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Man To Die By Hanging For Murder

An Abudu High Court, Edo State, southsouth Nigeria has sentenced a middle aged man, Sunday Ilawe, to death by hanging…

Don Advocates Total Revamp Of Education Sector

A former Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Profesor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe has called for a complete revamp of the…

Beckham Retires From Football

David Beckham has retired from football, bringing an end to a glittering career on the field. Since his debut for…

Collapsed Mast Kills Man At Marina

A faulty mast that collapsed has killed a 52-year old man in Marina area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria during a…

3 Robbers To Die By Hanging

Three persons, Michael Taiye, Moses Chukwuemeka and Efetaire Jonathan have been sentenced to death by hanging by three separate courts…

1,708 Beggars Expelled From Lagos

At least 1,708 beggars and destitute have been expelled from Lagos State to their various states and countries by the…

Soldiers, Boko Haram In Fierce Battle

Nigerian soldiers have begun an offensive against Boko Haram Islamists, raiding camps in a remote northeastern park, while more than…

Four Nigerians Shortlisted For The 2013 Caine Prize

NEHRU ODEH Five writers have been shortlisted for the 2013 Caine Prize for African writing. Of the five writers shortlisted,…

Central Africa slides into anarchy, says UN envoy

Central African Republic has collapsed into “a state of anarchy” and the UN Security Council must impose sanctions and mandate…

Emergency: US wants Nigeria protect civilian rights

The Nigerian authorities must protect the rights of civilians and avoid any “heavy-handed” response as they move against Islamist rebels…

38 Die, 206 Injured In Road Accidents In Ondo —FRSC

At least 38 persons died and 206 were injured in various accidents in Ondo State, southwest Nigeria, in the first…

Mixed Reactions Trail Emergency Rule

Mixed reactions have trailed the declaration of state of emergency in three states of the federation by President Goodluck Jonathan…

Lagos Beefs Up Security

The Lagos State Government has distributed 500 stunner guns and 1,000 handcuffs to officials of Neighbourhood Watch, a community security…

2 Trigger-Happy Cops Dismissed

Two policemen who allegedly killed two men in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have been dismissed and charged before the Ikeja Magistrates’…

Cele Prophet Docked For Defrauding Lawyer

A lawyer, Mrs. Mary Adepeju Omotayo, has been allegedly duped by a Cele prophet, who allegedly obtained the sum of…

Robbers Raid 3 Banks, Kill 3

Armed robbers on Tuesday raided three banks in Omu-Aran, Kwara State, killing three people before escaping with an unspecified amount…

A Lingering Crisis

The imbrogio occasioned by the suspension of a council’s executive committee is threatening peace in Rivers State There were ominous…

Kidnappers On The Loose

The rising wave of kidnapping in Nigeria and government’s inability to curb it is creating tension in the country Nigeria,…

News Analysis: The entire country needs a state of emergency

By Bayo Onanuga President Goodluck Jonathan, ignoring a last minute dissuasion by Nigerian Governors Forum, has slammed a state of…

ACN slams emergency rule in Borno, others

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described the declaration of a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe…

Problems with pmnewsnigeria.com: Our apology

The pmnewsnigeria.com server was put down for an urgent maintenance between Monday and Tuesday night. Visitors to our site must…

Boko Haram Emergency: Jonathan’s Full Speech

Full text of PRESIDENT GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, GCFR DECLARATION OF A STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BORNO, YOBE AND ADAMAWA STATES…

3 Farmers Remanded For Robbery

Three farmers from Teme Fulani Camp near Gwanara, Kwara State, arraigned before Magistrate M.F.Abikoye in Ilorin, have been remanded at…

Insecurity: Jonathan No More In Charge -Aturu

Human rights activist, Comrade Bamidele Aturu says President Goodluck Jonathan has lost control of the nation as high wave of…

Fashola Tasks INEC Again On Fair Role In APC Merger

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola (SAN) on Saturday joined his colleague Governors from Ogun State and Imo State to…

Amaechi, Oshiomhole Shun Govs’ Meeting

Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State and his Edo State counterpart, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole on Sunday shunned the South-South/South-East Governors’…

Police Raid Lagos Island, Arrest 164

At least 164 suspects have been arrested at various black spots on Lagos Island during a massive raid carried out…

Boko Haram Holds Women, Children Hostages

The purported head of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed two recent deadly attacks in the northeast in a…

Driver Bolts With Employer’s Car

A driver, Edem Bassey Effiong, a native of Calabar, Cross River State, south-south Nigeria, has disappeared with his employer’s Toyota…

Corruption: 157 LASTMA Officers Dismissed

The Lagos State Government has sacked 157 officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA over cases of gross…