Year: 2015
How Lagos can make N30bn from Nollywood
Eromosele Ebhomele Though the issue of piracy took a major part of discussions between stakeholders in the Nollywood industry and…
Lagos Rail Project: Workers protest as CCECC sacks 500
Kazeem Ugbodaga Hundreds of staff and casual workers employed by the China Civil Engineering and Construction Corporation, CCECC, for the…
Tiwa Savage, Hubby welcome baby boy
Funsho Arogundade Mavin Records’ pop diva Tiwa Savage has delivered a baby boy, PM NEWS gathered. The good news was…
I’m ready to play alongside Aguero, Sterling, Iheanacho says
Raheem Sterling quicksilver start as Manchester City’s record £49million signing inevitably stole the headlines in their victory over Roma in…
Synagogue’s Engineers Ask Court To Quash Coroner’s Verdict
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned till 3 August, 2015 for the hearing…
PZ Cussons profit crash after Boko Haram attacks, falling oil prices
The tumbling oil price, a weak currency and the threat of violence in Nigeria has hit profits at the maker…
OPEC Sees Oil Drop As Short-Term, Expects Stronger Demand
A drop in oil prices this month is likely to be short-term and will not deflect OPEC from its policy…
Lagos CP Audits SARS, Other Police Cells
The Lagos State Police Command has begun an audit of different cells at the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with a…
BRICS Inaugurates New Development Bank
The New Development Bank (NDB) has opened in Shanghai to finance infrastructure projects, mainly in BRICS countries. BRICS countries namely,…
Buhari markets Nigeria to American entrepreneurs
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Washington urged American entrepreneurs to use the opportunities offered by the liberal trade and…
250,000 Children Risk Worsening Nutrition –UN
The Country Representative for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) for South Sudan, Ms Joyce Luma, says no fewer than…
UniAbuja gets accreditation for medicine, engineering, others
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja (UniAbuja), Prof. Michael Adikwu, said the institution had full accreditation to offer courses in agriculture,…
Parents Protest At Unilag Over Cut-Off Mark
Emmanuel Akintubosun Aggrieved parents of candidates seeking admission into the University of Lagos (Unilag), western Nigeria, on Wednesday staged a…
Killer Of Prominent Lawyer, Fadipe Arraigned
Henry Ojelu The alleged killer of prominent Lagos lawyer and human rights activist, Kunle Fadipe, was Wednesday arraigned before a…
GOtv Boxing Night: Boxers talk tough
With just a few days to the third edition of the GOtv Boxing Night, billed for 26 July, at the…
Speak out against sexual, domestic violence – Ambode
…Says His Govt Will Stand Up For The Vulnerable In The Society Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday…
FCMB Manager Faces Criminal Charges
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, southwest Ngeria, has adjourned till 30 September continuation of trial of…
I’ll recover stolen oil money and prosecute culprits, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in the United States vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who stashed…
Former Ministers Stole, Sold Crude Oil —Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Tuesday, in the United States, vowed that his administration would trace the accounts of individuals who…
Ikpeba, Akpoborie, Others Battle Selected Sports Veterans In Lagos
Taiwo Adelu Former Nigerian internationals, Victor Ikpeba, Jonathan Akpoborie and other ex footballers have been lined up to face selected…
Boko Haram attack family house of Buratai, new army chief, kills 2
MAIDUGURI, (Reuters) – Suspected Boko Haram militants burned down houses, including the family home of Nigeria’s new army chief, in…
White Garment Pastor Accused Of Raping Brother’s Wife
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police from State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria, have commenced investigation into an…
GOtv Boxing Night: Boxers Talk Tough
With just few days to the third edition of the GOtv Boxing Night, billed for 26 July, at the Indoor…
Prof. Mohammed Yahuza Bello emerges new BUK VC
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Bayero University, Kano, BUK, northwest Nigeria on Tuesday got a new Vice Chancellor when Prof. Mohammed Yahuza Bello…
As Heavy Rains Wreak Havoc In Lagos
In the last few years, torrential rains, accompanied by gale-forcewinds have wreaked havoc by leaving in its wake death and…
NANS rejects JAMB’s 180 cut-off mark, says it has been compromised
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Southwest zone has rejected the new cut-off mark decided upon by the Joint…
Kidnappers to lose property in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Kidnappers in Rivers State will henceforth lose their properties to the state when convicted under the new…
Oronsaye: Judge to return case file over allegations of bias
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The trial of former Head of Service, HoS, to the Federation, Stephen Oronsaye, and his co-accused person, Osarenkhoe…
Court jails police corporal 6 years for manslaughter
Henry Ojelu A Lagos High court sitting in Ikeja today sentenced a Police Corporal, Abang Okon to six years imprisonment…
Corrupt persons behind “Rented Protest” – EFCC
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja A rented crowd claiming to be representatives of civil society organizations under the aegis of Coalition of Civil…