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Teenager remanded for alleged violation of Benue Open Grazing Law

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Police on Thursday arraigned 19- year-old Ibrahim Mohammadu of Agirima village of Nasarawa State, in a Magistrates’ Court in…

Chinese police now kitted with sunglasses that work like cameras

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Police in China have begun using surveillance sunglasses equipped with facial recognition technology to identify suspected criminals, the first in…

Army commences road construction to open up Sambisa Forest

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigerian troops have started building a major highway to open up Sambisa Forest, the fortress of the Boko Haram insurgents,…

Report reveals 90% Nigerian households consume contaminated water

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Ninety per cent of households in Nigeria consume contaminated water and other impure substances, the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS)…

Libyan commander wanted by ICC released after protests

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Libyan commander wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) over a series of summary executions was released on Thursday,…

AfDB achieves highest annual disbursement in 2017 – Adesina

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said that the Bank, 2017, achieved its highest annual disbursement…

Internet users in Nigeria hit 98.3 million in December – NCC

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The internet users increased marginally to 98.3million in November, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has said.

Boko Haram: UN says 8.5m people need live-saving support in North-East

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) says over 8.5 million persons need life-saving support due to…

Dry Ports will end Nigeria’s over-reliance on oil revenue – Udofia

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Ofon Udofia, the Executive Secretary of Nigeria Institute of Export Operations and Management (IEOM,) says investment in Inland Container…

Pence says U.S wants peaceful solution to North Korea crisis

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence said on Thursday that Washington wants to peacefully dismantle North Korea’s nuclear programme but warned Pyongyang…

More criticism trail Okorocha’s plan to create 6 new higher institutions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mixed reactions have trailed Gov. Rochas Okorocha’s creation of new institutions of higher learning in Imo as some say it…

Human Trafficking: 10 convicted, 100 victims rescued in Sokoto – NAPTIP

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says the agency secured 10 court convictions against offenders…

WFP provided food for 1.1m Nigerians in 2017

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

World Food Programme (WFP) says it provided food assistance for 1.1 million Nigerians in the North-East in 2017.

145,200 issue passport at Ikoyi Office in 2017

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A total of 145,200 passports were issued to intending travellers at Ikoyi Passport Office, Lagos in 2017, about 18 per…

NSE seeks partnership with Lagos on infrastructure development

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Akin Akintola, Chairman, Ikeja Branch of the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE), has solicited partnership with the Lagos State…

ANC preparing to fire Jacob Zuma

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) had been preparing to fire Jacob Zuma as head of state this week,…

MAUTECH Riot: Students call for reopening of Varsity

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Students of Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), Yola, have called for the speedy reopening of the university which…

Tsvangirai critically ill in South Africa

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is critically ill in a South African hospital and his supporters should “brace for…

Nigerian power stations generate 94,627MWh in Q4 2017 – NBS

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nigerian power stations generated 94,627 megawatts per hour (MWh) of energy daily in the fourth quarter of 2017, according to…

Zuma summons ministers to cabinet meeting

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

South African President Jacob Zuma summoned cabinet ministers to a meeting in Cape Town on Tuesday, eNCA television reported, as…

Putin, Erdogan agree to strengthen military coordination in Syria

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan have agreed to strengthen coordination between the two countries’ military and…

Okitipupa in Ondo State records first rain

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Residents of Okitipupa Local Government Area, in Ondo State, on Wednesday witnessed the first rain of the year. The rain…

Boko Haram: Borno reconstructs 50,000 houses, schools, clinics

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Borno Government says it has reconstructed over 50, 000 houses; clinics, classrooms, water points, police stations and other public…

Ex-Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia sentenced to 5 years in jail

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Two-time former Bangladeshi prime minister Khaleda Zia has been sentenced to five years in jail for misappropriating funds meant for…

2019: I have no candidate for presidency – Obasanjo

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Wednesday declared that he had no candidate for any political office in the 2019 general elections,…

Report accusing China of spying on AU are mere rumours – Chairperson

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission, Moussa Faki, said on Thursday that the accusations that China is spying…

Somaliland bans female genital mutilation

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Somaliland has issued a “fatwa”, or religious edict, banning Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), paving the way for the breakaway region…

ICC investigating Philippines president over drug war deaths

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has told the Philippines that it has begun a preliminary examination of a complaint accusing…

Japan pledge to assist Nigeria in fight against counterfeit products

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Japanese Government has pledged to assist Nigeria in its fight against substandard and counterfeit products in the country.

Libyan human traffickers have links to security services – UN

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

UN says most armed groups involved in human trafficking in Libya have links to the country’s official security institutions. UN…

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