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Decongest Awaiting Trial Detainees
The congestion in the Nigerian prison owing to the rising number of detainees awaiting trial has become a major source…
Party Time
It makes sense to arrive at a party a little hungry, but to come starving means a glass of wine…
How Lord Chosen’s Truck Killed 6 At Oshodi
Details of how a truck carrying sand belonging to the Lord’s Chosen Charismatic Movement lost control on the ever-busy Oshodi-Apapa…
Pastor’s Wife Bathes Sister With Hot Water
The police at Idimu, Lagos, western Nigeria have arrested the wife of a pastor, Mrs. Angela Uzoma, for pouring hot…
Airline Operators Sue NCAA Over Fees
Non-scheduled airline operators in Nigeria are going to court to restrain the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, from enforcing the…
Fashola Bans Skating On Expressway
Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has vowed to arrest and prosecute Mr. Michael Ekundayo, an official of the Lagos…
APC Slams Police For Continued Detention Of Election Observers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally inexplicable and unjustifiable the continued detention of the 182 election Observers…
Two Men Jailed For Defrauding GTBank
A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today sentenced two men Adekunle Adetowubo and Olugbenga Adetayo to nine years imprisonment…
What Keeps Me Going As A Writer
O’Yemi Afolabi, novelist, poet and writer of books for children, released ‘The Indigo Glass’, her debut novel in 2011 to…
From Ivory Tower To Fashion
Mrs. Joy Odugbemi, a polytechnic graduate, has no regret resigning her lucrative white collar job for fashion designing At a…
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President Jonathan, Dame Patience And I
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State explains his fractious relationship with President Goodluck Jonathan to TheNEWS editors In the last…
Amaechi: Battered But Unbowed
Rattled. That is what Rotimi Amaechi should be. Months of enduring body blows from an out-and-out heavyweight that is the…
Football Friendly: South Africa beat Spain
World champions Spain suffered only a second loss in 17 matches this year after losing 1-0 to South Africa in…
France, Portugal qualify for Brazil World Cup
. Croatia and Greece also made Brazil line up France put up a superb performance to bounce back from a…
Doctor guilty of fondling 21 women under anaesthesia
A Canadian anesthesiologist was found guilty Tuesday of sexually assaulting 21 women while they were under helplessly under anesthetic but…
Algeria pick Africa’s last ticket to Brazil, edge Burkina Faso
Algeria sealed the fifth and final African zone World Cup qualifying berth on Tuesday, edging their play-off with Burkina Faso…
Omo Omoruyi for burial on Friday
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The crisis in late Professor Omo Omoruyi’s family over burial procedures has been resolved to pave way for…
Ghana waives taxes on condom
Ghana on Tuesday backed down on a proposed tax on imported condoms after mooting increased levies on foreign-made goods as…
Match Report: Ghana through to Brazil World Cup
Ghana on Tuesday qualified for a third successive World Cup, securing their ticket to Brazil with a 7-3 aggregate win…
Counter terrorism: Nigerian forces abort plot, kill 2 suspects
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Nigerian forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria, Tuesday evening confirmed the death of two terrorists and the arrest of…
Tennis: First Major Upset Recorded In Kano
Damilare Okunola/ Kano P.M. NEWS Sports can report that the ongoing Dala Hard Court Championship in Kano recorded its first…
Jonathan misses 2014 budget date again, leaves for UK
For the second time this month, President Goodluck Jonathan has failed to present the 2014 budget to the National Assembly…
Amosun Presents N210bn Budget For 2014
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, southwest, Nigeria today presented a proposed budget of N210.21 billion for the 2014 fiscal…
NFF Mourns Eaglets Star, Njengo
Nigeria’s football family was thrown into mourning on Tuesday after news filtered in that former Golden Eaglets’ defender, Friday Njengo,…
Jonathan Mourns Sekibo
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has sent a condolence message to the family and associates of Senator Tari Sekibo, president of…
Nokia Shareholders Approve Mobile Phone Sale To Microsoft
Finnish telecom company Nokia announced Tuesday that its shareholders had approved the 5.44 billion euro ($7.35 billion) sale of its…
400 Nigerian Policemen On UN Mission To Liberia, Sudan
Four hundred Nigerian policemen left Nigeria today on United Nations peace mission to Sudan and Liberia. The cops were from…
Keshi Hails Synagogue’s Boy, Onazi
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, has poured encomiums on midfielder Ogenyi Onazi over the player’s exemplary performance…
Nigeria: Between Impunity And Ethnicity
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It is no longer news that our leaders usually act in manners that suggest that they have…
Addressing Youth Unemployment In Nigeria
By Bilikis Bakare Besides insecurity and corruption in high places, unemployment remains one of the most critical problems the country…