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Delta govt to fish out ghost workers
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa says Delta Government has put machinery in place to fish-out ghost workers from its 66,000 workforce. The…
NULGE locks out workers as NLC suspends strike
Workers in Mangu Local Government of Plateau were on Monday locked out by the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees…
2015 Nov/Dec WASSCE: WAEC cancels results of candidates involved in malpractice
The West Africa Examinations Council has cancelled the results of candidates involved in examination malpractice during its 2015 November/December diet…
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FG praises NLC for suspending strike
The Federal Government has praised the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending its five-day-old strike. The Ayuba Wabba-led NLC had…
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Manchester United confirm Van Gaal’s departure
As reported by PMNEWS in the morning, Manchester United have confirmed that Louis van Gaal, has been fired as manager…
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Manchester United: Louis Van Gaal’s ‘swan song’ after sack
Louis Van Gaal, the former manager of Manchester United made an emotional statement after the club confirmed his departure. Van…
Sack fever grips Kogi workers
Tension has gripped workers at state and local levels in Kogi following the release of an interim report of workers’…
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FIFA sack deputy general secretary Kattner
FIFA on Monday sacked deputy general secretary Markus Kattner for financial ‘breaches’ linked to his job. Kattner had been acting…
Court overrules govt over lawyer’s access to Dasuki
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja: An Abuja High Court has overruled the Federal Government in its decision to confine the detained former National…
Pictures: Buhari receives Amosun at State House, Abuja
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday received the Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun in his office at State House, Abuja.…
Nurse crushed to death in Ijebu-Ode
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta: Tragedy struck in Ijebu-Ode Monday when a truck loaded with granite crushed a lady to death. Another…
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NFF sensitizes clubs, media to FIFA’s new rules on football
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), said on Monday that it will soon begin to sensitise clubs and other stakeholders to…
Ambode’s achievements in one year laudable, says Buhari
…Commissions Emergency Rescue Centre, Security Equipment, Ago Palace Way …Our Govt Will Continue To Raise The Bar Of Security, Gov…
Passport: PDP spokesman, Metuh knows fate May 25
A Federal High Court on Monday fixed May 25 for ruling on PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh’s request for his international…
Husband prostrates in court, begs wife not to leave him
A respondent in a divorce petition, Mr Taiwo Salami, 54, on Monday prostrated in an Ikorodu Customary Court to implore…
2 seized boats of smuggled rice handed over to customs
The Eastern Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said the Nigerian Navy had assisted in intercepting two boats laden…
Fani-Kayode to spend another 3 weeks in custody
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the remand of Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation…
Wike to Army Chiefs: We will help you fish out militants
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state has declared that nobody will be shielded from the military operations…
Air pollution kills 7m people annually
Air Pollution kills seven million people across the world annually and of this household pollution kills 4.3 million, particularly women…
NUJ threatens to boycott PDP, police activities over attack on journalists
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council has condemned the unwarranted attack on journalists who…
Cameroonians mark National Day in Lagos
About 2,000 Cameroonians in Lagos, Abuja and Calabar, at the weekend came all-out to celebrate their country’s 44th National Day…
Delta govt creates 17,173 jobs
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, on Monday, said that his administration had created 17, 173 jobs directly and indirectly in…
Boy, 15 in court for stealing
A 15-year old boy was on Monday docked before a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with stealing a…
Patients in danger as hospital runs out of anti-snake venom
The Snake Bite Treatment Centre in Kaltungo, Gombe State, has run out of anti-snake venom, its Medical Officer, Dr Abubakar…
Procurement officers save Nigeria N680b in 5 years
The Acting Director-General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mr Ahmed Audu, on Monday said the Federal Government had saved N680b…
Jungle justice on the rise
An Abuja-based Legal practitioner, Mr Olamikanra Ogunyemi, has decried the incessant rise in `jungle justices’ in some parts of the…
UN chief says many people need aid to survive
The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, said a record number of people are in need of aid and the…
Police arraign 2 for theft
The police in Ogun on Monday arraigned two men, Jelili Alabi, 48 and Babatunde Mufutao, 60, in an Ota Senior…
Burglar jailed 15 years
A 20-year-old man, Adamu Abubakar, was on Monday sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for burglary and stealing by an Evbouriaria…
Rio Olympic: Athletes to receive 450,000 condoms
Around 450,000 pieces of condoms will be distributed to athletes during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, a figure three times…