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Obi offers reward for clues on floating bodies
Governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Anambra, Peter Obi, has offered a N5million reward for clues on the corpses found…
Ansaru terror group: ‘We bombed Nigerian troops’
The radical Islamist group Ansaru on Sunday claimed responsibility for an attack in Okene, Kogi state in central Nigeria that…
Keita fires Mali past spirited Niger
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AFP) – Mali denied determined Niger a first point at the Africa Cup of Nations when…
Robbers attack ex- deputy governor
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta The former deputy governor of Nigeria’s western state of Ogun, Alhaji Abdul Rafiu Ogunleye was early this…
Mali: France plans total takeover from Islamists
French troops on Sunday consolidated gains in Mali’s Islamist-held north as Paris said the aim was its “total reconquest” and…
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Osaze Odemwingie now a father
Nigerian striker, Osaze Odemwingie has revealed that his wife, Sarah put to bed a bouncing baby boy Sunday morning in…
Emir Bayero, wounded sons fly to Britain
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Impeccable sources from Kano’s Emirate Council have told P.M.NEWS that the Emir of northern Nigerian city of Kano,…
Malaysia-based student scam suspect faces trial
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has concluded arrangement to arraign a Malaysia- based Nigerian fraudster, Hope Olusegun Aroke and…
Ghana, DR Congo settle for draw
Adebobola Alawode The Black Stars of Ghana Sunday evening settled for 2-2 draw with DR Congo in their African Cup…
Jonathan Visits Switzerland, Ethiopia
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan will embark on a working visit to Switzerland and Ethiopia tomorrow with engagements in Geneva and…
Governor Akpabio plays the Good Samaritan
Governor Godswill Akpabio of Nigeria’s south eastern Akwa-Ibom state on Saturday joined officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)…
Row over ex-governor Orji Kalu’s return to PDP
Former governor of Nigeria’s eastern state of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu claimed he has returned to the PDP after an…
Pregnant woman raped over ‘offensive Islamic songs’
Three men have been arrested by the Nigeria Police in Kebbi State after they raped a pregnant housewife for the…
NURTW deputy chairman killed
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Some unidentified gunmen have killed the Oyo state Deputy Chairman of Nigeria’s National Union of Road Transport Workers…
Odemwingie makes a point for West Brom
Peter Odemwingie’s late strike saw West Bromwich Albion fight back from two goals down to draw 2-2 at home to…
15 corpses float on Nigerian river
No fewer than 15 unidentified and bloated corpses have been discovered floating on Ezu River in Amansea community, near Awka;…
The Obamas kick off inauguration with volunteering
WASHINGTON(AFP) – Paintbrushes in hand, Barack and Michelle Obama kicked off inauguration weekend Saturday at a volunteer event at a…
Mali: West African leaders seek UN aid
West African leaders Saturday sought urgent financial and logistical aid from the United Nations for a regional force in Mali…
Barcelona record first loss in La Liga season
An injury-time strike from substitute Imanol Agirretxe condemned 10-man Barcelona to a 3-2 defeat at Real Sociedad on Saturday, their…
Algeria’s hostage crisis ends in massacre
IN AMENAS, Algeria (AFP) – A dramatic four-day hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant ended in a bloodbath Saturday…
NOUN graduates lament challenges
Some graduands of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction at the delay in completing programmes…
Cape Verde hold South Africa in AFCON’s opener
Tunde Oyedele/sports editor Hosts of the 2013 African Cup of Nations, AFCON, the Bafana Bafana of South Africa ended their…
Jonathan, Tukur, Okorocha extol Obasanjo
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta It is still some six weeks away to the 76th birthday of Nigeria’s former leader, Olusegun Obasanjo,…
Nigeria: 2 Mali bound soldiers killed, 5 wounded
Two Nigerian soldiers were killed and five others injured Saturday in an explosion in Okene city in Nigeria’s central Kogi…
Revered Nigerian Emir survives gun attack
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Emir of Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero narrowly escaped death on Saturday in the…
Nations Cup: Psychics favour Ghana’s Black Stars
Ghana, picked by psychics in South Africa to win the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, kick off their campaign Sunday…
Man with $188,858 to be sentenced Monday
A Nigerian Federal High Court sitting in Abuja will on Monday January 21, 2013 sentence one Abdulrasheed Ibrahim for attempting…
Aba’s power plant to be switched on March
A private power generation and distribution plant in Nigeria will commence operation by March 2013, the Managing Director of the…
Jonathan arrives Abidjan for Mali talks
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday arrived in Abidjan, the Ivorian capital, to participate in the extra-ordinary session of the…
Nigerians in Cape Town protest killing of Nigerian
Members of the Nigerian community in Western Cape, South Africa, staged a protest in Cape Town on Friday over the…