Author: PM NEWS Editor
Nigerian designer Mowalola Ogunlesi stuns with ‘African Barbie’ at 60
To honour Barbie’s 60th anniversary, and celebrate its diverse range of dolls, Vogue invited Nigerian and London-based fashion designer, Mowalola…
Nigerian Ogbeifun docked in South Africa for dating scam
A Nigerian Christiano Ogbeifun has been charged in South Africa with fraud and money laundering, executed through an online dating…
Tonto Dikeh credits plastic surgery for her curvy shape
Tonto Dikeh has told the BBC Pidgin that she gained more confidence after a makeover achieved via plastic surgery.
Pandemonium in New York as motorcycle’s backfiring mistaken for shooter
New Yorkers and visitors around Times Square ran helter-skelter on Tuesday as the sound of a backfiring motorcycle was mistaken…
Woman conceived by rape wants DNA test to nail ‘father’
A middle-aged woman in the UK who says she was conceived by child rape wants to bring her father to…
Tekno arrested by police
Nigerian musician, Augustine Kelechi, a.k.a. Tekno and his video producer, Lawal Tijani, have been arrested by the police in Lagos…
Borno ready for RUGA: Gov. Umara Zulum
The Borno Government said it will implement the Federal government inspired Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) to curb farmers/herders clash in…
Sushma Swaraj, India’s ex-foreign minister dies of heart attack
Sushma Swaraj, India’s former foreign minister and a prominent leader of the ruling Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, died Tuesday at…
Cambodia cuts public holidays to 22 days
Cambodia’s nearly full month of public holidays will be cut to 22 days next year, with International Human Rights Day,…
Nigerien Customs releases relief materials for Nigerian refugees
The Nigerien Douanes (Customs) at Konni, a border town, has released the seized relief materials meant for Nigerian refugees residing…
Makinde excites Oyo Law School students with N500K bursary
Oyo state Students at the Nigerian Law School were effusive in their praise for Gov. Seyi Makinde after he approved…
Lukaku goes AWOL, Man United furious
Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku has gone AWOL for two days, making the club managers furious.Reports said when the Belgian…
Mozambique: FRELIMO, RENAMO sign peace deal (Photos)
With a handshake and a hug, Mozambique’s leaders hoped on Tuesday to close the book on a decades-long conflict. But…
Zimbabwe legalises growing of hemp
Zimbabwe will change its laws to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp for export, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday, adding…
US singer Pink’s plane crash lands, bursts into flames
A private aircraft carrying members of U.S. singer Pink’s tour crew crash landed at a Danish airport early on Tuesday…
Trump banned from El-Paso
Residents in majority-Hispanic El Paso told US President Donald Trump Tuesday to stay away amid fury over his anti-immigration rhetoric…
Joshua shuffles team for rematch with Ruiz
Former world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua has revealed he wants to add new members to his backroom team ahead of…
Serena Williams leads world’s sportswomen in earnings, fourth year in a row
US tennis superstar Serena Williams topped Forbes magazine's list of the highest paid women in sports for the fourth straight…
Big spending City, PSG dangers to football: La Liga chief
Big spending clubs, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain represent an unprecedented danger for football, La Liga president Javier Tebas said,…
Thousands apply for jobs as Ekiti primary school teachers
Thousands of job seekers thronged the Ado-Ekiti headquarters of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Tuesday, to apply…
Witness recants in ex-governor Jang’s trial
Mr Yusuf Pam, former Plateau Government cashier, told a Jos High Court that all the statements he made against former…
Tu Face now NSE ‘Good cause ambassador’
The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday appointed International Award-Winning artist, Innocent Idibia’ popularly known as `Tuface or 2Baba` as…
65,000 Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia:NAHCON
No fewer than 65,000 Nigerians are in Saudi Arabia for the 2019 Hajj, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON)…
Outrage in America as white policemen tie handcuffed blackman to horses
Just days after the racism inspired shooting in El-Paso, two white policemen in Galveston, Texas, have triggered outrage after a…
EFCC frozen bank accounts linked with Ambode
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, August 6, 2019, ordered the freezing…
Eid-el-Kabir: Monday, Tuesday public holidays
The Nigerian Government has declared Aug. 12 and Aug. 13 as public holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-el-Kabir.
UNIBEN postpones resumption
The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has postponed resumption for the second semester 2018/2019 academic session till 11…
Nigeria’s $85b debt could threaten its economy
Nigeria’s biggest economic problem, though – and the issue that requires real political acceptance from Buhari’s new government – is…
AIDS/HIV killed Nigerian Odemu Efe in Ethiopian Prison
The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) on Tuesday said, Mr Odemu Efe, a Nigerian serving a five-year prison sentence in…
EFCC saved Kwara from looters: Gov. Abdulrazak
The Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq was effusive in his praise for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in…