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Woman Sent To Prison For Slashing Co-Tenant’s Cheeks With Razor Blade

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

A trader, Omowunmi Oladejo, 30 has been remanded at the Kirikiri Prison in Lagos till she is able to fulfill…

Grace mugabe sues businessman over $1.35m ring

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s wife Grace has sued a Belgium-based businessman for failing to deliver a 1.35 million dollars ring…

Drug abuse: Psychiatrists decry high rate among adolescents

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Two consultant psychiatrists on Wednesday decried the high rate of drug abuse among young adults in Nigeria, urging three tiers…

Gov. urges PDP to reposition for 2019 elections

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has advised the state chairmen of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) across the country…

World Bank: We didn’t disagree with Nigeria on foreign borrowing

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The World Bank Group on Wednesday denied that the Bank disagreed with the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, over…

Naira maintains N361.50 per dollar at parallel market

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Naira on Wednesday exchanged at N361.50 to the dollar at the parallel market, maintaining same rate for the past…

Ongoing vaccination to prevent Yellow Fever – Kwara Govt

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Kwara Government sys the ongoing Reactive Vaccination in Ifelodun Local Government Area and other neighbouring communities is to prevent…

Ongoing vaccination to prevent Yellow Fever – Kwara Govt

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Kwara Government sys the ongoing Reactive Vaccination in Ifelodun Local Government Area and other neighbouring communities is to prevent…

Varsity explores oil, gas in Bida, Sokoto basins

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger, says it has begun another round of oil and gas exploration research in…

Nigeria dispels rumour of vaccination by Military

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Federal Ministry of Health has called on Nigerians to disregard ongoing rumours in parts of the country that the…

Nigeria to increase taxes on Tobacco to curb smuggling, abuse

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Federal Government says it may increase taxes on Tobacco as part of deliberate measures to check abuse and to…

Council accredits 5 schools of nursing in Ogun

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Dr Babatunde Ipaye, the Ogun Commissioner for Health, said on Wednesday that the Nigeria Nursing Council (NNC) had given full…

Why PDP loses elections – Gbenga Daniel

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Former governor of Ogun, Chief Gbenga Daniel, on Wednesday said Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been losing elections because it…

Ebonyi empowers 520 indigenes in Lagos

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Ebonyi Government said it had empowered 520 indigenes of the state residence in Lagos State. Mr Uchenna Orji, Ebonyi…

Troops destroy suspected militant camps in Operation crocodile smile II

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

In continuation of the Operation Crocodile Smile II in the Niger Delta, troops of the 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Benin,…

Stock exchange maintains negative trend

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) closed on a negative trend for the second consecutive day with the market…

Vaccination: Kaduna state to sanction defaulting parents

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Kaduna State Government on Wednesday dismissed rumour of circulation of harmful vaccination in the state.

Nigeria begins payment of pension benefits to veterans

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

A statement by the management of Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) in Abuja on Wednesday indicated that President Muhammadu Buhari…

Military has served us well – El-Rufai

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Gov. Nasiru El-Rufai of Kaduna State, on Wednesday, said the military had been a major stakeholder in the state’s socioeconomic…

Ogoni Clean-up project is on course – Senate

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday allayed fears on the implementation of the ongoing Ogoni Clean-up project, saying “it is on course”.

United Nations reaffirms commitment to women, girls in crises

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Dr Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the UNFPA on Wednesday in Abuja renewed the commitment of the agency to supporting…

Expect intense harmattan in December, January, NiMet warns

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has warned that most parts of Nigeria would experience intense hazy weather conditions otherwise known…

NNPC to stimulate economic growth – GMD

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Baru, on Wednesday said he was pursuing…

11 political parties to participate in Kwara LG polls

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Kwara State Independent Electoral Commission (KWASIEC) said on Wednesday that only 11 out of the 45 registered political parties…

Truck drivers protest killing of member, block Abuja-Lokoja road

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Truck drivers in Lokoja, Kogi, on Wednesday blocked Abuja-Lokoja highway protesting alleged killing of one of them over non-payment of…

EU lament on low investment of state governments in water

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

The European Union (EU) Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS on Wednesday expressed concern over the low investments of state governments…

7 Nigeria Airways pensioners die awaiting entitlements

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Seven former employees of the defunct Nigeria Airways have died in the past one week as the former workers continue…

Former NAN editor, Ndukuba bows out of service

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

Mr Emma Ndukuba, Senior Editor, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday bowed out the service of the agency,…

Atiku’s son held in court for contempt

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

8 years ago

For disobeying a court order, Aminu, the son of a former Vice-President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, was on Wednesday remanded in…

Kwara Govt. denies injecting students with killer vaccine

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Kwara Government has denied a rumour that soldiers are injecting school pupils in Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of…

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