Author: PM NEWS Editor
Rapper Lil Wayne’s private jet searched for suspected drugs in Miami
A private jet owned by US rapper Lil Wayne was a subject of curious interest on Monday to investigators from…
Nigerian Akinyemi commits suicide in US immigration detention
A 56-year-old Nigerian, Anthony Oluseye Akinyemi has died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), less than…
Trump taunts Pelosi as US Senate, House fight over shape of trial
Impeached US President Donald Trump lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she stalled sending the impeachment documents to…
SAHCO to handle ground operation for Angola national airline
Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc, (SAHCO) has won the bid to handle the ground operation of TAAG, the Angolan Airlines.
Fire destroys Onitsha Bridgehead market
Goods worth several millions of Naira were destroyed after fire razed down a section of the Onitsha Bridgehead Market, in…
Gov.Sule gives awards to community papers, radio stations
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has given awards to community papers and radio stations for their contributions to the…
Whitewash: Amnesty thumbs down Saudi verdict on Khashoggi’s killers
Amnesty International has thumbed down Saudi Arabian government's death sentences on five men blamed for the murder of journalist Jamal…
N50 surcharge on POS transaction illegal: CBN
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said the N50 being charged Nigerians who use Point of Sale (POS) machines for…
Dickson traded off Bayelsa to APC: Wike escalates war
In an escalation of their war of words, Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has made a stunning allegation against his…
Bears reign at Lagos bourse, stocks lose N198b
The bears are still dominant at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as market capitalisation bowed to profit taking ahead of…
589 die in South Africa’s road accidents
The South African Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, said 589 people have been killed since mid-November, the beginning of 2019…
JAMB announces dates for 2020 UTME
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said it will conduct its 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) between March…
Hoodlums beat anti-Buhari protester Deji Adeyanju
The Nigerian Police with the Buhari government were being blamed by some Nigerians today for being indifferent to the attack…
Buhari sacks Adegbuyi at NIPOST, appoints Adebayo Adewusi
President Muhammadu Buhari has announced a raft of appointments in the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, that saw the…
Boeing CEO Muilenburg quits
Embattled Boeing has announced that Dennis Muilenburg has resigned from his position as CEO and Board director.
Lalong signs N177.3b budget into law
Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has signed the 2020 Appropriation Bill of N177.3 billion into law.
Buhari meets Atiku, Fayemi
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday met behind closed doors with the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Kayode Fayemi, as well…
Minimum wage: Bauchi gives 41-man panel 4 days to submit report
The Bauchi State Government has inaugurated a 41-member Joint Public Service Negotiation Council for the implementation of the new minimum…
Algeria’s army chief Salah in sudden death
Algeria’s powerful army chief, Lt.-Gen. Ahmed Salah, who was instrumental in bringing down long-time President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has died of…
Amosun’s APM dead, Akinlade Ogun candidate returns to APC
The defeated candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in the March governorship election in Ogun State, Adekunle Akinlade has…
Appeal court annuls disqualification of Bayelsa deputy-governor elect
An Appeal Court in Abuja has annulled the judgment of a Federal Hight Court disqualifying the Deputy-Governorship elect of the…
Hope dashed, no bail: Orji Kalu remains in prison
Jailed Senator Orji Uzor Kalu's hope of spending the Christmas with the family was dashed in Lagos today.
Nigerian Courts shut down today
All the Federal high courts nation wide and Lagos state high courts will today commence Christmas and New year vacation.
Saudi Arabia sentences 5 to death over Khashoggi’s murder
Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death five persons accused of the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the country's…
18 Indian sailors captured by Nigerian pirates released
Eighteen Indian sailors kidnapped by pirates near Bonny on 3 December have been released.
The Trumps in Nigeria
Donald J. Trump last week became just the third president to be impeached in the history of United States of…
How 2 Lagos girls beat their sex traffickers in Calabar
The story of how two Lagos schoolgirls beat their sex traffickers and escape from their clutches
Tacha’s Titans seize Twitter as she clocks 24
BBNaija Season 4 housemate Tacha is 24 today and her army of fans, known as Titans are in frenzy as…
Eddie Murphy battered by Bill Cosby’s man over joke on SNL
US comedian Eddie Murphy cracked a joke on his return to Saturday Night Life that Bill Cosby's spokesman didn't find…
Rugby megastar Williams attacks China over muslim Uighurs
New Zealand rugby superstar Sonny Bill Williams followed Arsenal midfielder Mesut Ozil in criticising China's treatment of its Uighur minority…