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Salesgirl in court over theft of N466, 000
A 20-year-old salesgirl, Suliat Mukaila, on Monday appeared in an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing her employer’s…
China launches first commercial rocket mission
A Chinese rocket successfully sent three satellites into space in the country’s first commercial mission, a media report said on…
Technical fault causes blackout in Nairobi
Kenya Power said on Monday that a technical fault at one of its substations in the North of the capital…
Gambia Govt closes fourth radio station
Gambian authorities have closed Paradise FM, the fourth radio station to be shut since last week, one of its presenters…
Ambode signs N812.998bn into law
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday signed the 2017 budget of N812.998 billion into law. Signing the budget passed…
2017 UTME forms not yet on sale – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has not started the sale of its 2017 admission application documents,…
Man bags N200,000 bail for theft
A Grade 1 Area Court, Karmo, Abuja, on Monday admitted a 48-year-old businessman, Abdullateef Ismaila, to bail in the sum…
Plateau uses solar energy to boil water
Worried by the effects of the ongoing harmattan, the Plateau State Government on Monday commenced boiling water with solar power…
Cleric warns parents against pampering their children
Pastor Tunde Rotimi of the Salvation Church of Christ, Fate, Ilorin, Kwara, has warned parents not to pamper their children…
Fallen truck causes gridlock on Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway
A truck loaded with sand on Monday fell at the Ile-Zik intersection on Agege-Ikeja road, resulting in traffic jam for…
Pension scheme: Civil servants demand old pension system
Retired civil servants in some states have called for reversal to the old pension system, saying that the impression created…
Plateau Govt to provide mobile water treatment plants
Plateau Government said it has concluded arrangement to provide mobile water treatment plants in rural areas across the state to…
Coach urges other female players to emulate Oshoala
The Chairman of FCT Coaches Association, Godwin Bamigboye, on Monday in Abuja urged national female players to emulate Super Falcons’…
Several hospitalised over auto crash
The Police Command in Enugu State has confirmed that nine people are in critical condition in two hospitals in Nsukka,…
Multiple explosions hit Maiduguri, 8 killed
There are reports that eight people were killed and score injured when multiple explosions hit Maiduguri, the Borno state capital…
French police arrest 16 over Kim Kardashian robbery
French police arrested 16 people in the Paris region early Monday over the robbery of US reality TV star Kim…
Tragedy: Dangote cement trailer kills 15 passengers in Zamfara
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Zamfara State Command has confirmed 15 persons dead in a ghastly accident which occurred…
Obama to Trump: You can’t manage White House like family business
US President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he has tried to impress upon president-elect Donald Trump…
Former Iranian president Rafsanjani dies aged 82
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died Sunday in Tehran at the age of 82, Iranian state media reports said.…
The Gambia: Buhari hosts West African Leaders in Abuja on Monday
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday host four West African leaders to a meeting aimed at averting violence and preserving…
IBB mourns late Kure
Former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, said on Sunday that the sudden death of former Governor of Niger State, Abdulkadir…
Breaking: Ex-Niger governor, Abdulkadir Kure, dies at 60
A former governor of Niger, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, is dead. Kure died on Sunday in a German hospital at the…
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2017: Lagos’ll witness pleasant surprises in all sectors-Ambode
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday said the state will witness pleasant surprises in every sector of the economy…
Tunde Bakare explodes: Buhari must rejig his cabinet for results
Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast and reconstitute his…
Harmattan: NMetS cautions Nigerians against fire outbreak
The Nigerian Meteorological Society (NMetS), on Sunday, advised Nigerians to be careful during this harmattan, so as to reduce fire…
Boko Haram strikes again, kills army captain, 4 soldiers
Reports reaching PMNEWS revealed that fleeing members of Boko Haram have ambushed some Nigeria soldiers attached to 27 Task Force…
NSCDC uncovers new factional Shi’ite group in Borno
The Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered a new factional sect of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN),…
Radio Bayelsa workers issue 7 days ultimatum
The workers of Radio Bayelsa on Sunday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the station General Manager, to speedily resolve the…
NNPC targets 60% local refining capacity for 2017
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has commenced moves to reduce products importation by boosting the capacity utilization of the…
Board records high turnout of prospective pilgrims
Kaduna State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board on Sunday said it had recorded high turn out of prospective pilgrims making deposits…