Author: PM NEWS Editor
Kuwait confirms 43 coronavirus cases, all Iran related
Kuwait now has 43 confirmed cases of coronavirus, said an official during a Kuwaiti Ministry of Health conference held on…
Coronavirus scare: Saudi Arabia suspends visas for Umrah
Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended foreigners’ entry for the Umrah pilgrimage and tourism from countries where the new coronavirus has…
Nigerian Mogaji arrested in US for theft of $850,000 three years after
Nigerian Sherifdeen Mogaji has been arrested by Colorado's Boulder County Sheriff’s Office more than three years after he stole about…
Suspected coronavirus case in Lagos turns negative
The Lagos State commissioner of Health, Professor Akin Abayomi said that the Chinese citizen who presented at the Reddington Hospital,…
Border closure hits Dangote, export moved to Congo
Dangote Cement exports from Nigeria to neighbouring countries fell 41% in 2019 when Nigeria’s government closed the land borders. The…
Johnny Depp sues British tabloid The SUN
Hollywood star Johnny Depp appeared in a London court on Wednesday to hear his lawyer argue that Depp’s ex-wife had…
Disgruntled ex-employee kills 7 in Milwaukee in shooting rampage
An employee of Molson Coors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, sacked earlier Wednesday, returned to the site with a gun to enact…
180 Ghanaians enslaved in Niger rescued by police(Photos)
Nigerien Police, assisted by Interpol, have rescued 180 Ghanaian men forced into slavery by human and sex traffickers, along with…
Bayelsa fallout: Justice Augie scolds Babalola, Olanipekun, like schoolboys
Senior lawyers Chiefs Afe Babalola and Wole Olanipekun got more than they bargained for Wednesday when they sought a review…
Governor Uzodinma makes nine major appointments
Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has announced a slew of appointments into positions of Special Advisers and Chief Technical Adviser.
Joe Biden gets crucial endorsement ahead of South Carolina primary
US House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn on Wednesday morning threw his weight behind former Vice President Joe Biden, offering a…
Undergraduate Cynthia Nwankwo Ifunanya, 2 others jailed for Yahoo Yahoo
Three undergraduates Cynthia Nwankwo Ifunanya (female), 22 years, Kingsley Omenazu 27 and Okorie Kosalachi Alex, 29 have been convicted for…
Street begging: Ganduje applauded by Kano residents over ban
Some Kano residents have commended Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje for banning street begging in the state, a phenomenon known as Almajiri
Prado SUV, N60m forfeited to Nigerian government
Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Gusau, Zamfara State has granted the prayers of the…
Photo News: NSA Monguno resurfaces at FEC meeting
Major-General Mohammed Babagana Monguno, the National Security Adviser resurfaced Wednesday at the Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
JUST IN: EFCC arrests Kano ex-speaker for N1.5b fraud
Kano State Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, February 26, 2020 arrested former Kano…
Russia denies interference in US November election
Russia has denied the U.S. intelligence community's allegations that it is taking steps with the aim of interfering in the…
Maria Sharapova says ‘Goodbye tennis’
Five-time Grand Slam winner Maria Sharapova, one of the world's most recognisable sportswomen, on Wednesday announced her retirement from tennis,…
APC, Lyon lose Supreme Court review appeal, lawyers to pay N60m cost
David Lyon and the All Progressives Congress have lost their bids to overturn the Supreme Court ruling of 13 February,…
Mahathir apologises to Malaysians, explains resignation
Dr Mahathir Mohamad, now Malaysia's interim prime minister has explained why he resigned as the prime minister, in the first…
Update: Bayelsa gladiators wait for Supreme Court ruling
A seven-man panel of the Supreme Court has heard arguments by lawyers from all sides on whether it should uphold…
Buhari’s critic Buba Galadima loses houses to AMCON over N900m debt
Alhaji Buba Galadima, one of President Muhammadu Buhari's trenchant critics has lost some assets and his company Bedko Nigeria Limited…
Legal giant Afe Babalola leads David Lyon’s case at Supreme Court
The Supreme court has begun hearing the application of the All Progressives Congress and its candidate for the review of…
Makinde approves overtime allowance for OYRTMA staff, buys new vehicles
The Oyo State Government has handed over two new vehicles to the Road Transport Management Authority (OYRTMA), to replace the…
Internet fraudster Oyintonbra Tombrown sentenced to 66 years in jail
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court, Asaba has sentenced an internet fraudster Tonwerigha Oyintonbra Tombrown to 66 years…
Egypt gives ex-leader Hosni Mubarak military funeral today
Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak, who died at the age of 91, will be accorded a military funeral in Cairo…
4 telecom firms bid for France’s 5G Spectrum
French telecoms companies Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile, Orange and SFR are bidding for France’s new 5G telecoms spectrum, the regulator,…
Malaysia: Anwar nominated to succeed Mahathir
Anwar Ibrahim’s name has been nominated as the next Malaysian prime minister by his supporters after the shock resignation of…
25 wedding party guests die after bus plunges into river
No fewer than 25 wedding party guests died Wednesday morning when their bus fell into a river. The tragedy happened…
Sanders most favoured by African-Americans, beats Trump
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has widened his lead for the Democratic presidential nomination and overtaken Joe Biden in support among…