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Lawyer Arrested Over N70m Dud Cheques

Adeboye Oluwole A Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Shade Ogundare, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,…

N1.3b Fraud: Ajudua Sent To Kirikiri

Henry Ojelu Serial fraud kingpin, Fred Ajudua has been remanded in Kirikiri Prison for allegedly defrauding former Chief of Army…

Nigeria to issue N100bn bonds to complete Lagos-Ibadan highway

Nigeria’s Federal Government said it was ready to issue N100billion road and infrastructure bond for the completion of the Lagos-Ibadan…

Man Threatens To Commit Suicide On Valentine’s Day

Jethro Ibileke/Benin A 57-year old man, Denis Amayo, has threatened to commit suicide on Valentine’s Day (14 February) should Governor…

Man Batters Policeman, Tears His Uniform

Umoh-Obong Kingsley There was drama at Cele Bus Stop, Shasha, a suburb of Akowonjo in Alimosho Local Government Area of…

Actress Debunks Death Rumour

Funsho Arogundade Nollywood actress and model, Angela Ijeoma Okorie, has debunked the rumour of her death during child birth which…

Man, daughter crash into Lagos lagoon, wife survives

A man and his daughter on Tuesday morning drowned in Lagos as a Toyota jeep in which they were travelling…

Nigerians in UK prisons don’t want to go home, says envoy

Some Nigerians serving various jail terms in the UK have kicked against the recently signed Prisoner Transfer Agreement between Nigeria…

Obasanjo, Buhari snub council meeting, PDP govs taunt Nyako

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and former Head of State, General Muhammadu Buhari were conspicuously absent at the meeting…

APC broom sweeps out Kano House of Assembly speaker

The political re-alignment sweeping through Nigeria has swept out of office, the Speaker of Kano State House of Assembly. Alhaji…

Rivers State: Mixed reactions over police ban on rallies

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The blanket ban on political rallies announced Monday by the Rivers State Police Command, has elicited mixed…

Dame Jonathan pays for 800 heart surgeries for children

More than 800 Nigerian children with heart related problems have been sponsored to India for treatment by A. Aruera Reachout…

News Analysis: Concerns over ‘Boko Haram’ arrests in Nigeria

Nigeria’s Muslims have voiced concern about an apparent increase in religious “profiling” after hundreds of terror-related arrests in the country’s…

7 arrested for destroying Jonathan’s portrait

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Nigerian police Command in Ogun state, western Nigeria, today arrested seven persons suspected of destroying the portaits…

Nigerian scammer arrested for murder of Australian woman

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday said it had arrested a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with the…

Dollar bribe policeman arrested, faces trial

Police authorities in Nigeria have confirmed the arrest of the policeman caught in a hidden camera allegedly demanding “dollar bribe”…

Motorcyclist killed by trigger-happy cop over money

Yusuf Mohammed The leader of a Lagos State crime fighting outfit, Operation Mesa (OP-MESA), allegedly shot and killed a commercial…

Ogun Labour Party Secretariat Burgled

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The secretariat of the Labour Party in Ogun State, western Nigeria, has been burgled by unknown men. P.M.NEWS…

OBJ Preaches At CAN Crusade

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has been invited along with other pastors to preach at the forthcoming crusade organised by the…

FG’s Agreement Yet To Materialise —ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is yet to receive allocations which were agreed upon last year. This was…

2 Women Charged With Buying Stolen Baby

The police at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti Yaba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two Onitsha-based business…

Lagos chief, 2 others arrested for extortion

Kazeem Ugbodaga A Lagos chief, a 71-year old man and another alleged accomplice have been arrested for alleged extortion over…

Investigation: Why housewife killed doctor

Cyriacus Izuekwe The real motive, a 35-year old woman, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, allegedly killed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, who…

I Have Never Been Booed On Stage —Tatafo

—Seun Bisuga & Edwin Usoboh Nigerian comedienne, Helen Paul, popularly known as Tatafo, says she has never been booed on…

In video: Nigerian cop recorded asking for dollar bribe

Another Nigerian policeman has been caught on video demanding American dollars after apprehending a Nigerian-American and two other Nigerians for…

Fire guts ninth floor of St. Nicholas Hospital

A room on the ninth floor of Nigeria’s first elite private hospital, St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island, was gutted by…

Atiku: Why I dumped PDP (Full statement)

PRESS RELEASE for immediate release Abuja, 2nd February, 2014 AFTER CONSULTATION, IT IS TIME TO MOVE TO APC. LET THE…

Ex-Nigerian Vice-president, Atiku quits ruling party

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Sunday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s ruling party since…

NGE wants police find killers of Newswatch editor

The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Sunday urged the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State to track down the…

God will overcome Boko Haram, says Onaiyekan

The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Sunday expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome the challenges of Boko…