At least seven persons have been reported killed while several others were severely injured as Hausas and Yorubas in Ijora Oloye, Lagos State, Nigeria, clashed early this morning. P.M.NEWS correspondent at the scene of the incident gathered from eyewitnesses that the fight started at about 6. a.m. today when two young men, a Hausa and [...]
The Court of Appeal in Jos on Tuesday upheld a death sentence on a 25-year-old police corporal, Emmanuel Ochiba, for causing the death of Godwin Momoh on Sept. 12, 2001, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. Delivering judgment in the appeal in which the convict sought to upturn an earlier ruling by a Jos High [...]
The factory of De United Foods at Idiroko Road, Otta, Ogun State, Nigeria, where popular Indomie Noodles is produced, has been shut down in the wake of the workers’ protest over the alleged inhuman treatment being meted to them by the management. Dozens of workers yesterday were locked out of the company premises as they [...]
The resignation of Abia State Governor, Theodore Orji from the People’s Progressive Alliance has confirmed the report by the TheNEWS that all has not been well between the governor and his godfather, Chief Orji Uzor Kalu, the immediate past governor of the state. TheNEWS in the cover story of its Volume 34, Number 21 edition [...]
The Lagos State House of Assembly, South-West Nigeria, has frustrated the move by the Ministry of Transportation to stop commercial motorcycle riders, popularly called okada, from carrying pregnant women, children of school age and women with children stapped on their backs. The lawmakers, while complaining that the Ministry did not consult with the House before [...]
Security and law enforcement agents in the United States have arrested a Nigerian, Ademola Adegoke, who will soon face trial over different forms of fraud estimated at $2million (about N300 million). The U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service (DSS), the United States Secret Service, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Metropolitan Washington [...]
The Edo House of Assembly has rejected 14 of the 41 sections of the Constitution as amended by the National Assembly. It also rejected the amendment to the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. This Assembly’s action followed its consideration of report on the outcome of a public hearing on the amended bill. The News Agency [...]
