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NSCDC impounds 3 trucks of fake petroleum products
The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Anambra Command, said on Tuesday that it had arrested three trucks containing…
UN denounces Jammeh’s media clampdown
The UN has denounced the ongoing clampdown on the media by the embattled outgoing President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh.…
First Bank re-opens after 3 years of closure
The Omu-Aran branch of First Bank Plc, closed in May 2013 due to armed robbery attack, has been re-opened. In…
Pastor’s plea saves mother, 2 daughters from imprisonment
A 38-year-old mother and her two daughters were on Tuesday discharged and acquitted by Akure Chief Magistrate’s’ Court for stealing…
Timaya blasts PUNCH correspondent
Nigerian singer and songwriter Inetimi Alfred Odon, better known by his stage name Timaya has insulted a PUNCH correspondent. The…
Cultists gang rape teenage girl
Suspected cultists in Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue have gang raped a 15-year-old girl. Sources revealed that the teenager…
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu’s trial resumes
There is a heavy security presence at the Federal High Court, venue of the trial of the leader of the…
Doctors in Rivers’ hospitals embark on indefinite strike
Baring any last minute intervention by the Rivers State Government, medical doctors in Rivers State will start an indefinite strike…
NBA to make law a second degree course
In a move to raise the bar for Nigerian lawyers, the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA is seeking to make the…
Woman births quintuplets after 10 years childlessness
The Cross River Government yesterday said the first quintuplets in the state’s history were delivered Monday in Calabar to a…
Woman inserts peppered broom in boy’s private part
One Mrs Bassey has been arrested for allegedly inserting a stick of broom dipped in pepper into the private parts…
Yahoo to be named Altaba
Yahoo Inc said that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from…
Exposed: PDP’s attempt to weaken the church
Information reaching PMNEWS has revealed that the sacked boss of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRCN) Jim Obazee was…
Trump announces son-in-law Senior Advisor to President
Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is expected to be named as a senior adviser to the president and to assume…
Nigeria’s Adebanwi named Rhodes Professor at Oxford University
Wale Adebanwi, a Nigerian scholar, has been appointed to the prestigious Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations in the School of…
Oil workers hail FG over rehabilitation of refineries
Workers in the oil and gas sector on Monday commended the Federal Government on its plan and pronouncement to rehabilitate…
Kure for burial Wednesday, Jan. 11
The former governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir Kure, who died in a German Hospital on Sunday would be buried on…
Adebanwi, Nigerian scholar, is Rhodes Professor at Oxford University
Wale Adebanwi, a Nigerian scholar, has been appointed to the prestigious Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations in the School of…
Breaking: Ronaldo wins FIFA’s player of the year award
Cristiano Ronaldo won FIFA’s rebranded player of the year award on Monday, beating his old rival Lionel Messi. Messi was…
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Breaking: Adeboye: Buhari sacks FRN boss, Obazee
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Executive Secretary of the board of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRN), Jim…
Ambode appoints Private Secretary as LASTMA GM
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has appointed his Principal Private Secretary, Musa Olawale as the new General Manager, Lagos State…
Trump election: Russia ‘tired’ of US hacking ‘witch-hunt’
Russia says US allegations that it ran a hacking campaign to influence the American presidential elections are “reminiscent of a…
No going back on implementation of Health Insurance Scheme-LASG
The Lagos State Government says there is no going back on the planned implementation of the Health Insurance Scheme, HIS,…
The Gambia: Nigeria on standby to evacuate citizens
The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has disclosed that the Federal…
Army alert public on new suicide bombers’ tactics
The Nigerian Army has advised members of the public to be wary as suicide bombers have devised a new method…
Petrol scarcity looms as NUPENG begins warning strike Wednesday
Except the federal government intervenes, another round of petrol scarcity is looming in the country. The Nigeria Union of Petroleum…
Flight cancelled after staff sees snake in plane
An Emirates flight from Oman to Dubai was cancelled after staff found a snake on the plane. Flight EK0863 from…
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The Gambia: President Buhari, other West African leaders in closed door meeting
Some West African leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met behind closed door to discuss the political…
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Pictures: Dino Melaye celebrates birthday in old school style
Senator Dino Melaye Lawmaker representing Kogi West Senatorial district in the National Assembly, yesterday celebrated his birthday in an old…
Student arraigned for beating lady to coma
A 25-year-old student, Izuchukwu Victor, appeared in a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa, on Monday for allegedly beating a lady,…