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Shame Of A Nation: Lack Of Fund Forces Nigerian Boxers Out Of Olympic Qualifier In SenegalIKPO IGBINOBA Nigeria Olympic journey to Tokyo 2020 suffered a huge setback Tuesday when boxers were asked to go home to what the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports lack of funds. As at the time of going to press, the boxers refused to leave their hotel where they... Continue
Data Battle: MTN Gains 8.18 Million Subscribers, Trailed By Airtel, Glo, 9mobile in 2019Operators in the Nigeria’s telecommunication landscape show no signs of relent on efforts to increase their market share in the industry as it witnessed a high level of competition in terms of data offering in 2019. According to data released by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) for the period ending... Continue
Ikeja Electric Donates Medical Equipment To Ikorodu General HospitalIkeja Electric Plc (IE), Nigeria’s leading electricity distribution company, has donated an ultramodern phototherapy machine and clinical supplies to General Hospital, Ikorodu, as part of its CSR activities towards improvement of healthcare. At the presentation held at the hospital, Ikeja Electric team comprising staff from the Headquarters in Ikeja... Continue
Entertainment
Leading ICT company, MTN on Sunday announced the start of a new musical reality television show, ‘Y’ello Star, in their head offices at Falomo, Ikoyi. The show seeks to... Continue
Reality TV has long been a cultural phenomenon with many twists and turns rarely seen coming. It’s more than just another soap, scripted and acted out to entertain and... Continue
AISHA ABUBAKAR The fight between Nollywood actress, Tonto Dike and her ex-husband, Olakunle Churchill, has become messy despite the fact that the relationship had produced a child. P.M.EXPRESS reports that... Continue
Top Nigeria acts 9ice, Reminisce and Wande Coal will be performing at the unveiling of Billiards Lounge Vape Dance (BLVD) in Lekki, Lagos on Sunday February 16, 2020. These... Continue
Friday February 14, 2020 will remain fresh in the memories of hundreds of students and other youths who gathered inside the Mayfair Hall on Otunba Jobi Fele Way, Alausa,... Continue
As well as making ambitious movies, the writer-director is now passing on his wisdom to the next generation of film-makers “AT THE AGE of 12 or 13, I began... Continue
Education
The Lagos State Education District II, Maryland, on Monday partnered the United Nations Information Centre, UNIC, to educate students within the District on the popular genocidal murder of the... Continue
IZUNNA OKAFOR The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, Unizik branch, has called for the immediate release of one of their members, Engr. Emeka Chiaghana, who was... Continue
The Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB), Hon Wahab Alawiye-King has stated that the Board will work out measures to put in place necessary legislative... Continue
The Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday reaffirmed his administration’s plan to transform the educational sector of the State, vowing to increase government’s investment for the good... Continue
When they say there is greatness in the fear of God, contentment in faith of God, and honour in humility, it always shows that we should never, no matter... Continue
The Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Hon.Wahab Alawiye-King, has assured parents and Lagosians as a whole of a new dawn in the State Primary Education... Continue
Editorials
Crime
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Police operatives in Lagos have uncovered a popular hotel in Ajao Estate where syndicates use to scam people under false pretence of securing Federal Road Safety Corps... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE The deployment of the Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants by the amiable Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, to arrest hoodlums terrorizing different areas... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA The confession of the leader of Berry Boys, a secret cult, who said that he joined the cult at the age of 12, may have exposed lack... Continue
MICHAEL AKINOLA Facts have emerged on why a popular Celestial Church of God Pastor, Adesegun Babatunde, killed a lady suspected to be sex worker, buried her head and some... Continue
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State has sentenced a man, Tobias Solomon, to 21 months in a correctional facility for attempt to commit an offence of theft. Solomon... Continue
Come Tuesday February 11, 2020 inside the Ladi Kwali Halls and Conference Centre, Sheraton Hotels, Abuja, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mrs Farida Waziri... Continue
Politics
TAIWO ADELU The leadership of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) has come under attack for issuing a certificate of return to the new Bayelsa State governor-elect, Diri Duoye of the... Continue
Mrs Maryam Owolabi-Bada, a staunch member of All Progressive Congress (APC) and one of the Lagos State House of Assembly aspirants in Somolu LG has commended the governor of... Continue
CHUKA UBAH Barely 48 hours after the Supreme Court sacked Chief Emeka Ihedioha as Imo State Governor, former Deputy National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Regis Uwakwe,... Continue
OGBONNA IWUAGWU The immediate past Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, has congratulated Senator Hope Uzodinma on his victory at the Supreme Court as the validly... Continue
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued Certificate of Return to Senator Hope Uzodinma as winner of March 19, 2019 governorship election in Imo, in compliance with the... Continue
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has reacted to the Supreme Court’s judgment on Tuesday, which nullified the election of Mr. Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)... Continue
Business
Lagos State Government has said that its Eko City Farmers’ Market will enhance agricultural supply in the State by connecting all the value chains with their markets. The State... Continue
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, Nigeria has ordered that Wema Bank Plc and its six officials cited for contempt for disobeying the order of the court... Continue
The Group Head of Marketing at United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, Mrs Modupe Olusola, has been appointed as the MD/CEO of Transcorp Hotels Plc effective from March 25,... Continue
Nigeria’s leading retail bank, Access Bank Plc, has unveiled a series of great deals and exciting offers to celebrate its customers this Valentine season. The campaign, tagged “It’s A Love... Continue
The leading pan-African bank, Ecobank has signed a cross-border remittance agreement with Alipay, the world’s leading payment and lifestyle platform, that aims to bring more inclusive financial services by... Continue
Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC), Professor Adedoyin Salami has said stockbroking firms in Nigeria must move beyond concentrating on equity, conducting stock sales and purchase by being... Continue
Feature
Health
Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), Nigeria’s leading electricity distribution company, has donated an ultramodern phototherapy machine and clinical supplies to General Hospital, Ikorodu, as part of its CSR activities towards... Continue
Hemafuse, a surgical autotransfusion device, will revolutionize blood access across Africa. Hemafuse is designed to salvage and recycle whole blood from cases of internal bleeding. The device can be... Continue
The high rate of child mortality in Nigeria has remained a cause for worry for all parents and stakeholders in the health sector as the country aims to better its... Continue
A Nigerian company, Fesco Agalu Nigeria Limited has been granted the exclusive right as an agent to drive participation for the forthcoming 19th MIXiii-BIOMED Conference and Exhibition, which... Continue
The Lagos State Government has alerted the public to a new virus, the novel Coronavirus (nCoV) which is currently raging in China and has also been reported in... Continue
The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi, has inaugurated Traditional Medicine Board Research Group for the State Traditional Medicine Board, with a call on members of the... Continue
Interview
Metro
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE A 35-year old man, Adebato Oluwatoyin, has landed in serious trouble in Lagos after he reportedly lured a 20-year old girl and engaged her in sex. P.M.EXPRESS... Continue
CHUKA UBAH A pastor, Amos Kosini and his wife are on the run after the cleric allegedly flogged his son, Faithful, to death over allegation of witchcraft. P.M.EXPRESS learnt... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Sanity may gradually be returning to the Judiciary in Lagos State following the recent proscription of illegal payments that goes directly to the purse of judicial staff... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Facts have emerged on how a 22-year old man moved from a hospital at Gbagada area of Lagos with an Uber driver and later... Continue
Prince Ajibade Ismail Nosiru Ayeni has been nominated and elected among the Princes presented by the Oshobile Ruling House of Eletu Odibo Chieftaincy Family of Lagos to succeed the... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE A 17-year old boy has been arrested for abduction and allegedly sleeping with his 15-year old lover. P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Obagunwa Lane, Onilekere Cement... Continue
Opinions
Pictures
Rev. Mother Esther Abimbola Ajayi, the General Overseer of Love of Christ Generation Church, United Kingdom, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Diaspora Commission and a host... Continue
SUNDAY AKINTOYE Students of Lagos secondary schools were at the Lagos Lawn Tennis Club, Onikan despite the heavy rain on Sunday. Dignitaries, fans and students defied the heavy... Continue
Beer brand, Life Lager pulled off an exciting idea and surprised consumers in Owerri and Awka with a stunning recreation of the Niger Bridge made completely out of crates.... Continue
Accord Party Governorship candidate in Kwara State, Prince Ayorinde Adedoyin has attributed the poor industrial base of the state to lack of ideas by the successive administrations since 1999... Continue
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Campaign Organization (PPCO) decries the stoppage of transactions on all accounts belonging to PDP Vice presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, wife, his family... Continue
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Bella Disu, Group Executive Director, Globacom, last Friday hosted the preview night of 2018 LagosPhoto Festival. The event held at the Alliance Francaise in Ikoyi, Lagos... Continue
Sports
IKPO IGBINOBA Nigeria Olympic journey to Tokyo 2020 suffered a huge setback Tuesday when boxers were asked to go home to what the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports... Continue
Now that an agreement has been reached to amicably settle out of court on the Bash Ali N28m Court judgement against the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, the... Continue
The 15,400 – capacity Stephen Keshi Stadium, Asaba will host next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match between Nigeria’s Super Eagles and the Leone Stars of Sierra... Continue
Nigeria’s Pillar of Sports, Chief Donatus Agu-Ejidike,JP, has expressed confidence in the abilities of Nigerian athletes who have qualified to represent the country at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games,... Continue
Coming quickly on the heels of its series of football development activities, which included the recently held novelty football match to honour and celebrate Ekiti State Governor Dr. John... Continue
SUNDAY AKINTOYE Nigerian born power lifter, Thomas Kure has expressed confidence that his exploits at the just concluded World Power lifting World Cup held in Abuja would help him... Continue
World
TAIWO ADELU The Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro has again shown that it would not give in to any pressure from the United States of America to dictate... Continue
The Donald Trump administration is imposing new visa rules aimed at restricting “birth tourism,” in which women travel to the United States to give birth so their children can... Continue
African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina has said that the picture being painted about the high risk of doing business in Africa is not what is actually happening, rather... Continue
A trip to Europe will be more expensive from next month with Schengen visa fees set to increase to Euro 80 from the current Euro 60, officials said. A Schengen visa is needed for 26... Continue
Iranian officials have admitted to accidentally shooting down a Ukraine International Airlines passenger jet on Wednesday, killing all 176 on board. In a statement released Saturday, the government blamed... Continue
WHAT TO KNOW What happened? In an Instagram post to their 10-million-plus followers, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex (aka Prince Harry and Meghan Markle) announced that they’ll be... Continue
Latest News
IKPO IGBINOBA Nigeria Olympic journey to Tokyo 2020 suffered a huge setback Tuesday when... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE Police operatives in Lagos have uncovered a popular hotel in Ajao Estate... Continue
Operators in the Nigeria’s telecommunication landscape show no signs of relent on efforts to... Continue
The Lagos State Government on Monday issued a quit notice to all the traders... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE A 35-year old man, Adebato Oluwatoyin, has landed in serious trouble in... Continue
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Media Aide, Femi Adesina, has been under fire lately over... Continue
CHUKA UBAH A pastor, Amos Kosini and his wife are on the run after... Continue
Ikeja Electric Plc (IE), Nigeria’s leading electricity distribution company, has donated an ultramodern phototherapy... Continue
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called for the creation and boosting... Continue
CYRIACUS IZUEKWE The deployment of the Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants by the... Continue
