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Taiwan cuts off ties with Gambia
Taiwan said Monday it had terminated diplomatic relations with Gambia, after the West African nation’s move to cut ties shocked…
China: Pastor of state-sanctioned church, 20 others ‘detained’
A pastor and 20 other members of a state-sanctioned Christian church in China have been detained and their whereabouts are…
Ngige, Nwoye, Ubah want Anambra poll annulled
The trio of Senator Chris Ngige of APC, Mr Tony Nwoye of PDP and Dr Ifeanyi Ubah of LP have…
ESUT not re-opening yet, says ASUU
Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dissociated itself from the planned resumption of academic activities at the Enugu…
Sambo arrives Kuwait for Africa-Arab summit
Nigeria’s Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Sunday arrived Kuwait City, the capital of the oil rich country of Kuwait to attend…
Women protest conduct of Anambra’s election
Hundreds of women on Sunday marched through major streets in Awka, capital of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, to…
Ubah also thumbs down INEC, says poll flawed
Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Anambra Governorship Election, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, has joined the criticism against the conduct…
Gunmen invade Nigerian hospital, demand new born babies
Five gunmen, suspected to be ritualists on Sunday invaded the government hospital in Ado-Ekiti, demanding for new born babies. The…
APGA chief says Anambra poll free and fair
Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman of Nigeria’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on Sunday dismissed allegations that INEC and…
Nigeria faults World Bank chief on ‘100 Million Destitute’ claim
Nigeria’s federal government has described recent statement by World Bank Country Director, Marie-Francoise Marie-Nelly that 100 million Nigerians are living…
Anambra election: INEC bars journalists from collation centre
Simon Ateba/Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has barred many accredited journalists from the collation centre in Awka, the…
Imoke flags off Carnival Calabar
Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River has flagged off the 2013 Carnival Calabar at Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort with…
Stepanek in an encore, wins Davis Cup for Czech Republic
Radek Stepanek trounced Serbia’s Dusan Lajovic in three straight sets to clinch the Davis Cup for Czech Republic Sunday evening.…
Anambra election: PDP’s Nwoye rejects results, demands fresh poll
Seun Bisuga/Awka Tony Nwoye, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria is still in…
Dancehall Star, Fada U-Turn Dies At 36
FUNSHO AROGUNDADE One of Nigeria’s most popular 90s musicians Olufemi Mayomi, a.k.a Fada U-Turn, is dead. P.M.NEWS learnt the dance-hall…
Brazil 2014 World Cup: Cameroon take Africa’s third ticket
Cameroon have taken Africa’s third spot in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, for an African record seventh time on…
‘Pharmacist’ pope hands out rosaries as spiritual medicine
Pope Francis on Sunday advised Catholics to take a special dose of spiritual medicine, offering some 20,000 boxes of “mercy”…
APC wants Anambra poll cancelled, says it’s new low for INEC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a total cancellation of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State based on the…
Anambra poll a mockery of democracy, says Ngige
Senator Chris Ngige, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress has indicated that his party will challenge the outcome…
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Francis Collomp: Exclusive photograph of ex-French hostage
Francis Collomp, the French engineer captured by the terror group, Ansaru in Rimi village, Katsina state in Northern Nigeria, last…
‘My Story’: By a forced bride of Boko Haram terrorists
(Reuters) – In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife…
Nigerian Police: How Collomp, French hostage escaped in Zaria
Femi Adi/ Kaduna Kidnapped sixty three year old French engineer, Francis Collomp, who was abducted over eleven months ago escaped…
World Cup: Blatter congratulates Nigeria On Twitter
Taiwo Adelu/Calabar President of the world football governing body, FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter, has congratulated Nigeria for being the first…
Boko Haram: Nigerian army raid frees abducted French engineer
French hostage Francis Collomp has been freed almost a year after being kidnapped, according to a statement from the French…
Emirates makes $100bn jumbo orders for Boeing, Airbus planes
Emirates Airline placed an order on Sunday for 150 Boeing 777X long-haul aircraft on Sunday, in a contract the Dubai-based…
Malta to host next Commonwealth summit
Malta is to host the next Commonwealth summit after Mauritius pulled out in protest over the decision to hold this…
Anambra: INEC disappoints voters in rescheduled election
Seun Bisuga, Simon Ateba, Folarin Ademosu, Oluwasanmi Joseph/In Awka Registered voters in Obosi, North Idemili Local Government Area have gotten…
NGF urges Nigerians eschew docility, sycophancy
The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi has appealed to Nigerians to eschew docility by participating more…
DIG Leha commends police in Anambra
Seun Bisuga/ in Awka Philemon Leha, Deputy Inspector General, Operations have commended the efforts of the Nigerian Policemen that participated…
Etihad orders 56 Boeing aircraft
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways placed an order for 56 Boeing aircraft, including 25 yet-to-be launched long-haul 777X passenger jets, as…