Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Moves by forces within the Enugu state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to sack the state governor, Sullivan Chime, collapsed Monday morning as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja declined jurisdiction to interfere in the matter. The suit was instituted by one of the aspirants who contested the [...]
The retired general, a revered man in Maiduguri, north east Nigeria, reaches into his immaculate white robe after taking a seat in his living room and pulls out his Beretta, placing it on the table in front of him. Asked whether he is afraid of being targeted, Mohammed Shuwa, a veteran of Nigeria’s 1960s civil [...]
Following the death of a commuter bus driver, Isaac Onaiwu after he was allegedly beaten by soldiers from the Army School of Strategy and Transport (S&T), Benin, which was widely reported by national newspapers on Friday, the Commandant of the School, Brigadier–General Emmanuel Nienge on Friday evening denied the report, saying the late driver was [...]
In a quest to strengthen the war against corrupt practices and ensure greater transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sectors, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, have agreed to forge closer collaboration. This resolve was made on Friday during a courtesy visit by [...]
Nigeria is dispatching 160 soldiers and 140 policemen to crisis-torn Guinea Bissau, where a coup on 12 April, halted the nation’s democratic transition and threw up a junta quickly denounced by West African leaders and the international community. There will be other soldiers from Burkina Faso and Senegal to make up the ECOWAS intervention force, [...]
Police detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos, have arrested a 40-year old man for allegedly killing his one year old baby by hitting him on the floor during a quarrel with his wife. His anger stems from suspicion over the paternity of the baby. He is now facing a murder [...]
A 24-year old member of the Deeper Life Bible Church called Sarah, who resided with her elder brother at the back of Government Secondary School, Galadima Area, Gonil-Gora, Kaduna State, has been stabbed to death by her husband’s first wife. Sarah was 5 months pregnant when the tragedy occurred. P.M.NEWS the deceased had been dating [...]
