P.M. NEWS Nigeria

Nations Cup Qualifier: Eagles’ Call Up Excites Oguchi

pmnews — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:48:04 +0000

Uche Oguchi, one of the local players invited by Super Eagles Chief Coach, Stephen Keshi, is excited about the opportunity to play for Nigeria in an international friendly match against Liberia. Coach Keshi, on Thursday, invited 30 players to camp in preparation for their 15 February friendly match against the Lone Star of Liberia. The [...]

Lagos Re-opens Mile 12 Market

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:13:38 +0000

The Lagos State Government has re-opened the popular Mile 12 Market shut Wednesday for violating the environmental laws of the state and causing traffic gridlock on the expressway. Commissioner for the Environment, Mr. Tunji Bello visited the market located in Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, LCDA of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria this afternoon and re-opened [...]

Kenyan Girls Arrive For World Cup Qualifier

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:10:42 +0000

Kenya’s U-17 female team have finally arrived Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria for tomorrow’s U-17 World Cup qualifier against Nigeria’s Flamingos. They were earlier scheduled to hit Nigeria yesterday but their inability to secure entry visa from the Nigerian High Commission in Kenya made them reschedule their trip. The East Africans will go into the tie, [...]

Supreme Court Dismisses Suit against Governor Amaechi

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:36:34 +0000

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Supreme Court has thrown out a legal challenge by Felix Amadi, candidate of the African Political System Party, against Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi’s victory at the April 2011 governorship election in Rivers State. Amadi had filed the suit claiming that he was unlawfully omitted and excluded from contesting the election. The [...]

UK Jails Arik Air Stewardess for Cocaine Smuggling

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:29:30 +0000

An air stewardess who was caught trying to smuggle a quarter of a million pounds worth of cocaine into the UK has been jailed for five and a half years. Chinwendu Uwakaonyenma Ogbonnaya, 29, from Lagos in Nigeria had flown into London’s Heathrow airport as a member of crew on an Arik Air flight from [...]

Airberlin Set To Join Oneworld In March

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:30:28 +0000

British Airways is set to welcome Airberlin to Oneworld in March, as part of its plans to strengthen its network in Germany, and throughout south and central Europe. British Airways is sponsoring Airberlin’s membership of Oneworld, and has just completed a thorough review of Airberlin’s processes and procedures. Airberlin joins oneworld alongside Austrian airline NIKI, [...]

You Will Not Know Peace; Lagos Lawmakers Tell Council Chairmen

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:29:09 +0000

As long as they remain in the saddle, chairmen of the 20 Local Government Councils and the 37 Local Council Development Areas in Lagos State would not know peace until they implement the manifesto of the party under which they were elected and meet the expectations of the people of their areas. This was [...]

2012 Olympics: Wrestling Federation Targets 6 Tickets

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:54 +0000

Ahead of the summer 2012 Olympic Games in London, the Nigeria Wrestling Federation has assured that Nigerian wrestlers are capable of securing six tickets at the final qualifying tournament to be held in Morocco next month. This was disclosed by Daniel Igali, the Technical Director of the federation, who said the wrestlers will start camping [...]

Nations Cup Qualifier: Eagles’ List out 15 Feb

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:20:11 +0000

P.M.Sports can report that Chief Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi will release the list of his players for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against the Amavubi of Rwanda on 15 February. It was gathered that Keshi intends to release the names of invited players immediately after Nigeria’s friendly match against the [...]

Olympic Judo Qualifier: De Souza Expresses Confidence In Nigerian Judokas

pmnews — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:19:12 +0000

Vice President of Nigeria Judo Federation, NJF, Olakitan De Souza, has expressed confidence in Nigerian judokas to secure tickets to feature at the London Olympics during the African Judo Championship in March. De Souza is convinced that Nigerian judokas will perform well in the African tourney which is also a qualifying championship for the Olympic [...]