Year: 2016
Breaking: Our efforts to rescue Chibok schoolgirls – Lai Mohammed
The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja revealed that the security agencies had thrice struck a chord to rescue the…
Picture: Ahmadiyya Muslim youths hold fidau for late PMNEWS correspondent
Ahmadiyya Muslim youths of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on Thursday held a 7th day fidau for the late Abiodun Onafuye, the…
Wanted ex-Katsina governor reports to EFCC
Wanted former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, on Friday reported to the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial…
Buhari to attend 71st Session of UNGA – Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart for New York, United States, to participate in the five-day 71st session United…
JAMB won’t extend Nov. 30 deadline for admissions – Registrar
The November 30 deadline for conclusion of admissions into higher institutions for 2016 remains effective, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
Opposition parties decry delay of council poll in Lagos
Opposition political parties in Lagos have decried the delay by the Lagos State Government in conducting local government election. Some…
Court commits Dikko, Abubakar of LMC to 14 days imprisonment
A High Court sitting in Bukuru, Plateau, has committed, Shehu Dikko, Chairman, League Management Company (LMC) and Salish Abubakar, its…
Court remands hunter for allegedly killing fellow hunter
An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 33-year-old hunter, Ganiyu Abdullaral, in prison custody for allegedly killing his friend…
BRT bus records first road crash on night service
An operator of Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme, Primero Transport Services, has recorded first road traffic crash on…
South Africa Airways reports record loss
State airline, South African Airways (SAA) on Friday, revealed a record loss of 4.67 billion rand (330 million dollars) for…
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Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 17.6 % in August – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased to 17.6 per cent (year-on-year) in August…
Aviation group opposes bailout for domestic airlines
A group, the Aviation Round Table (ART), has called on the Federal Government to resist any pressure to offer bailout…
Zimbabwean faces deportation for infecting Australian women with HIV
An African acrobat accused of having unprotected sex with several Aussie women while being infected with HIV has had his…
NSCDC arrests cattle thieves in Jigawa
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa State said it had arrested two suspects over alleged armed robbery…
Gov. Wike recalls suspended cabinet members, Head of Service
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled the four commissioners, the Head of Service and the Special Adviser on…
Husband gives wife N200 daily upkeep allowance
A housewife, Toyin Adeola, has told an Akure Customary Court that her husband, Kayode, gives her N200 as daily upkeep…
Ecobank Nigeria launches MasterPass QR
By Daniels Ekugo Ecobank Nigeria has launched Ecobank MasterPass QR, a Mastercard global digital system that allows people to pay…
Power generation improves, hits 4,285 megawatts
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the country’s power generation has increased from 3,810 megawatts recorded on…
Wike recalls suspended cabinet members, Head of Service
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has announced the recall of the four suspended commissioners, the Head of Service and the…
16 killed in Pakistani mosque suicide bomb attack
A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others as they attended Friday prayers at a mosque…
Nigerian inflation rises to 17.6 percent in August
Annual inflation in Nigeria accelerated to 17.6 percent in August, a fresh 11-year high and the seventh monthly increase in…
Police rescue abducted 15-month-old baby
Mr Leye Oyebade, the Commissioner of Police in Abia, on Wednesday, said that men of the command had rescued a…
‘Ghana’ boys attack Benue community
A least 13 persons were reportedly killed by an armed robbery gang at Senga village in Katsina Ala Local Government…
Stranded graduate ex-milliants to return Monday
The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Brig.-Gen Paul Boroh, has said that stranded ex-agitators who graduated from…
FG to save over $8bn through food storage technology
The Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has said that the Federal Government would save $8billion through new…
NNPC pledges support for Nigerian gas association
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) says it will support the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) to achieve its objectives of ensuring…
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Patience Jonathan must forfeit $15m-EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is heading to court to file an application seeking the total forfeiture…
Minister can’t declare state of emergency in sports—Ka’Oje
A former Minister of Sports, Bala Ka’Oje, has said that the incumbent Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung,…
MTN scraps mobile money business in South Africa
South African mobile phone operator MTN Group on Thursday scrapped its local mobile money business due to its high operating…
Nigerian trader killed in South Africa
The Nigeria Union in South Africa said on Thursday that a Nigerian petty trader, Monday Okorie, was killed in Potchefstroom,…