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Riot in Jos over Okada ban

Fear-stricken residents ran for safety in most parts of Jos Jos-North on Wednesday morning as youths made bonfires to protest…

Oba Of Benin Pardons Igbinedion

The Benin Monarch, Omo’Noba N’Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Erediauwa, on Wednesday lifted the suspension placed on the Esama of Benin…

Gang War: Ebute Meta Residents Send SOS To LASG, CP

For what they described as unwarranted loss of lives and property resulting from frequent clashes between rival groups, residents of…

Bisi Yusuf: Our Favourite Son —ACN

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Lagos State says it is pleased with the activities of the Chairman of…

Lagos Assembly Wades Into Alaba, LG Dispute

The Lagos State House of Assembly has intervened in the dispute between the traders at the Alaba International Market and…

EFCC Arraigns Man For Forgery

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arraigned a 32-year old man, Samuel Khamsary before an Abuja High…

Assemblyman Gives Account Of Stewardship

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bolaji Yusuf Ayinla, has disclosed that…

NYSC deplores posting pressure by parents

Brigadier-General Nnamdi Okorie-Affia, Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has decried the incessant requests for posting of corps…

Ivory Coast uncovers coup plot

Authorities in Cote d’Ivoire have discovered and prevented a plot to overthrow the government organised by exiled military officers, the…

Nigeria’s SEC chief Arunma Oteh suspended

The head of Nigeria’s stock exchange regulator has been suspended from her post, its board announced Tuesday, weeks after she…

South Africa sacks police chief, reshuffles cabinet

South African President Jacob Zuma on Tuesday fired his police chief, who is implicated in suspect property deals, and replaced…

The diesel engine exhaust cancerous, says WHO

This is a piece of news that should interest and even frighten Nigerians, dependent on generating electricity with diesel oil.…

Shun ethnicity, Jonathan charges Nigeria’s envoys

President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday in Abuja gave letters of credence to 93 newly appointed ambassadors with a call on…

Implement Report On Fuel Subsidy -ACN Insists

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that the allegation of bribery involving the chair of the House of Representatives…
CACOL hails Supreme Court judgment affirming Farouk Lawan's jail term

I Lied, Says Shamed Farouk Lawan

Chairman of the House of Representatives Probe Panel on Fuel Subsidy Mismanagement, Farouk Lawan, has admitted that he collected $600,000…

Woman Attempts To Kill Self, Husband

A 34-year old woman, Bukola Abiwa, has been arrested by the police and arraigned before Ejigbo Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State,…

June 12: Torrents Of Tributes For Abiola

As Nigerians in the diaspora mark the 19th anniversary of the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, there have been…

I Won’t Fail, Says First Lagos Female PPRO

In the first interview she granted P.M.NEWS as the first female Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in Lagos State, southwest…

Pressure Mounts On Speaker Tambuwal Over Lawan

Some lawmakers have started mounting pressure on the Honourable Aminu Tambuwal leadership of the House of Representatives to take concrete…

LASG, Lagosians Draw Battle Line

Residents of Lagos State say they are ready to resist the new transport bill that is about to be passed…

Senator Adeyemi: Make June 12 National Holiday

Nigerian Senator Smart Adeyemi (PDP Kogi) on Tuesday said the late Chief MKO Abiola deserved all the commendations for playing…

Police Arrest 6 Over ATM Robbery

Police said on Monday that six suspects had been arrested over the vandalism of an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) in…

Man Docked For Procurement Of 9-Year-Old Girl

A 26-year old man, Israel Thomas of Fred Avenue, Jikwoyi Phase 1 Abuja on Monday appeared before an Abuja Upper…

No Plan To Ban Okada In Lagos —Legislator

The Lagos State Government has no plan to ban commercial motorcyclists (Okada) from plying their trade, contrary to insinuations in…

‘June 12, A Landmark In Nigeria’s Democracy’

Mr. John Dara, the Chairman, Board of Trustees of National Transformation Party (NTP) on Monday described June 12 as a…

Family convicted for assaulting landlord

An Asaba Magistrates’ Court has sentenced a 44-year-old woman, Mrs. Helen Nwokobia and her three children to six months imprisonment…

Church of England opposes gay marriage

The Church of England has attacked the British government’s plan to allow gay couples marry, saying on Tuesday it was…

Police Roadblocks gone for good, says Abubakar

Nigeria’s acting Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Abubakar said the removal of road blocks from the nation’s highways has reduced corruption…

Cuban Boxers Will Surprise All –Savon

Away from his painting, watercolors and oil pipes, boxing legend Felix Savon, three-time Olympic champion, said the Cuban boxers will…