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Ballon d’Or: Fifa ends association with world player of the year award
Fifa has ended its association with the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best player. The award has been given…
UK college rates Nigerian students high in academic performance
Mr Muazu Jalaludeen, Students Admission Manager, Abbey DLD Group of Colleges, UK, on Friday rated Nigerian students high in terms…
Liverpool stun Chelsea at Stanford Bridge 2-1
Liverpool continued to gather impressive momentum in the Premier League as they inflicted Antonio Conte’s first loss as Chelsea manager…
Supreme Court Judgment: Police ban public jubilation, demonstration
Kogi State Police Command has banned public jubilation and/or demonstration after the Supreme Court delivers its judgment on the state…
Plagiarism: Buhari angry, orders disciplinary measures against culprits
President Muhammadu Buhari is angry over reports in the social media that the speech he delivered at the launching of…
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…
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…
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…
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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,…
Gov Okorocha sacks information commissioner, others
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has relieved the Commissioner for Information in the state, Dr Vitais Ajumbe of his…
Nigeria raises N183 billion in short-dated treasury bills
Nigeria sold N183.24 billion worth in treasury bills at an auction on Wednesday, with mixed yields on all the tenors,…
Hillary Clinton says time off campaign trail is a ‘gift’
In her return to the campaign trail after a bout with pneumonia, Hillary Clinton on Thursday said she did not…