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Man Arraigned Over Theft Of 8 Goats

The police in Ogun on Monday arraigned a 33-year old man, Shakoni Adeniyi, over alleged theft of eight goats. Adeniyi…

Championing The Cause Of African Women

By Kunle Ajibade Let me begin with Chinweizu, the non-conformist pan-African intellectual who wrote The West and the Rest of…

Jonathan, Sack Oduah Now

Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s embattled aviation minister, has failed and should be immediately sacked by President Goodluck Jonathan. She should also…

Glamour As Felabration Ends

It was a mix of thrills and glamour last night and early this morning as the week-long celebration of the…

Alaba Market Traders Fight Over Election

The chairmanship election of the General Electrical Dealers Association, Alaba International Market, in Ojo Local Government, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,…

Oduah’s N255m Cars Costlier Than 5 Obama Limousines

Nigeria’s embattled Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, could have easily bought an Eclipse 500 private jet with the whopping…

Suspect Tries To Strangle Policeman With Handcuffs

A 34-year old man, Emmanuel Ubong, has been charged to court for allegedly attempting to strangle a Police Sergeant, Oyewo…

Etuk Wins P.M.News Nigeria vs Ethiopia ‘Predict the scoreline’ game

Mr. I. U. Etuk, with the e-mail address [email protected], has won the pmnewsnigeria.com Nigeria vs Ethiopia Predict the scoreline game…

805 Nigerian muslim pilgrims return home

The first batch of 805 pilgrims that performed the 2013 Hajj in Saudi Arabia, arrived at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,…

19 killed in unrelenting Boko Haram attacks

There seems to be no end in sight in the bloodletting by Boko Haram gunmen in the Nigerian north eastern…

APC warns on desperate plots against Amaechi

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the reported plot to abduct, blackmail and force Gov. Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers…

Nigeria loses pilgrim in Mecca

The Sokoto State delegation to the 2013 Hajj Pilgrimage said one of its male pilgrims, Amadu Achida, has died in…

Jonathan promises to build an airport in Ekiti state

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday, said that the Federal Government would construct an airport and a secretariat in Ado-Ekiti.…

Jonathan begs ASUU to end strike

President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return…

Lar’s body to stay in US for now

The remains of the Late Chief Solomon Lar, founding Chairman of Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, would be brought…

Croatia’s Coric Wins Governor’s Cup First Leg

Damilare Okunola World’s junior number one tennis player, Borna Coric from Croatia, has won the first leg of the Men’s…

Northern Nigeria ready for national confab, says Aliyu

The Governor of the central Nigerian state of Niger, Alhaji Babangida Aliyu, on Saturday said the North is ready for…

Italy, Portugal rocked by anti-austerity protests

LISBON (AFP) – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Italy and Portugal on Saturday to protest…

Ex-Italian PM barred for 2 years from public office

A Milan court on Saturday ruled that former Italy Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi should be barred from holding public office…

Amaechi reports police boss to rights commission

Nnamdi Felix/ Abuja Rivers state Governor Rotimi Amaechi on Friday explained his petition to the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC,…

Car scandal minister: Falana petitions EFCC, threatens court action

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes…

National Confab: Groups make submissions to advisory panel

The Presidential Advisory Committee on National Dialogue will treat all memoranda submitted to it, the Chairman, Sen. Femi Okunronmu, has…

ASUU strike: Students barricade Niger Bridge

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Friday barricaded the Asaba axis of the Niger Bridge for more than…

Nigerian state makes kidnapping capital offence

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Convicted kidnappers in Edo state, southern Nigeria, will henceforth face the death penalty, Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said.…

N255m car scandal: Aviation authorities change story

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s aviation authorities on Friday changed an earlier version of a story surrounding the purchase of two…

Mortuary records reveal heavy Boko Haram human losses

Just a few days after Amnesty International published a report accusing Nigeria’s military of killing close to 1000 Boko Haram…

Oduah, car scandal minister sets up panel to probe leak

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigeria’s embattled minister of aviation, Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, has set up a panel to investigate how…

Police Recover Abandoned Baby

The Police Command in Benue has recovered a newly born baby abandoned in a bush near the Gboko General Hospital.…

FG Launches $150m World Bank Education Project

The Federal Government on Friday launched the State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP) with Ekiti, Anambra and Bauchi as the…

Teenager Jailed For Selling Cassava-Stuffed Nokia Phone

A 19-year- old street trader, Emeka Chukwumuata, was on Friday sentenced to two months imprisonment by the Special Offences Court,…