Year: 2015
Cameroon repel Boko Haram attack, 3 militants killed
Cameroon’s army has repulsed an attack by Boko Haram and killed three of the Nigerian Islamist militants in heavy fighting…
PICTURE: British Deputy High Commissioner visits Tinubu
Away from the crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the National Assembly, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, a national leader…
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Meet the Palm Wine drinking governor…and his people just LOVE him
If there is an award for the most “Down-to-earth” governor in Nigeria, Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti will most likely…
Sylva urges court to dismiss N19.2bn EFCC case against him
Former Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva on Thursday, prayed an Abuja Federal High Court to quash 50 fresh charges filed against…
Save me from death, man with kidney problem begs Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga A 35-year old man, Adeola Michael Olayimika is on the verge of death if nothing urgent is done…
Bayern Munich rules out Schweinsteiger-Di Maria swap
Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge on Thursday denied Bastian Schweinsteiger would move to Manchester United in exchange for Angel Di…
N19.2bn: Judge defers ruling in Timipre Sylva’s case
The case involving a former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial…
From Govt House to Prison: Sule Lamido, 2 sons remanded in Kano prison
Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Weeks ago, Sule Lamido of Jigawa was leaving in a palatial Government House as governor of the state…
7 escape death as 4-storey building collapses in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Seven people escaped death on Thursday in Yaba area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria as a four-storey building under…
Coroner’s verdict was biased, one-sided, says Synagogue
Henry Ojelu The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) Thursday faulted the coroner’s verdict on Wednesday indicting the church and…
Serena beats Sharapova again, progresses to Wimbeldon final
World number one, Serena Williams maintained her 11-year dominance over Maria Sharapova, beating the Russian 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to…
Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Ohakim, gets N270m bail
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, July 9, 2015 admitted former governor of…
We Almost Beat MFM, Says Handsworth Boss
Team Manager of Handsworth Football Club of Sango Otta, Ogun State, Tajudeen Olasukanmi, has boasted that his team would have…
UI Dons X-Ray Xenophobic Attacks
Gbenro Adesina/Ibadan Scholars from various disciplines in the humanities, arts and social sciences and students on Wednesday, 8 July, 2015…
Russia 2018 World Cup: How African Teams Will Emerge
The road to 2018 FIFA World Cup will be set out for five of the six confederations on Saturday, 25…
Russian Club Sign Nigeria’s Uzochukwu On 3-Year Deal
Russia Premier League side, Amtrak Perm, have signed Nigerian Izunna Uzochukwu on a three-year deal. P.M.NEWS Sports gathered that the…
‘Consistency’ll Bring More Sponsors For GOtv Boxing Night’
Taiwo Adelu Managing Director of Flykite Productions and promoter of GOtv Boxing Night, Jenkins Alumona, is not losing sleep that…
Friday Ekpo, Others For Yaba Hospital Friendly Tie
Taiwo Adelu Soccer fans in Yaba, Lagos and its environs will on Saturday morning, 11 July, be treated to a…
Nigeria Crash To 57th Place On FIFA Ranking
Taiwo Adelu It was a free fall for Nigeria on the latest ranking for the month of July as released…
Buhari And The Hurting Scoffers
By Peter Claver Oparah Only yesterday, they were men of power, prancing the national stage with so much haughtiness. They…
Court sacks 22 Rivers Council Chairmen, Councillors
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A federal high court in Port Harcourt presided over by Justice Lambo Akambi, this morning nullified the…
Iyaloja of Ijebu Ode assassinated
The Iyaloja-General of Ijebuland, Alhaja Sadia Elewuju has been assassinated by unknown gunmen at her residence on Wednesday in Ijebu…
FIFA bans Chuck Blazer for life
FIFA’s independent ethics committee has banned former executive committee member and whistle blower Chuck Blazer from all football-related activity for…
How to curb insurgency in Nigeria – Oshun
Eromosele Ebhomele The first step to curbing insurgency in Nigeria is for the citizens to see it as a collective…
Zaria bomb blast, devil’s handiwork – Rep
Femi Adi/Kaduna House of Representatives member, Barrister Sunday Marshall Katung, has said the Sabon-Gari bomb blast is the handiwork of…
N1.4bn Subsidy Fraud: EFCC tenders ‘Proof of Forgery’ against Helen Aninye, others
Dennis Kasari, the prosecution witness in the trial of Helen Aninye, Chizobam Ben-Okafor and their company, Pon-Specialized Services Limited, on…
Cash Smuggling: Congolese forfeits $511,225 to FG
Justice Ibrahim Buba of the Federal High Court, Lagos today convicted one Kutumisana Mbuta Blaise, from the Democratic Republic of…
N6bn: Oronsaye to be charged with pension fraud today
Former head of the Nigerian civil service, Steven Oronsaye may be arraigned in court today over a N6 billion biometric…
University of Port Harcourt ranked 6th in Africa, 1st in Nigeria
The University of Port Harcourt has been ranked the sixth in Africa and the first in Nigeria by Times Higher…
Buhari meets BBOG campaigners, says military doing its best
ABUJA, (Reuters) – Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday held his first meeting with campaigners calling for the release of…