Nnamdi Felix / Abuja A criminal charge slammed against four Lebanese arrested in connection with an illegal arms cache discovered in Kano, Northern Nigeria, was on Wednesday struck out by Chief Magistrate Muyiwa Oyeyepo of Karu Magistrate Court in Abuja. The Department of State Security, SSS, had filed the charge on 5 June following the [...]
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Nigerian police in Benin City, are working hard to recover the corpse of a retired police Inspector, 82-year-old Samuel Ekhoruyimwen Ajayi who was buried alive but some hoodlums in Oghobaghase village of Ewudu community in Ovia North-East local government area of Edo State over land dispute. The victim who was also head [...]
Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Lagos State chapter, southwest Nigeria, has reacted to the endorsement of President Goodluck Jonathan for the 2015 presidential election by the People’s Democratic Party in the southwest. The state Publicity Secretary of ACN, Mr Joe Igbokwe in terse mail to P.M.NEWS Wednesday, dismissed the endorsement as laughable, saying PDP does [...]
The National Caucus of the ruling PDP has explained that the suspension of Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers state, southwest Nigeria, was not lifted because of a pending case challenging the action. The party organ gave the explanation late on Tuesday after a meeting, presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan at the Banquet Hall of [...]
An armed gang has raided a village in Zamfara State, northwest Nigeria, and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official said Wednesday. The attack saw gunmen move house to house as well as take positions atop a hill and open fire, the official said. Houses were [...]
Residents from various parts of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have been coming to catch a glimpse of a baby allegedly born with a miniature Quran at 9, Oguntade Street, Shasha area of the state. Incidents like these are scientifically impossible, but residents of the area say it is true even though some of them confessed [...]
SALVADOR (AFP) – Despite contrasting results in their opening games, Uruguay and Nigeria both approach Thursday’s encounter between the sides in Salvador knowing defeat could spell the end of their Confederations Cup ambitions. Uruguay lost 2-1 to Spain on Sunday, before Nigeria surged to the Group B summit with a 6-1 demolition of minnows Tahiti, [...]
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