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Oshiomhole urges FG to establish labour unemployment centres
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo, has called on the Federal Government to establish labour unemployment centres across the federation. Oshiomhole…
Delta council imposes curfew over cult killing
Jethro Ibileke/Benin There is tension and apprehension in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta state, following the murder of…
Dickson campaign organisation calls for arrest of militant leader
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The campaign organisation of Governor Seriake Dickson has called for the immediate arrest a militant leader, General…
IMF’s Christine Lagarde ‘impressed’ with Buharinomics
International Monetary Fund, IMF, chief Christine Lagarde has reacted to her meeting Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the country’s…
Bayelsa Polls: PDP beating war drums to intimidate voters, INEC – APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of beating war drums ahead of Saturday’s…
Southern Ijaw polls: Ex-militant leaders shun police parley
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some prominent ex-militant leaders who command large followers in Bayelsa State and the Niger Delta region shunned…
Buhari set to establish committee to fast-track NNPC reforms
President Muhammadu Buhari said an inter-ministerial committee would soon be established to speed up the re-organisation and reformation of the…
5 cultists arrested for disrupting church activities
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Operatives of the Edo state command of the Nigerian Police have arrested and detained five persons, for allegedly…
Lagos shuts popular Oshodi Loop Market
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has shut the Owonifari market within the notorious loop of Oshodi and relocated affected…
Lagos Judiciary: Tinubu vs AIT and other cases to watch out for this year
Henry Ojelu As Lagos State Courts officially resume sitting after the festive break, PM News look at some of the…
Fear grips residents over defective building
Daniels Ekugo Residents of Gbaga community in Ikorodu North Local Government Council Development Area, have expressed fears over the sorry…
Lassa Fever outbreak in Rivers, two confirmed dead
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt wike Rivers State Government has just confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, which has…
Jihadi Junior: ISIS using my 4-year grandson as pawn – Henry Sunday Dare
A Nigerian heartbroken granddad of the six year-old boy now dubbed Jihadi Junior by British media, revealed today that boy…
Workers’ welfare our priority – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that he will continue to place emphasis on the…
PDP condemns Olisa Metuh’s arrest
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the arrest of its spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh by officials of…
I’m leaving Bayern for the Premier League – Pep Guardiola
Pep Guardiola has revealed he did not extend his contract at Bayern Munich because he wants to manage in the…
Protesting Shiite women demand for El-Zakzaky, wife’s unconditional release
Femi Adi/Kaduna Female members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria comprising the Shiite sect, on Tuesday in Kaduna, northcentral Nigeria,…
IG prohibits officers from illegally accessing mobile phones
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has warned police officers who are in the habit of indiscriminate checking of…
IMF chief, Lagarde endorses Buhari’s anti-corruption war
The head of the International Monetary Fund endorsed on Tuesday Nigeria’s efforts to tackle corruption, while saying the country needed…
Wike fires procurement agency boss
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sacked Franklyn Nlerum, Rivers State Director-General of Bureau of Public…
Court grants N15m bail to alleged cocaine importer
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to an alleged Cocaine importer, Michael Okwuma, in the…
Rooney named England’s Player of the Year
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has been named England’s Player of the Year back to back after a historic 2015…
Dasukigate: SERAP wants EFCC, ICPC to go after CBN, other banks’ executives
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent…
EFCC arrests PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa…
Ex-PDP chairman to be under IG’s supervision, son to jail – Court
Former Peoples Democratic Party national chairman, Haliru Bello Mohammed will be under the supervision of the Inspector General of Police,…
Ambode converts LASU to residential campus, approves 70yr retirement age for Profs.
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday signed a bill into law converting the Lagos State University, LASU,…
Siasia: No automatic shirt for Olympic Dream Team players
Chief Coach of Nigeria’s U-23 Eagles, the Dream Team VI, Samson Siasia has ruled out automatic shirt for any of…
LASIMRA gives directive on display of site’s project boards
The LagosState Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, LASIMRA, has directed that all telecommunications service providers should from January 1, 2016,…
Ambode signs N25bn Employment Trust Fund bill into law
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday signed into law the N25 billion Employment Trust Fund, ETF, Bill…