Author: PM NEWS Editor
Liberian cannibal, ‘heart eater’ Alieu Kosiah jailed in Switzerland
Agency Reports A Liberian rebel commander, Alieu Kosiah, has been sentenced in Switzerland to 20 years in jail for rape,…
Libyan warlord Haftar shuts border with Algeria
Forces loyal to Libya's eastern-based commander Khalifa Haftar have closed the border with Algeria, they said on Sunday
JUST IN: Emirates resumes flights to Nigeria
UAE carrier Emirates Airlines would start carrying passengers from South Africa, Nigeria and India from 23 June, the UAE embassy…
Lagos records uptick in COVID-19 cases
By Abujah Racheal/Abuja Lagos recorded an uptick in COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said.…
Buhari panics over UN move to expel Libyan foreign fighters
President Muhammadu Buhari has raised the alarm that the expulsion of foreign fighters in Libya, in consonance with a UN…
COVID-19 kills over 500,000 in Brazil
Brazil’s death toll from COVID-19 surpassed 500,000 on Saturday, with experts warning the fatalities may worsen.
Intending couples to do drug test before marriage
Nigeria's anti-drug Czar Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa is pushing his drug war to a new level as he said anyone intending…
PDP trounces APC in Kaduna bye-election
Alhaji Usman Ali Baba of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trounced his All Progressives Congress opponent to win the bye-election…
AfDB invests $16b in West Africa: Adesina
The Abidjan based African Development Bank(AfDB) had so far invested $16 billion in West Africa, its president Akinwumi Adesina said…
ECOWAS will sustain democracy: Akufo-Addo
Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Nana Akufo Addo pledges to sustain democracy in member-countries
‘They murdered my son’, laments mum of slain Usifo Ataga, CEO of Super TV
When Sylvia Ataga, mother of Michael Usifo Ataga took to Facebook on 17 June, to celebrate his 50th birthday, his…
Breaking: Buhari congratulates Guterres, Amina Mohammed
Buhari congratulates the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres and his deputy Amina Mohammed for their reappointment
Joe, Jill Biden grieve death of beloved dog Champ
U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife Jill are grieving the death of the family's beloved dog, a German Shepherd…
Kafayat Layeni: Faleke apologises to Lagos APC family
Rep James Abiodun Faleke has apologised to members of the All Progressives Congress over the certificate forgery scandal, involving Alhaji…
OPIC Plaza gas fire: LASEMA gives final death toll, explains cause
The fire that gutted a moving cooking gas truck in Lagos on Thursday came from the kitchen of a Chinese…
Abdulrahman leads 20,000 rebels out of Kwara APC
About 20,000 members of the All Progressives Congress in Kwara have dumped the party to join a third force political…
2021 UTME hold smoothly in many centres, power outage in some
Many candidates who sat for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Mararaba and some parts of Abuja, described…
Onyemelukwe is the governor Anambra needs now
Unlikely as it may seem, a woman might emerge as Anambra’s next Governor and she may be Lady Chidi Onyemelukwe,…
No COVID-19 death in Nigeria for 14 days: NCDC
Nigeria did not record any death from COVID-19 in the last 14 days, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) revealed…
Jason Kelk UK’s longest COVID-19 patient opts to die
Jason Kelk, UK’s "longest Covid-19 patient" who spent the past 14-and-a-half months, mostly in ICU, has died
Gov. Bagudu: Kebbi bandits overpowered 22 crack policemen to abduct students
Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, has disclosed that the bandits who abducted students in Birnin-Yauri overpowered 22 crack policemen deployed to…
Ebrahim Rayeesi wins Iran’s presidential election by landslide
Iranian judge Ebrahim Rayeesi has won the presidential election by a landslide, an interior ministry official said on Saturday.
Kebbi kidnap: Officials keep mum on number of abducted students
Two days after bandits abducted students and staff of Federal Government College, Birni Yauri in Kebbi state, officials are still…
Ex-VP Pence heckled by Trump supporters, called traitor
Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence had his speech on Friday at the Faith and Freedom Coalition “Road to Majority”…
WHO chief Tedros worried over explosion of COVID-19 cases in Africa
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said COVID-19 cases and deaths are rising in all regions of the world,…
Ijaw group demands true federalism, plans summit
The Ijaw National Congress (INC) says only the upholding of true federalism in the constitution would address their concerns in…
Liberal Democrats upset Boris Johnson’s Conservatives in bye-election
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered an embarrassing defeat when his Conservative Party lost to the Liberal Democrats a parliamentary…
Northern groups declare Kanu wanted, place N100m bounty
A coalition of 75 Northern groups called Northern Consensus Movement has declared Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People…
Tobacco smoking kills 1.46m Africans yearly
The World Health Organisation has revealed that no fewer than 1.46m Africans die annually from tobacco related disease.
3 dead in OPIC Plaza gas tanker fire, 25 vehicles burnt [Video]
National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said three bodies recovered from OPIC Plaza, scene of Thursday night’s tanker explosion in Ikeja