Author: pmnews
Padded Budget, Padded Change by Okey Ndibe
By Okey Ndibe I have often argued that the Nigerian state is, at bottom, a criminal enterprise, organized to serve…
Buhari appoints new Permanent Secretary, redeploys 8 others
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday approved the appointment of Ambassador Olusola Enikanolaiye as a Permanent Secretary in the Federal Civil…
Business, Metro, News, Photo News, World News
Pictures: Buhari meets President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday received President Patrice Talon of Benin Republic who came on an official visit to the…
Beware of unregistered money transfer operators – CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has advised Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora to beware of the activities…
Sheriff overrules suspension of party members in Abia
The Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led People’s Democratic Party (PDP), on Tuesday overturned the suspension of party members in Abia. This…
Budget Padding: APC summons Dogara, Jubrin
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has set up a panel to broker peace between feuding legislators in the ongoing budget…
Recession: Buhari’s economic team meets financial experts
The Economic Management Team met with top economists and financial experts in Abuja on Tuesday in continuation of its consultations…
Kidnappers of 2 nurses demand N17m ransom
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Abductors of two nurses at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), have demanded the payment of N17…
Doctors forget towel inside patient after surgery
For allegedly forgetting a towel inside a patient after surgical operation, two doctors working with a private hospital in Lagos…
Abudu community declares support for Obaseki
The people of Abudu in Orhiomwon Local Government Area have declared their total support for the candidacy of Mr. Godwin…
How Kogi govt. allegedly mismanaged N30 billion bailout fund
An Abuja-based Civil Society Organisation, Egalitarian Mission for Africa (EMA), has called on the relevant anti-corruption agencies in the country,…
PDP NWC overrules suspension of Abia party stalwarts
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has overruled the suspension of three stalwart of the…
Police parade Abuja notorious fraudsters
The police on Tuesday paraded a three-man gang of notorious fraudsters specializing in defrauding highly placed personalities in Abuja through…
Trump ‘unfit’ for presidency-Obama
President Barack Obama offered one of his sharpest denunciations of Donald Trump to date Tuesday, declaring the Republican nominee entirely…
Budget Padding: NANS tells Dogara to step aside
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS (Joint Campus Committee), Ogun State has called on the Speaker of…
Dangote refinery’ll resolve fuel supply challenge in W/Africa-Ambode
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said the Dangote Refinery being developed at the Lekki Free…
Trump: Hillary Clinton’s ‘the devil’
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has suggested that the November election could be “rigged” and branded his Democratic rival, Hillary…
Nigeria Shia killings: Army should be prosecuted
A judicial inquiry has concluded that Nigerian troops should be prosecuted for the killing of 349 Shia Muslims in the…
Failed coup cost Turkey $100b
Bulent Tufenkci, Turkish Customs and Trade Minister, said on Tuesday in Istanbul that the failed coup of July 15 has…
Floods kill 120 in India
Pradipta Mohapatra, Managing Director of Orissa state (India) Disaster Management, said that more than 120 people died in monsoon storms…
Anybody who brings tribalism to RCCG’ll die-Adeboye
General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye has warned anybody bringing tribalism to the church to…
Security vote should be accounted for – Nigerians
Nigerians have expressed support for the retention of security vote for state governors and underscored the need for the money…
Nigerians reject immunity for lawmakers
No fewer than 1,236 respondents, representing 59.6 per cent, in the six geopolitical zones have rejected extending immunity for leaders…
Nigerians say NO to life pension for legislators, ex-governors
As the conversation on life pension for legislators and former governors continues, many Nigerians have opposed the idea. The issue…
Man City signs Leroy Sane for £37m
Germany midfielder Leroy Sane has completed his move to Manchester City for a fee of £37m plus add-ons which could…
Business, Headlines, Metro, News
Pictures: Togo’s president arrives Lagos
Togo’s President, Faure Gnassingbe arrives Lagos this morning on official visit to Dangote Refinery in Lekki, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He…
Operation Crocodile Smile: Army arrests 142 suspects
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt As the military launched its operation Crocodile Smile in Port Harcourt against criminal elements, 142 suspects have…
Troops arrest 2 wanted armed bandits, destroy camps
Nigerian troops carrying out clearance operations have arrested two notorious armed bandits and destroyed criminal camps in some forests within…
Transfers: Chelsea to make final bid for Lukaku, as West Ham eye Mario Gomez
Chelsea have told Everton that their next bid for striker Romelu Lukaku, 23, will be a take-it-or-leave-it offer. The Blues…
Buhari approves 65 percent tax waiver for Christian pilgrims
Reverend Tor Uja, Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), said that the Federal Government had approved a…