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Shop on fire at Balogun Market, Lagos Island
Reports reaching PMNEWS now reveal that a building at Martins Street, near Balogun market (Oluwole) in Lagos Island is on…
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Nana Akufo-Addo sworn in as Ghana’s president
Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in on Saturday as Ghana’s new president at a ceremony applauded for its easy transition of…
Breaking: Adeboye retires as General Overseer of RCCG
The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday appointed a new General…
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APC accuses Mimiko of diverting N1.5bn foreign grants
The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has accused Governor Olusegun Mimiko of planning to divert N1.5 billion in grants…
Fire claims 28 lives in Oyo State
Mr Oyekunle Kareem, the Oyo State Director of Fire Service, said 28 persons lost their lives in fire disasters that…
Heavy gunfire rocks military camps in Ivory Coast
Heavy gunfire was heard on Saturday near military camps in two cities in Ivory Coast, where disgruntled soldiers launched revolts…
Gov Ajimobi reopens shut schools, says LAUTECH resumes Feb 1
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, will resume academic activities on or…
Arik Air passengers stranded in Kaduna Airport for 4 days
Several passengers, including children, were stranded at Kaduna International Airport since on Tuesday, following the failure of Arik Airlines to…
Gov Ambode, O’jez Restaurant honoured
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State, has been honoured with the Grand Promoter of ‘Eat Nigeria’ Project Award 2016 at…
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Lagos lawyers hail passage of bill on death penalty for kidnappers
Some Lagos-based lawyers have lauded the Lagos State House of Assembly for passing into law the bill stipulating the death…
Price of local rice rises, tomatoes crash in Jigawa
Prices of locally produced rice have shot up by more than 20 per cent in Hadejia, Jigawa. Checks at Hadejia…
Buhari to attend inauguration of Ghana’s President-Elect, Akufo-Addo
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Saturday for Accra, Ghana, to attend the inauguration of Ghana’s President-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo.…
Oyo awards N10bn Eleyele-Eruwa road
The Oyo State Government has approved the reconstruction of Ibadan-Eleyele Junction-Akufo Junction–Eruwa road at the cost of N10, 396,614,557.49. The…
Lagos Speaker supports online verification of number plates
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has described the introduction of a website, through which motorists…
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Court orders forfeiture of $153,310,000 belonging to Alison-Maduekwe
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Southwest Nigeria on Friday ordered temporary forfeiture of the sum of $153,310,000, which…
Ban on Private Revenue Collectors: Civil groups backs Obaseki
More commendations have continued to greet the prohibition of private revenue collectors announced by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki,…
Dismissed Police Officers: Angry Governor Wike spits fire
Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State is angry. He is angry over the dismissal of six police officers attached to…
Rivers rerun: Police sack 6 aides attached to Wike
The Nigeria Police Force has sacked six police officers attached to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for exhibiting gross…
Sick Nollywood actor thrown out of hospital
Well meaning Nigerians have not seen it all as every day different ailing Nollywood actors spring up begging for financial…
SERAP demands immediate release of arrested journalist by Akwa Ibom govt
emmanuel udomSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a newspaper publisher, Nsibiet…
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Pictures: GLO-CAF awards in Abuja
The 2016 Glo/CAF Awards held on Thursday in Abuja. Leicester City and Algeria forward, Riyad Mahrez clinched the top prize…
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Dognapped, Nollywood’s first live-action animated comedy film
For their first feature-film collaboration, KayKas Studios, Drama King Productions and Reel Laif Productions present Nigeria’s first live-action animated comedy…
Magistrates, other judicial workers begin strike on Monday
Nasarawa workers under the aegis of the Judicial Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), the Magistrates Association of Nigeria (MAN) and…
Police arraign unemployed for groundnut oil theft
A 25-year-old unemployed man, Stanley Adeyunju, appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Friday for alleged theft of…
Price of Kerosene up by 60 % in Kaduna
The price of Kerosene, an essential household commodity, has increased by 60 per cent in Kaduna, from N1,100 a gallon…
Falana accuses BATN of dehumanizing Nigerians
A former staff of British American Tobacco Nigeria, Oluwasegun Falana, has accused the company of dehumanising Nigerians working with conglomerate.…
NIMC begins enrolment of U-16 children
The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Kebbi has commenced the registration of under-16 children in the state. NIMC State…
Iron bender jailed 3 months for stealing tv
A Karmo Grade 1 Area Court in FCT on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old Iron Bender, Ignatius Simon, to three months…
FRSC Zonal Commander decorates 15 promoted senior officers
Mr Abdullahi Ringim, the FRSC Zonal Commanding Officer, in-charge of Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe, on Friday in Yola decorated 15…
Buratai urges soldiers to be vigilant
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has charged personnel of the Nigerian Army to remain vigilant in spite…