Month: April 2015
S. Korea to punish firms who bowed to North’s wage pressure
South Korea said Tuesday it would punish three factory owners for bowing to North Korean pressure in a wage dispute…
Zenith, Sterling record Q1 pretax profit rise
Nigeria’s Zenith Bank said on Monday its first quarter pretax profit rose 14.5 percent year-on-year to 33.12 billion naira ($166…
US set to sanction Patience Jonathan, Orubebe, others
First, it was the extradition of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ogun central senator-elect Buruji Kashamu to the United States but…
Cattle breeders urge Buhari to end cattle rustling
A Fulani community leader, Alhaji Dodo Oroji, has appealed to the incoming administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari to address the…
Top Muslim body, Egypt condemn Ethiopia Christians killings
The Cairo-based top Muslim body Al-Azhar on Monday condemned the executions of some 30 Ethiopian Christians captured in Libya by…
Politics Of Fuel Stares at Buhari
The politics of fuel ignited the downfall of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The politics of fuel will ultimately ignite the…
New York Times wins three Pulitzers
The New York Times on Monday won three prestigious Pulitzer Prizes and a St Louis newspaper took the breaking news…
Fabregas desperate to finally win Premier League title
Chelsea star Cesc Fabregas said Monday he wanted to win the Premier League title as “soon as possible” as he…
Rivers of Blood: As four more are killed
…As APC decries killing of members Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state is gradually turning to a killing field as unknown…
Jonathan urged to hand over on May 29
Chairman of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), in Yobe, Alhaji Umar Kukuri, has urged President Goodluck Jonathan to hand over power…
Bomb blast rocks Shiite mosque in Potiskum, 3 injured
A botched suspected Boko Haram suicide attack targeting a group of Shiite Muslims injured three people in northeast Nigeria on…
Lagos Judiciary Official Jailed for Fraud
Henry Ojelu Justice Latifa Okunu of an Ikeja High Court today sentenced a staff of the probate division of the…
Lagos records 36.5% reduction in motorcycle accident
An annual report by the National Orthopaedic Hospital (NOH), Igbobi in Yaba, Lagos has indicated a reduction in the rate…
Washington Post journalist faces spy trial in Iran
A Washington Post reporter detained in Iran will be tried for espionage and collaborating with “hostile governments”, his lawyer told…
‘Local gin’ responsible for 18 mystery deaths in Ondo
Nigerian health authorities said on Monday that ethanol poisoning from a local gin may have been responsible for the sudden…
Zambia slashes controversial mining levy by 50%
Zambia on Monday slashed by more than half a controversial mineral royalty tax after investors threatened to pull out of…
Oldest woman in Latin America dies at 127
A report on Monday from Mexico City confirmed that the oldest woman in Latin America, Leandra Becerra, passed away on…
Buhari will not fail Nigerians – Wamakko
Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State has assured Nigerians that the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari will not fail the nation.…
Revive War Against Indiscipline, Group Tells Buhari
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta President-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) has been advised to revive the War Against Indiscipline, WAI, so as to…
Abuja Open: Nigerian Stars Confirm Participation
Damilare Okunola P.M.NEWS Tennis Special can reliably inform that no fewer than three top tennis players in Nigeria have confirmed…
CBN Junior Tennis Championship Serves Off In Lagos
Damilare Okunola The 9th edition of the annual Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Junior Tennis Open, on Monday, 20 April,…
Eagles New Deal: Keshi Leaves All To God
Out of contract Super Eagles coach, Steven Keshi has stated the ball remains in the court of the Nigeria Football…
Quadri Vows To Surpass World Cup At Suzhou Tourney
Nigeria’s table tennis star, Aruna Quadri believes he would surpass his World Cup outing at the Qoros 2015 World Table…
An Agenda For President-Elect, Muhammadu Buhari
By Moses Iloh On the historical issue of the likely destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah: It is written “Peradventure there…
Building A New Nigeria: Task Before The Buhari Administration
By Mac Durugbo On Tuesday, November 11, 2014, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, delivered what I may call…
Jonathan’s Loss And The Transiency Of Power
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The 28 March presidential poll has come and gone with its resultant tension, hiccups and drama. As…
The Xenophobic Attacks In South Africa
The extra-judicial killings in South Africa, also known as xenophobic attacks, are a sad commentary on the failure of leaders…
Ladipo Market To Be Shut Over Crisis
The Executive Secretary of Mushin Local Government Area of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Mr Babajide Bello has threatened to close…
David Mark, Ashafa Mourn Chukwumerije
The Senate President, David Mark, has expressed shock over the death of Sen. Uche Chukwumerije. Mark in a statement signed…
U.S. Requests For Kashamu’s Extradition
The government of the United States of America has begun fresh moves to extradite Senator-elect, Buruji Kashamu to face drug…