Author: PM NEWS Editor
Japan update: Coronavirus death toll now 10
Japan’s Health Ministry, on Friday, said two more persons have died of coronavirus that originated in China, including one on…
Pope Francis ill, cancels engagements
Pope Francis on Friday cancelled engagements due to a slight ailment, Vatican spokesman, Matteo Bruni said.
NCDC sends coronavirus Rapid Response Team to Lagos: Health Minister
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has deployed its Rapid Response Teams to support the Lagos State Government, as…
Coronavirus wipes out $5trillion in global stock value: Reuters
Coronavirus panic sent world share markets crashing again on Friday, compounding their worst week since the 2008 global financial crisis…
Malaysia Update: South Koreans banned from entering
Malaysia has imposed a temporary entry ban on South Koreans following a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases in…
Malaysia’s coronavirus infections jump to 25
An Italian man and a Japanese woman tested positive to coronavirus in Malaysia on Friday, raising the country’s infections to…
Lagos in manhunt for all contacts of Italian hit by coronavirus
The Lagos State government said it has begun a massive manhunt for all the people who had made a contact…
Actor Seagal fined $314,000 for touting cryptocurrency B2G
Steven Seagal, the star of action movies including “Above the Law” and “Out for Justice,” has agreed to pay $314,000…
Italian from Milan brings coronavirus to Lagos
The first case of the deadly Coronavirus has been confirmed in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, the State Government confirmed early Friday…
Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin faces trial for college admissions fraud
Hollywood actress Lori Loughlin will be among eight parents to be docked in October at a US Federal court in…
Coronavirus: No country will be spared, warns WHO
All countries need to prepare to combat the deadly coronavirus, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as authorities raced…
Coronavirus: California monitors 8400, Facebook cancels conference
California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Thursday that the state is monitoring more than 8,400 people for coronavirus symptoms after…
Milwaukee Police reveal the shooter at Molson-Coors brewing company
Milwaukee Police in Wisconsin, United States have revealed the identity of the employee at Molson-Coors Brewing Company who fatally shot…
Olympiacos dump Arsenal out of Europa League
Olympiacos have dumped Arsenal out of the Europa League as Youssef El Arabi’s 119th-minute strike handed the visitors a stunning…
Buhari tells court: How Saraki diverted N10b from Kwara treasury
Bilikisu Buhari, an operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has told the Federal High Court in Lagos…
Netflix unveils first Nigerian drama series
Netflix, which has set up an office in Nigeria, has unveiled its first Nigerian original – a six-part drama from…
Coronavirus causes mayhem on Wall Street as Dow plunges again
Wall Street ignored the assurances by President Donald Trump on US readiness to contain coronavirus as it suffered another round…
Belated: Court reinstates impeached Kogi deputy governor Achuba
A Kogi High Court sitting in Lokoja has belatedly declared as illegal, null, void and of no effect, the removal…
Amotekun endorsed by German lawmaker Thorsten Frei
The Deputy Majority Leader, German Federal Parliament, Mr Thorsten Frei, has expressed optimism in the establishment of ‘Amotekun’ outfit to…
Ibadan top chief Lekan Balogun hypnotised by scammers, loses N300m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal Office, has arrested three persons for allegedly and serially duping the…
Claims, counter claims over busted baby factory in Port Harcourt
Claims and counter claims have followed the claim by Nigerian Police in Rivers State that the Tender Life Care Centre,…
N1.2b fraud: Maurice Iwu wants case moved to Abuja, EFCC kicks
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has kicked against move by Prof Maurice Iwu, former chairman of the Independent…
Emir Sanusi loses uncle, Ambassador Sanusi to death
Ambassador Ado Sanusi, the Dan Iyan Kano and uncle to Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is dead.
Rogue GTB staff sentenced to 18 years in jail
A former relationship manager with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB in Enugu, Onyekachi Nwosu has been sentenced to 18 years…
Court nullifies PDP candidacy in Kogi governorship election
The hope of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to contest the result of the 16 November 2019 Kogi State governorship…
Immigration ban: Nigerian-American Rita Omokha tells Trump some truths
Nigerian-American Rita Omokha argues that Trump's immigrant ban on Nigeria reinforces Trump’s xenophobia, bigotry and Islamophobia. Whiteness, and whiteness alone,…
Obama demands Trump team stop ‘despicable ad’ on Biden
Former US President Barack Obama has demanded that TV stations in South Carolina stop airing a "despicable" ad from a…
Where is Babachir Lawal? Still on trial ?
By Fredrick Nwabufo On December 14, 2016, the senate asked Babachir Lawal, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF),…
Japan shuts all schools amid COVID-19 fears
Amid concern over the spread of coronavirus, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday the government will request all elementary,…
British Airways cancels flights to Italy
British Airways has announced flights cancellation to virus-ravaged Italy, where more than 400 people have been infected, a surge of…