Year: 2015
Rivers Assembly screens nominees for three boards
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly will Monday screen nominees into governing boards of different parastatals and…
Siblings at war: Two professors fight over late mom’s properties
Cyriacus Izuekwe Two professors born by same parents are locked in a fierce battle over inheriting their late mother’s two…
Breaking: Registrar bags 10 years jail for aiding Fred Ajudu to defraud Gen. Bamaiyi
Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court judge, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo Monday sentenced a Court Registrar, Oluronke Rosolu, to 10 years…
ISIS figures on Boko Haram attacks, killings a hoax – FG
The Federal Government has described as a hoax the figures being bandied by ISIS concerning the number of attacks carried…
Statement by FIFA independent Ethics Committee adjudicatory chamber on the bans on Joseph S. Blatter & Michel Platini
The adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee chaired by Mr Hans Joachim Eckert has banned Mr Joseph S. Blatter, President…
Blatter, Platini banned for 8 years
FIFA president Sepp Blatter and UEFA boss Michel Platini have been suspended for eight years from all football-related activities following…
CHAN Eagles resume training after weekend break
Taiwo Adelu Nigeria’s Super Eagles Team B will resume their camping in Abuja after two days break at the weekend…
World stars confirm participation in Lagos City Marathon Race
Three world class women marathoners with IAAF gold label have confirmed they will be in Nigeria for the Access Bank…
Miss Philippines crowned Miss Universe
Miss Colombia was wrongly named Miss Universe in a dramatic mix-up in front of a global television audience of millions,…
After 2,000 years, Christians in Gaza disappearing
Dim lighting and candles softly illuminate decorative tapestries as the smell of incense fills the air and the harmonic sound…
Pay N4.5bn as compensation, court orders Stanbic IBTC
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc to pay a former Group…
Oritsejafor has a message for Nigerians
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged Nigerians to be resolute in the face of the…
Osinbajo urges people of North-East to move over to APC
Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said there was no justification for people in North-East of Nigeria to remain in…
Kwara Govt imposes 24-hr curfew as 4 die in Share/Tsaragi clash
At least four persons reportedly lost their lives on Sunday in a renewed communal clash involving Share and a neighboring…
FG orders probe of unauthorised use of equipment by Aero Contractors
Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, has directed immediate investigation into the use of unauthorized equipment by Aero…
Kwara has lowest HIV cases in Nigeria – NACA
National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), says Kwara is one of the states with lowest rate of HIV…
370,000 defect from PDP to APC in Jigawa
No fewer than 370,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Jigawa have defected to the All Progressives Congress…
Gunmen abduct Commissioner, Gov Dickson’s sister in Bayelsa
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday abducted the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Local Government Madam Serefina Otazi, family sources…
NNPC orders special supply of petrol for hitch-free Yuletide
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has directed relevant agencies to embark on special supply of…
Taraba: Aisha Alhassan hopeful as Appeal Court sits Monday
A panel constituted by the Appeal Court to consider the Taraba State Governorship election matter will sit on Monday. The…
Wuse market on fire in Abuja
A popular market in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital is on fire, PM News has learnt. According to an eyewitness, the raging…
LAHASCOM re-invents its service delivery in 2016
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission, LAHASCOM, will put in place a strategic plan to re-invent…
Ambode wants Governor’s Cup Tennis upgraded to ATP championship
Taiwo Adelu Governor Akinwunmi Ambode surprised tennis pundits during the grand finale of the 15th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship…
114 Roads: Lagos charges communities to cooperate with contractors
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has called on all communities in the Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas,…
RRS arrests teenage robbery suspect in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, intensify efforts at reducing crime in the metropolis, policemen…
Fayose rallies labour unions against Buhari’s harsh policies
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, western Nigeria, has urged labour leaders in Nigeria to protect the interests…
Kano State Fire Service records 80 outbreaks in November
The Kano State Fire Service says it has recorded 80 cases of fire outbreaks in November. The Director of the…
NDDC inaugurates N427m hostel for RSUST students
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Sunday inaugurated an ultra-modern 522-bed hostel, worth N427 million, for students of the…
CBN Governor promises robust economy, stable currency in 2016
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefeile says the apex bank is evolving additional measures to boost…
Task Force on Distribution of Petroleum Products warns marketers against diversion
Alhaji Rabiu Bako, Chairman, Task Force on Distribution of Petroleum Products in Kano State, has warned fuel marketers against diversion…