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Tributes pour for the man who built Man U
British Prime Minister David Cameron and world football chief Sepp Blatter led the tributes on Wednesday after Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson announced he was standing down at the end of the...
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Army: 200 Boko Haram fighters attacked Bama
Nigerian soldiers blanketed the town of Bama on Wednesday, where residents stayed indoors after coordinated assaults by heavily armed Islamist insurgents killed 55 people.The military said the brazen...
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Govs. Urge Support For APC Merger
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) and eight other progressive counterparts including the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha on Tuesday converged in Owerri for a rally to mark the...
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Court Jails 8 Beggars
The Special Offences Court in Alausa area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has sentenced eight beggars to one month imprisonment for begging on the streets of the state.The beggars were arrested by...
View ArticleFG Releases N1bn To Revive Adult Education
Mr Nyeson Wike, the Minister of State for Education, on Tuesday said the Federal Government has released N1 billion as part of efforts to boost Adults and Non-Formal Education in the country.According...
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FRSC Moves Against Over-Speeding On Lagos-Ibadan Road
The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) on Tuesday launched a seven-day campaign against over-speeding and reckless driving along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.The campaign, tagged “Operation Shield”, was...
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Amaechi threatens to expose those fighting him
Okafor Ofiebor/Port HarcourtAfter keeping mum since the executives of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State, were swept away by a disputed court order, Governor Chibuike Amaechi, has...
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Jonathan Picks Okiro As Chairman, Police Service Commission
President Goodluck Jonathan has recommended former Inspector General of Police, Sir Mike Okiro, as Chairman of the Police Service Commission.Sources told P.M.NEWS Wednesday that the recommendation has...
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Ex-Bayelsa governor arrested after hide and seek game
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday arrested Timipre Slyva, the former governor of Bayelsa State, after the former governor played a boyish hide and seek game with the...
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N123 billion spent on 2011 elections, says Jega
Ayorinde Oluokun/AbujaNigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC said on Wednesday that the 2011 general elections cost N122.9 billion.The Commission said this in a statement issued in...
View ArticleMan posing as spirit docked for fraud
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 8, 2013 arraigned Mohammed Yusuf Dabo before Justice Zainab Abubakar of the Federal High Court, Gusau, Zamfara State on eleven count...
View ArticleNigeria’s Election Monitors demanded money in Edo State
JETHRO IBILEKE/BeninAn official of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC, has described the assessment of some observers of the April 20, 2013 local government elections in the state...
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Bama: Jonathan warns insurgents
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday hit out at gunmen he called “armed terrorists” who launched attacks on military barracks, a prison and police stations in Bama town in which 55 people...
View ArticleAnother person dies in fresh collapsed buildings
Kazeem UgbodagaAnother person has been reported dead as two more buildings collapsed in Bariga and Ikorodu areas of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria on Wednesday after heavy rainfall.A two-storey...
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Fresh massacres reported in 2 Nigerian states
It is still a story of bloodletting in Nigeria as fresh massacres have been reported in two states.Governor Gabriel Suswam of Nigeria’s central state of Benue said some Fulani herdsmen attacked Agatu...
View ArticlePDP pledges fairness to Anambra governorship aspirants
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Anambra Chapter, has pledged to provide a level playing ground ahead of the governorship election scheduled for January 2014.The state chairman of the party, Mr...
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US serial kidnapper to be charged today
An American charged with holding three young women in captivity and raping them in a decade-long horror is due to appear in an Ohio court today, three days after their dramatic rescue.One of the...
View ArticleChina probes movie maker for having 7 kids
One of China’s most famous movie directors is facing a $26 million fine for having seven children in violation of China’s strict family planning laws, media reports said Thursday.Zhang Yimou, the maker...
View ArticleWoman sues hubby over denial of sex ration
A 35-year old woman, Maryam Mohammed, on Monday sued her husband, Adamu Mohammed, before an Area Court in Lugbe, Abuja for allegedly spending more nights with his second wife.The Plaintiff, who lives...
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Amaechi: My PDP suspension a political witch hunt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port HarcourtGovernor Chibuike Amaechi has described his suspension from the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP by the National Working Committee as a political witch hunt by both the...
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