Year: 2015
Okoya-Thomas Is Irreplaceable, Says Tennis Fraternity
Damilare Okunola The demise of Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas has been described as a huge loss to the tennis family, P.M.NEWS…
Ibile Games Teenage Medalist Gets 2-year Scholarship
Damilare Okunola Thirteen-year old Venus Ubiebi of the ACES Tennis Academy in Lagos, has been rewarded with a two-year scholarship…
Edo flags off N5.7bn Auchi Erosion Control Project
Jethro Ibileke/Auchi Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has flagged off a N5.7billion Auchi Erosion project to tackle the menacing…
Oshiomhole accuses PDP of contract duplication in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state over the weekend accused past governments of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in…
Suicide bomber kills at least 14 in north Baghdad
A suicide bomber attacked a Shiite-majority area of north Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people, security and medical…
Poll Shift: Obstruction of Democracy by Jonathan, PDP – Saraki
Senator Bukola Saraki has believes that the postponement of the 2015 general elections is an obstruction to the growth of…
Gunmen shoot dead Somali lawmaker
Gunmen shot dead a lawmaker in the Somali capital Mogadishu on Monday, a fellow MP said, the latest in a…
Poll Shift: Ban Ki-moon asks INEC to start rapid PVC distribution
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has asked INEC to take advantage of the shift in polls to embark on rapid…
Accusations, counter-accusations trail polls shift
There are have been accusations and counter-accusations regarding the postponement of the 2015 general elections with Nigerian authorities coming under…
Six injured in Ogun auto crash
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Six persons were seriously injured Sunday morning in an early accident that occurred in Sango area of the…
Nigeria’s poll shift ‘a cause for concern’, says Britain
Britain said on Sunday a decision by Nigeria’s electoral commission to delay the country’s presidential election because of the security…
Ozekhome, Darah applaud INEC over polls shift
Constitutional lawyer and human rights activist, Mr Mike Ozekhome, on Sunday said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did the…
22 die as Egypt police clash with football fans
Twenty-two people were killed Sunday in clashes between Egyptian police and Zamalek football cub fans at a Cairo stadium, the…
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Ivory Coast defeats Ghana 9-8 to win AFCON 2015
Goalkeeper Boubacar Barry scored the decisive goal as Ivory Coast ended a 23-year Africa Cup of Nations title drought by…
My first term in office will not exceed May 29, says Jonathan
President Goodluck Jonathan has assured Nigerians that he will not exceed the May 29 handover date in office, noting that,…
Buhari says INEC has been gravely compromised, calls for calm
General Muhammadu Buhari, the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate has stated that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “has…
Poll postponement will allow voters collect PVC – Labour Party
Patrick Eholor, Deputy Chairman of Labour Party in Edo, has said that the postponement of the elections by INEC should…
FG to privatise transport sector
The Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Mr Benjamin Dikki, has said that the bureau would soon begin…
Aisha Buhari calls for calm over elections postponement
The wife of All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, has called on Nigerians to accept the postponement…
Boko Haram opens new front in Niger with twin attack
Boko Haram fighters waged twin attacks Sunday in Niger, their latest front in an expanding regional insurgency, claiming at least…
Blind rescues late point for United against West Ham
Daley Blind’s stoppage-time goal rescued a point for Manchester United in a 1-1 draw away to West Ham at Upton…
Leaked Ekiti Audio: Presidency has a case to answer – Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos state has insinuated that the Presidency has a case to answer after the office of…
Poll Postponement: INEC Was Ambushed By PDP, FG, says Fashola
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos says the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, postponed the general elections because the commission was…
Polls postponement in interest of Nigeria, says Gov. Yero
The Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Muktar Yero, on Sunday, said the postponement of the February polls was in the best…
Jonathan deserves another term – Senate candidate
Sen. Ayoade Adeseun, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senatorial candidate for Oyo Central Senatorial District, on Sunday, said President Goodluck…
Fiorentina up to fourth after five goal thriller
Late goals by Alessandro Diamanti and Manuel Pasqual helped Fiorentina move into provisional fourth place in Italy’s Serie A on…
Jordan destroys 56 IS targets in three days of strikes
Jordan said Sunday it destroyed 56 targets in three days of strikes on the Islamic State group after it murdered…
Ideye strikes late to ensure West Brom earn a point
Burnley let slip a two-goal lead for the second successive home match as they were held to a 2-2 draw…
Boko Haram kills one, injures 10 in fresh Niger attack
Boko Haram fighters waged a new attack on Sunday in a southeastern border town in Niger, where a blast killed…
Kane can fire Spurs to Champions League spot
Tottenham midfielder Ryan Mason says his side can put in a serious bid for a top four finish in the…