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Buhari seeks Senate approval for 42 Ambassadorial nominees(Full List)

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari has presented the list 42 ambassadorial nominees to the Senate for approval.

Gunmen storm Kogi hospital, disrupt coronavirus press conference

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday morning attacked the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja, Kogi State, carting away computers and other sensitive…

PDP aspirant withdraws from Ondo governorship race

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Mr John Ola-Mafo, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) aspirant has withdrawn from the Ondo State Governorship election scheduled for Oct.…

Oyo lists guidelines for students’ resumption on July 6

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Oyo State Government has announced various measures to prevent the spread of Coronavirus in schools, as students in primary and…

Governor Okowa, wife test positive for COVID-19

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, and his wife have contracted COVID-19.

President Buhari presides over FEC meeting

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting. This makes it the 6th virtual FEC meeting…

COVID-19 tests free in Lagos

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

COVID-19 tests for residents of the state are free of charge, Lagos commissioner for information and strategy, Gbenga Omotoso says

Midnight fire guts Ajao market in Lagos

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Ajao market in the Ajao area of Lagos was gutted by fire on Wednesday, with valuable merchandise destroyed.

Edo Guber: INEC releases provisional list of nominated candidates

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said that 14 political parties submitted nominations for the Edo governorship election.

Sex workers escape death as fire razes Brothel in Rivers

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Proprietor of a popular brothel, Pedro Hotel, Diobu in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and many sex workers narrowly escaped death…

Commuters praise Buhari for Ulasi-Okija Bridge

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Motorists and commuters who travel through the hitherto deathtrap on the notorious Ulasi-Okija Bridge along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra…

COVID-19 hits Osun’s cabinet, SSG tests positive, others at risk

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Government of the State of Osun on Tuesday confirmed that its Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prince Wole…

Provide timelines for community policing, Lawan tells I-GP

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday charged the Inspector-General of Police to provide timelines for the implementation of…

Lagos records 200 new COVID-19 cases

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Lagos State recorded another higher daily toll on Tuesday as Nigeria's COVID-19 jumped to 25,694 with 561 new cases.

Ekiti announces dates to reopen worship centres, schools

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Governor Kayode Fayemi Ekiti said worship centres in Ekiti State may resume for services from Friday, July 17, while the…

Take the fight to bandits’ doorsteps, Buratai charges troops

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, has charged the combined troops of the Armed Forces in Zamfara to…

Kano destroys illicit drugs, foods worth over N380m

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State on Tuesday supervised the destruction of illicit drugs, expired and adulterated packaged foods worth…

Okowa congratulates Obaseki

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has congratulated his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki, on his 63rd birth anniversary on July…

ICPC declares former staff wanted

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has declared a former staff of the anti-graft agency identified…

Ghost workers: EFCC arrests Perm Sec Bayo Onimago, 4 others

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Permanent Secretary, Bayo Onimago, and four other senior officials implicated in the ongoing…

UNILORIN student jailed for defrauding tenants

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, on Tuesday convicted and sentenced 19-year-old Chemistry undergraduate of University of…

Oluwo charges Iru people to cooperate with new Oniru

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The Oluwo of Iwoland, HIM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi has called on all sons and daughters of Iru Kingdom to…

Don’t overburden Nigerians with tax, Lawan tells FIRS

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday asked the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to widen the tax net…

75% of Nigerians at risk of non-communicable diseases – WellNewMe

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

75% of Nigerians are at risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), a nationwide study by WellNewMe, a health technology company, has…

Rivers’ horror house: Police exhume four decomposed bodies in Septic Tank

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed four decomposed bodies of kidnapped victims from a septic tank in the State.

Ajimobi’s daughter-in-law, Fatima Ganduje takes swipe at Makinde

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Fatima Ganduje-Ajimobi, who is married to late Isiaka Ajimobi’s son, Idris has taken a swipe at Oyo State Governor, Seyi…

Ibii community in Ebonyi cries over bad roads

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Indigenous people of Ibii community in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi have called on the state government’s urgent…

Sanwo-Olu swears in new Chairman for Agbado Oke-Odo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Former Vice Chairman of Agbado-Oke Odo Local Council Development Area (LCDA), Mr. David Oladapo Famuyiwa, on Tuesday, took the oath…

Lagos Assembly calls for renaming of sites, monuments named after Colonial Masters

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The Lagos State House of Assembly has called on Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to direct the Commissioner…

COVID-19: 200 ad-hoc workers protest dismissal in Edo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

No fewer than 200 ad-hoc workers of the Edo State COVID-19 Mobile Screening Task Force on Tuesday took to the…

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