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Pay N4.5bn as compensation, court orders Stanbic IBTC
Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc to pay a former Group…
Oritsejafor has a message for Nigerians
Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged Nigerians to be resolute in the face of the…
Osinbajo urges people of North-East to move over to APC
Vice- President Yemi Osinbajo on Sunday said there was no justification for people in North-East of Nigeria to remain in…
Kwara Govt imposes 24-hr curfew as 4 die in Share/Tsaragi clash
At least four persons reportedly lost their lives on Sunday in a renewed communal clash involving Share and a neighboring…
FG orders probe of unauthorised use of equipment by Aero Contractors
Sen. Hadi Sirika, Minister of State for Aviation, has directed immediate investigation into the use of unauthorized equipment by Aero…
Kwara has lowest HIV cases in Nigeria – NACA
National Agency for the Control of Aids (NACA), says Kwara is one of the states with lowest rate of HIV…
370,000 defect from PDP to APC in Jigawa
No fewer than 370,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Jigawa have defected to the All Progressives Congress…
Gunmen abduct Commissioner, Gov Dickson’s sister in Bayelsa
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday abducted the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Local Government Madam Serefina Otazi, family sources…
NNPC orders special supply of petrol for hitch-free Yuletide
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, has directed relevant agencies to embark on special supply of…
Taraba: Aisha Alhassan hopeful as Appeal Court sits Monday
A panel constituted by the Appeal Court to consider the Taraba State Governorship election matter will sit on Monday. The…
Wuse market on fire in Abuja
A popular market in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital is on fire, PM News has learnt. According to an eyewitness, the raging…
LAHASCOM re-invents its service delivery in 2016
Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission, LAHASCOM, will put in place a strategic plan to re-invent…
Ambode wants Governor’s Cup Tennis upgraded to ATP championship
Taiwo Adelu Governor Akinwunmi Ambode surprised tennis pundits during the grand finale of the 15th Governor’s Cup Lagos Tennis Championship…
114 Roads: Lagos charges communities to cooperate with contractors
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has called on all communities in the Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas,…
RRS arrests teenage robbery suspect in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, intensify efforts at reducing crime in the metropolis, policemen…
Fayose rallies labour unions against Buhari’s harsh policies
Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, western Nigeria, has urged labour leaders in Nigeria to protect the interests…
Kano State Fire Service records 80 outbreaks in November
The Kano State Fire Service says it has recorded 80 cases of fire outbreaks in November. The Director of the…
NDDC inaugurates N427m hostel for RSUST students
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) on Sunday inaugurated an ultra-modern 522-bed hostel, worth N427 million, for students of the…
CBN Governor promises robust economy, stable currency in 2016
Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefeile says the apex bank is evolving additional measures to boost…
Task Force on Distribution of Petroleum Products warns marketers against diversion
Alhaji Rabiu Bako, Chairman, Task Force on Distribution of Petroleum Products in Kano State, has warned fuel marketers against diversion…
Building materials dealers want ban on importation of electric cables
Some dealers in building materials have urged the Federal Government to ban the importation of electric cables. In separate interviews…
50 IDPs get knitting machines in Maiduguri
The North-East Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Sunday distributed 50 knitting machines to 50…
Security: Hausa Group applauds Gov. Ambode on commitment
Alhaji Musa Mua’zu, the Vice-Chairman, Kastina State Indigenes’ Association (South-West), on Sunday commended Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State for…
500,000 Lagos residents threatened by looming epidemic from sewage plant
No fewer than 500,000 residents of Iponri Low-Cost Housing Estate, Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos State, on Sunday appealed to…
APC will deliver campaign promises, says Dogara
Nigerians will begin to reap the dividends of promises made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) when the 2016 budget…
2016: Saraki’s promise to Nigerians
The President of the Senate Bukola Saraki, on Saturday promised Nigerians of policies that would transform the nation’s economy in…
Akinola installed as Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland
Eminent personalities on Saturday converged in Ibadan for the installation of Alhaji Dawud Akinola as the new Aare Musulumi of…
Shi’ite/Army Clash: Northern govs hold emergency meeting
Northern Governors on Saturday held an emergency meeting in Kaduna to evolve measures to resolve the crisis between members of…
I’ll transform petroleum sector in one year – Kachikwu
Dr Ibe Kachikwu, the Minister of State for Petroleum, has promised to bring about fundamental change in Nigeria’s oil sector…
Insurgency will soon be history, says senator accused of sponsoring sect
Senate Ali Ndume, who is accused of sponsoring Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has expressed confidence that insurgency in the North-East…