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Tinubu says Amosun’s projects people-oriented

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu…

Senator Oduoye dies

A former military administrator of Ebonyi state who later became a Nigerian Senator, Simeon Oduoye, is dead. He was aged…

Nasarawa council polls: Voters protest in Doma

Some voters in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Saturday staged a peaceful protest against the non-availability of…

Fayose to slug it out with Fayemi in Ekiti

A former governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, was on Satuday declared winner of the PDP governorship primaries in…

Free train riders attack traders, bus drivers

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE There was pandemonium early Saturday at the Agege area of Lagos state, western Nigeria as some free train…

Horrible Day for Arsenal, Wenger at Stamford Bridge

Chelsea ruined Arsene Wenger’s 1000th match celebration, with a humiliating 6-0 bashing of Arsenal, their London neighbours in the Barclays…

Michele Obama backs human rights in China

US First Lady Michelle Obama on Saturday emphasised the importance of universal rights, telling a crowd of students in Beijing…

NIS Recruitment Tragedy: 5 more bodies released

The Management of National Hospital, Abuja, has released five more bodies of those who died during Nigerian Immigration Service recruitment…

Arsenal legend Parlour for launch of Airtel Premier

Arsenal legend and former England international, Ray Parlour, is set to visit Nigeria as part of the Arsenal team to…

Teachers boycott Gov. Oshiomhole’s competency test

JEHTRO IBILEKE/Benin Fewer than two hundred school teachers in Edo state, in southern Nigeria, participated in Saturday’s controversial competency test…

China’s satellite picks image of possible MH370-linked object

China has a new satellite image of a large floating object in the Indian Ocean that could be related to…

Borno schools shut because of Boko Haram

Nigeria’s Borno state has ordered all its schools shut to protect children after Boko Haram terrorists killed dozens of pupils…

In Pictures: Award to Jonathan highlights Namibia’s day

President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia has conferred the “Order of Welwitschia”, the highest national honour of that country on President…

Chinese anger mounts over missing Malaysian plane

Police were forced to intervene on Saturday as relatives of Chinese passengers aboard vanished Flight MH370 rushed towards Malaysian officials…

Turkey’s Twitter ban backfires

The global Internet community rallied to help Twitter users in Turkey circumvent a block on the popular messaging service on…
NAPTIP rescues 9 pregnant women from baby factory in Abuja

Baby making ‘factory’ uncovered in Ogun state

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command, in western Nigeria, today discovered a “Baby Factory” where young girls have been…

Cameroonian leads Nigerian troops to weapons hidden in church

Nigeria’s military high command said on Friday that the arrest of a terrorist who claims to be a Cameroonian and…

Fraudsters now use my name, Obiano says

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The new governor of Anambra state in the eastern part of Nigeria, Mr. Willie Obiano, has warned the…

Femi Segun, ex-diplomat, ace compere dies

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Ex-Diplomat and ace compere, Olufemi Segun is dead. He was aged 55. P.M.NEWS learnt that Segun, son of…

Man Jailed For Life For Drug Trafficking

An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday sentenced a 36-year-old man, Callistus Chukwukelu, to life imprisonment for unlawful importation of…

Court Remands Man For Killing His Own Son

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered Gbenga Omotosho, 29, to be remanded in prison for killing his own…

APC To PDP: Prove Our Complicity In Boko Haram Insurgency

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dared the Peoples Democratic Party to urgently make available to the Nigerian public any…

TB Kills 192 In Adamawa

Dr. Stephen John, Project Manager of the TB Control Programme in Adamawa State has revealed that 3,382 cases of Tuberculosis…

Sanusi Spent Money Recklessly, FG Insists

Akin Kuponiyi The Federal Government on Friday told a Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, that the tenure of…

Urinate In Public, Face Arrest, Fashola Warns Lagosians

Kazeem Ugbodaga  A displeased Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has ordered officers of the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, to…

Nollywood Actress Faces Backlash Over Nude Movie Role

Funsho Arogundade As controversy trailing the semi-nude picture of Nollywood actress, Biola Ige and Muna Ibekwe, is yet to abate,…

Immigration Job Stampede: 13 Survivors Leave Hospital

Thirteen survivors of the Nigerian Immigration Service’ recruitment stampede have been discharged from the hospital. The Minister of State for…

UN report: World faces ‘water-energy’ crisis

Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in…

Diezani’s N10bn on chartered jet ignites probe

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate the alleged wastage of funds by the…