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First Lady of Edo, Mrs Betsy Obaseki (third from left) and the first set of beneficiaries of the restorative surgeries at the Vesicovaginal Fistula Clinic she set up in Edo

Betsy Obaseki’s VVF Clinic discharges first set of patients

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The beneficiaries of the free surgery expressed immense gratitude for another chance to live healthy and normal life.
Charles Gabriel Purple, (aka Pastor)

NSCDC busts fraudster who siphons victims’ money after phone thefts

Taiwo Okanlawon

4 years ago

The 37-year-old suspect, with the nickname Pastor, specialises in withdrawing money from victims' bank accounts after stealing their phones.
Nigeria Air Force kills Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana notorious kingpins of bandits terrorising communities across Northwest in air strikes

Villagers burn three suspected bandits’ informants to death in Kaduna

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Kaduna State Governor, Nasiru El-Rufai has directed security agencies to investigate the lynching of three suspected bandits’ informants in Zangon…

I won’t stop fighting – Precious, ex-wife of Fani-Kayode says

Taiwo Okanlawon

4 years ago

Femi Fani-Kayode and Precious, an ex-beauty queen parted ways over allegations and counter allegations of extramarital affair and physical abuse.
Gov. El Rufai pushing thousands of people into poverty daily

Kidnapping: Villagers kill father, mother, son in Kaduna

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

After the killings, the mob also looted and burnt their home
Justice Aniele, a pastor with Assemblies of God Church bags life imprisonment for unlawful sexual intercourse with a 14 year- old- girl

Nurse on trial for murder of 4 residents of care home

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The public prosecutor’s office assumes that the nurse committed the acts in a state of considerably diminished responsibility.

Edo police nab suspected kidnapper Idris  in Kano 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

A 21-year-old man, Yakubu Idris, has been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command, for allegedly threatening to kidnap…
Iyaloja

Oba of Benin bans ex Chief-Servant over alleged impersonation

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The ex Chief Servant was said to have also involved in land-grabbing, extortion, intimidation, impersonation and fraud
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Ejiro Tega jailed for stealing prostitutes’ phones

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday held that a 27-year-old man, Ejiro Tega, is to spend the next 14 months…
Trial of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola (a.k.a Naira Marley) for cyber fraud by EFCC was stalled at a Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday

EFCC witness reveals messages found in Naira Marley’s iPhone

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

EFCC had alleged that Fashola and his accomplices conspired to use different ATM cards to defraud their victims.
The photograph of Chief Robert Loolo, the paramount ruler of Luuwa community in Khana LG of Rivers who was abducted over two years ago carried by his family members at the place he was buried by his kidnappers

Rivers: Remains of kidnapped traditional ruler found over 2 years after

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The discovery of the remains of the late traditional ruler caused stir and mourning in Luuwa Community.
Yakubu Idris: arrested in Kano for allegedly threatening to kidnap the Chairman of Hausa Community in Edo State, Alhaji Badamasi Saleh.

Kano man Idris arrested over threat to kidnap Hausa community head in Edo

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The suspect claimed he is a member of a kidnapping gang living in Birnin-Gwari bush, Kaduna State
Nuhu Lawan

N1.1m employment scam lands Borno scammer Lawan in jail

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, secured the conviction and sentencing of…
Salako

Lagos shuts 40 buildings in Eti-Osa

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) has taken its enforcement drive to Sapata Town, along the Regional Road in…
Wahab Alawiye-King, Chairman, LASUBEB

Nollywood celebrities throw weight behind EKOEXCEL’s school enrolment drive

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, LASUBEB's EKOEXCEL has enlisted the support of famous Nollywood celebrities to educate parents…
Police arrest 23-year- old Akaninyene Isaac for hacking mother to death over food in Oruk Uso Otoro village, Abak LG of Akwa Ibom State.

Ebonyi man Ochie machetes sister-in-law, sister, one other to death

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

A middle-aged man, Chibuike Ochie, has allegedly killed his sister-in-law, younger sister and a labourer in Uburu community, Ohaozara Local…
Police rescue five commuters abducted by suspected bandits on Ayedun-Ilasa-Ayebode Road in Ikole Local Government area of Ekiti State.

Five commuters abducted in Ekiti regain freedom

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The bandits had engaged some military men, who came to rescue the victims, in a fierce battle.
Nigerians

13,800 passports uncollected at Lagos Immigration offices

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Passport Controller, Lagos Passport Command, Mrs Milka Musa, Controller of Immigration (CIS), on Monday said that about 13 800,…
Abdulrahim Dangana

Nigerian Dangana docked for blackmailing homosexuals

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Dangana's assumed names on the fora were RYAN, DAVE, FRANK and ERIC, with which he contrived relationships with victims
President Buhari being decorated with emblem during the launch of the 2022 Armed Forces Remembrance Day emblem appeal launch in Aso rock presidential villa, Abuja on Monday

Buhari to Nigerians: Celebrate our Armed Forces with pride

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja lauded the exploits of the Nigerian Armed Forces to maintain peace, unity and stability…
Lanre Mojola, DG, Lagos Safety Commission

Lagos begins move to develop waterways safety code

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Lagos State government on Monday engaged stakeholders on development of the State waterways safety code in order to make…
Gunmen

Gunmen shoot 18 people dead, abduct seven others inside mosque in Niger

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

Gunmen have attacked a mosque in Niger State, killing 18 people and abducting seven others during prayer.
Mr Frank Mba, addressing Journalist on Monday at the Force HQ. Emmanuel Ogbeche (in dark glasses) Speaking on behalf of IGP Usman Alkali Mba says police is making progress in investigations of disappearance of Vanguard Newspapers reporters, Tordue Henry Salem

Missing journalist: IG reveals what the police know so far

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Mr Usman Alkali, has assured the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) that…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Bullion van drivers Ayodeji, Akpan remanded for stealing $10,000

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Two bullion van drivers with the Banker’s Warehouse, Victoria Island, Lagos have been arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court for allegedly…
Minimum Wage: NLC urges FG to compel debtor-states to pay

Don’t force workers to get vaccinated, NLC urges FG

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has rejected Federal Government planned enforcement of COVID-19 vaccination on workers and…
Mohammed Isimbabi, member representing Toto/ Gadabuke Constituency in Nasarawa House of Assembly defects from NNPP to APC

Nasarawa Assembly passes N5.98bn 2021 supplementary budget

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Nasarawa House of Assembly on Monday passed N5.98 billion 2021 supplementary budget Bill into law.
Gunmen

Gunmen attack C&S church in Ogun, abduct 3 worshippers

Muhamin Olowoporoku

4 years ago

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen invaded a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, along with Railway Station, Obada-Oko, in the Ewekoro Local Government Area…
Ayuba Yusuf: The tri cyclist who returned N100,000 forgotten by a passenger

I was scolded for returning N100,000 forgotten by a passenger – Kaduna tricyclist

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

A tricycle operator in Kaduna, Ayuba Yusuf, who returned N100,000 forgotten by a passenger, said he was scolded by some…
Abologo Correctional Centre in Oyo

Police re-arrest 13 fleeing Oyo inmates in Osun

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Osun Police Command, on Sunday said 13 of the inmates who escaped from Abologo Correctional Centre in Oyo, on…
Wife of Edo Governor Betsy Obaseki threatens to prosecute those who marginalize women in appointments for gender-based violence.

Edo to establish special courts for sexual, gender-based violence offences

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

This will involve building of new courthouses and a special courthouse with special judges assigned to these courts.
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