P.M. NEWS Nigeria

Lagos police arrest alleged graduate robber

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 23:13:39 +0000

The Police in Lagos have arrested a 32-year-old man (name withheld), who claimed to be a graduate of the Imo State University, over alleged According to the News Agency of Nigeria, sources at the Victoria Island Police Station said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after his gang attempted to rob a motorist on Akin [...]

ACN Closes case in Adamawa

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:47:34 +0000

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Thursday closed its case in the Adamawa Governorship election Petitions Tribunal after fielding 66 witnesses. Marcus Gundiri, the ACN gubernatorial candidate is challenging the return of Gov. Murtala Nyako as the duly elected governor of Adamawa.The ACN gubernatorial candidate, who joined the PDP, INEC and others as co-respondents, [...]

Plateau government begs journalists

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:40:38 +0000

Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau on Thursday apologised to journalists for government’s failure to address their grievances before their boycott of government activities. Mr. Abraham Yiljap, the Commissioner for Information and Communication, tendered the governor’s apology at an emergency congress of the Correspondents’ Chapel.The governor pledged to look into all the issues that led to the boycott, including [...]

124,000 Ogun state residents have AIDS

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:31:17 +0000

About 124,000 residents in Ogun are living with HIV/AIDS, Mr Olaokun Soyinka, the state Commissioner for Health, said on Thursday. Soyinka said this in Abeokuta at a news briefing to mark the first anniversary of Gov. Ibikunle Amosun’s administration.The commissioner said the prevalence rate of the virus in the state stands at 3.1 per cent. He, however, [...]

15 die in gruesome road accident in Nigeria

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 22:23:43 +0000

Fifteen persons on Thursday died while 6 others were injured when a commercial bus collided with a car on Maiduguri-Damaturu road, in Nigeria’s northeast troubled by Boko Haram insurgency. Witnesses told newsmen in Maiduguri that the accident involved a mass transit bus owned by the state government’s transport company, the `Borno Express’ and a golf saloon car. One of the eye [...]

Soldiers Beat Bus Driver To Death

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:04:23 +0000

A bus driver, Isaac Onaiwu, was allegedly beaten to death by soldiers from the Nigeria Army School of Supply and Transport (S & T), Ugbowo, Benin City, southsouth Nigeria. Before meeting his untimely death in the hands of the soldiers, 48-year old Onaiwu was said to be an operator of a campus shuttle bus between [...]

Tribunal Upholds Gov Wada’s Victory

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:25:15 +0000

THE Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Lokoja on Thursday ruled that Captain Idris Wada of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, was the duly elected governor of Kogi state in the 3 December 2011 election. Prince Abubakar Audu of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, had gone to the tribunal challenging the declaration of Wada [...]

2015: North’ll Not Back Southern Candidates —NGF

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:22:19 +0000

Ahead of the 2015 general elections, governors of 19 northern states under the aegis of Northern Governors Forum, NGF, Thursday in Kaduna agreed to unite against candidates from the south in order to produce a president from their own region. Speaking at the opening session of their quarterly meeting held in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria, Chairman [...]

Same Sex Marriage: Obama’s Nod Emboldens Nigerian Gays

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:20:48 +0000

Gay activists in Nigeria seem to have been emboldened by President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of homosexual relationships, P.M.NEWS can reveal. In a press statement sent to P.M.NEWS yesterday, gay activists called on the Nigerian Federal Government and National Assembly to revisit their anti-gay stance and legislation for a better society. The National Assembly had [...]

Explosion Rocks Port Harcourt

pmnews — Thu, 17 May 2012 16:18:26 +0000

A commuter bus painted in Rivers State colour this morning exploded at Rumuokoro roundabout which is the gateway into Port Harcourt , the state capital, a usually busy place. At least one person was confirmed dead, while three others who were seriously injured have been rushed to the University of Portb Harcourt Teaching Hospital. An [...]