right all the time: P.M.NEWS Investigation
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE Many Nigerians already have the impression that products sold in shopping malls and such outlets, apart from having…
theMedia 360 Company Wins Big At Broad Awards
Foremost media and public relations company, theMedia 360 Company, has been awarded the ‘Best Use Of Social Media’ 2014, at…
Andy Murray beaten by Raonic at Indian Wells
Canada’s Milos Raonic rallied in the third set to defeat out-of-sorts fifth seed Andy Murray on Wednesday and reach the…
Jonathan approves forensic audit of NNPC
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has authorized a forensic audit of the NNPC, the state energy company, the presidency said on…
EFCC arrests warder for opening bank account for prisoner
A 29 year-old warder with the old Abeokuta Prisons, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Joseph Emmanuel is at present in the…
Gen. Gusau shreds resignation rumour
Nigeria’s new Defence Minister, General Aliyu Gusau (retd) has denied reports that he had resigned from the administration of President…
UN human rights chief visits Nigeria
Nigeria, under fire internationally for banning gay marriage and alleged abuses while tackling Boko Haram insurgents, on Wednesday received its…
Army slams telephone blackout on Borno state again
Nigeria’s military authorities on Wednesday re-imposed a telephone blackout on many parts of Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, the base of…
Champions League: Barcelona, PSG ease into last eight
It was a stroll to the quarter finals by four-time Champions League winners Barcelona and French champions Paris Saint Germain…
NEITI denies loss of $8bn in crude oil swap
The Nigerian Extractive Industry Transparency International (NEITI) on Wednesday denied a report credited to it over the nation’s alleged loss…
10 students going to school killed in ghastly auto crash
No fewer than 10 students were on Wednesday killed in a ghastly accident on Sheme-Kankara Road in Kankara Local Government…
Nigerians in South Africa plan petition against police
The Nigerian Union in South Africa on Wednesday says it is mobilising Nigerians in that country to sign a petition…
Tennis: 3 Nigerian Players Make World Tourney List
For the first time in recent time, the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation, (NTTF), has included teenage sensation, Esther Tosin Oribamise…
Mace Of Kaduna House Of Assembly Still Missing
The Kaduna State House of Assembly on Wednesday directed its Committee on Ethics and Previlleges to investigate the whereabouts of…
Ajudua seeks fresh bail over $1.69mn fraud trial
A Lagos socialite, Fred Ajudua, on Wednesday filed a fresh bail application before Justice Kudirat Jose at an Ikeja High…
Lagos Monarch’s Son Arrested For Robbery
Cyriacus Izuekwe & Yusuf Mohammed The son of the monarch of Ojokoro, Lagos State, western Nigeria, Ade Taiwo, has been…
Cricket: Malaysia defeat Nigerian team
The Nigeria male cricket team on Wednesday lost to the Malaysian team by nine wickets at the ongoing World Cricket…
Abandoned Child Now Undergraduate
Kayode Aponmade Twenty years after Chidinma Sunday was abandoned at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) where he was admitted, he…
AU sets deadline for Sudan peace deal
Sudan’s government and rebels in war-torn Blue Nile and South Kordofan states have until April 30 to reach a peace…
Fire Razes Shopping Complex In Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga At least 17 shops at the Iponri Shopping Complex, near Surulere area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, were…
Teen gives birth after rape by father, brother
Jordanian prosecutors on Wednesday charged a teenaged girl’s 40-year-old father and 16-year-old brother with rape after she gave birth to…
England hires Chinese teachers for Maths
England, the home of some of the world’s elite schools and universities, is calling in maths teachers from China to…
13 bodies recovered from Lagos boat mishap
Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Wednesday confirmed that 13 dead bodies have been recovered from the boat accident…
AliBaba, KCee, Others To Join Yaw For Rare Concert
Over 25 artistes are billed to honour Wazobia FM’s multi-talented On-Air-Personality and actor, Steve Onu, popularly known as Yaw, with…