Author: pmnews
INEC to extend Voters Card exercise by one day
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos state has stated that it has not postponed the Permanent Voters Card…
Rivers Police burst bank robbery, arrest 5, recover N15mn
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command, has given details of how anti-robbery squad yesterday, foiled an attempt to…
No Provision For Persons With Disabilities, Says INEC
Simon Ateba The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has made no provisions in the 2015 general elections for Nigerians living…
INEC postpones collection of Voters card in Rivers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt For the second time in Rivers state, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has again postponed the…
Medical Doctor, 3 others arraigned for corruption, stealing
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arraigned four members of staff of the Federal Psychiatrist Hospital, Uselu, in Benin,…
FIFA Congratulates Glo League Champions, Kano Pillars
World football-governing body, FIFA has kept its pledge of monitoring intensely events in Nigeria football, as the body on Thursday…
Jonathan Commissions Akwa Ibom Stadium Friday
There is a big buzz in the South-South region of Nigeria as three Heads of Governments from across the West…
Pakistani girl, 6, murdered after rape attempt
Police in southwest Pakistan are investigating after a six-year-old girl was strangled and dumped near a garbage heap after apparently…
Deceit, Lies About Africa Must Stop
I read with total disgust and extreme unbelief an online article by one Emily Payne published on the 6th of…
Osoba’s defection won’t shake us, says APC
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would not be shaken by the defection of one of its party…
Nigerian, 57, jailed in UK for swallowing 83 capsules of cocaine
Britain has jailed a Nigerian-German after being caught trying to smuggle more than £200,000 worth of cocaine in 83 packages…
Tottenham survive in Greece, Celtic, Inter held
In-form Harry Kane helped Tottenham to victory in the Europa League on Thursday as Celtic and Inter Milan had to…
Improve living standard in rural areas, Jang tells NYSC members
Governor Jonah Jang of Plateau has urged the 3,500 corps members posted to the State to feel free to initiate…
Lawsuit seeking removal of Mu’azu as PDP chairman withdrawn
Two lawsuits seeking the removal of Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu as National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were on…
Amaechi approves funds for students’ bursary, overseas scholarship
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers on Thursday approved funds for payment of students’ bursary and overseas scholarship for the 2011/2012…
New malware can infect iPhones via Mac computers
A newly discovered family of malware has the capacity to infect iPhones via Apple computers, posing a security threat to…
Murray becomes ambassador for WWF
Former Wimbledon champion Andy Murray was announced as a global ambassador for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on Thursday. Murray…
Alaba loss massive blow for Bayern says Guardiola
Pep Guardiola says Bayern Munich’s ever-present utility-man David Alaba will be sorely missed as club doctors revealed he needed knee…
Bordeaux coach apologises for comments on African players
Bordeaux coach and former French international Willy Sagnol on Thursday apologised for his controversial comments about African players, saying he…
Boko Haram attack in Borno kills 21, says Sen Lawan
Twenty-one civilians were killed after Boko Haram fighters clashed with troops in the restive northeast of Nigeria, a local lawmaker…
NSE: Transactions down again by 4.06%
Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday maintained a bearish trend for four consecutive days as the market…
Jonathan inaugurates power sector apprenticeship scheme
President Goodlick Jonathan on Thursday in Abuja inaugurated the National Power Apprenticeship Scheme (NAPSAS), urging participants in the scheme to…
16 men arrested by Nigeria soldiers ‘found dead with bullet wounds’
Sixteen men who were arrested by Nigerian soldiers in the country’s northeast were found dead just hours later with bullet…
Police Investigate Synagogue Building Collapse
Henry Ojelu CSP Haruna Alaba, the Divisional Police Officer, Ikotun Police Station, today said the police is investigating the September…
Microsoft makes Office free to rival mobile platforms
Microsoft announced Thursday it was making its Office software suite available for free to users of rival mobile operating systems…
Boko Haram changes names of captured Nigeria towns
Boko Haram has renamed two towns it captured in northeast Nigeria as part of campaign to establish a caliphate in…
Rivers Police Kill Two Robbers In Front Of Bank In Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two persons suspected to be armed robbers who were attempting to rob Eco bank branch by Agip…
Mixed reactions trail Dangote cement price cut in Ilorin
Distributors of Cement and block makers in Ilorin on Thursday expressed mixed feelings about the new prices of Dangote cement…
FRSC boss decries ‘Area Boys’ activities in Sango
The Federal Roads Safely Corps (FRSC) in Ota, Ogun, has decried the activities of “Area Boys” in the area Mr…
PDP will resolve ward congress crisis
Dr Babalola Owolabi, a PDP governorship aspirant in Oyo State, said that the crisis trailing the party’s ward congresses on…