Year: 2015
Yakubu back in England with Reading
Yakubu Ayegbeni has returned to English football after signing for championship side, Reading. The 32-year old striker popularly called, Yak,…
16 killed in road accident in Yobe
Sixteen people were killed and 35 injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck on a road in northern…
Chelsea sign Colombia’s Cuadrado as Schuerrle makes way
Chelsea made the biggest splash on a low-key transfer deadline day as the Premier League leaders signed Colombia international winger…
Everton sign Tottenham winger Lennon on loan
Everton signed Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon on loan until the end of the season just before the transfer window closed…
How Jonathan’s administration ran Nigeria economy to a halt – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the Jonathan administration has succeeded in running the country’s economy aground with a combination…
Fashola mourns Okoya-Thomas, says he’s an epitome of humaneness
Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday expressed shock and grief at the passage of the Asoju Oba of Lagos,…
500 APC members defect to PDP in Sokoto
No fewer than 500 members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State…
Military recaptures 10 towns from Boko Haram
The National Information Centre said on Monday that the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East was yielding desired…
Jonathan escapes bomb blast in Gombe
A blast ripped through a car park outside a stadium where Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan had addressed a re-election campaign…
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Buhari opts for town hall meetings, says campaign organ
*Meetings to hold in Kano, Benin, Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt Against the backdrop of its decision to stay out of…
Molade Okoya-Thomas a visionary, says Atiku
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the demise of Nigeria’s businessman, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, saying the death is…
Molade Okoya-Thomas dies
Chief Molade Alexandria Okoya-Thomas, the Lagos businessman and socialite has died. He was aged 79. Until his death, he was…
Lekki Concession Company appeals to IG to release toll operators
Lekki Concession Company (LCC) has appealed to the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba to tell Joseph Mbu to release…
Ex-Minister Faces PDP Disciplinary Panel
Former Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has been summoned to face a disciplinary committee of his party, the Peoples Democratic…
Buhari To Jonathan: Account For $20b Missing Oil Fund
Kazeem Ugbodaga The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, General Muhammadu Buhari has challenged President Goodluck Jonathan to…
Bakare Blasts CAN, PFN For Endorsing Jonathan
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare…
APC, PDP Supporters Must Sheathe Their Swords
The animosity between supporters of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and those of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has reached…
2015: The Market Is Over In Nigeria
By Joe Igbokwe Who will tell President Jonathan and the PDP that the market is over in Nigeria? Who will…
So Is Buhari Indeed A Religious Fanatic?
By Peter Claver Opara As the Jonathan administration and PDP frantically work to parry questions from its conduct in power…
I’m Alive —Soyinka
Two days after the rumour of Professor Wole Soyinka’s death that went viral on the social media, P.M.NEWS finally tracked…
Luis Figo, two others bid to unseat Blatter as president – FIFA
Football’s world governing body FIFA announced on Monday that four candidates are bidding to become its president, including long-time incumbent…
Police begins investigation into statements by ex-militants – IG
The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, said on Sunday that the force had begun investigation into inflammatory statements allegedly made…
Indian prisoners escape by scaling walls with bedsheets
Scores of inmates staged a mass breakout from an Indian young offenders detention centre Monday by tying bedsheets together and…
My office will not be a ‘spare tyre’ – Prof. Yemi Osinbajo
The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the office of the Vice President…
Boko Haram to be engaged on all fronts, including safe havens – DHQ
The military on Sunday said that it will engage Islamist sect, Boko Haram on all fronts including its safe have…
Jonathan responsible for massive corruption in agric sector – APC
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) on Sunday accused President Goodluck Jonathan of massive corruption in Nigeria’s agricultural…
We’ll generate 20,000mw of electricity in 4 years, says Buhari
The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) on Sunday said it would provide 20,000 megawatts (mw) of electricity in…
Oyedepo never asked God to open ‘hell gate’, says Winners Chapel
The Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, has cleared the air on statements attributed to its general overseer,…
South Sudan rivals agree new ceasefire deal
South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar late Sunday signed a new agreement to end more than…
Wenger calls for consistency after Villa rout
Arsene Wenger challenged Arsenal to show the consistency needed to win the Premier League after a 5-0 demolition of Aston…