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Ivory Tower, society disconnected, laments Fashola

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State today decried disconnect between the training Nigeria students are receiving…

Governor Oshiomhole appoints Ihonvbere secretary

JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo State on Wednesday announced key appointments into his cabinet. Prof Julius Ihonvbere…

Saraki died of cancer, says son

Olaolu, son of the Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, said in Lagos on Wednesday that his father died…

Nigeria 2nd Most Corrupt Nation —Gallup Poll

The perception of Nigeria’s government seems to have crashed further, with most Nigerians rating their country’s leadership as the second…

OKADA BAN: LG Boss, Councillors Clash Over Allowance

The restriction of commercial motorcycle riders, popularly called Okada riders, to some roads is taking its toll on the revenue…

Armed Robbers Kill Another Corporal, Snatch Rifle

Barely three days after armed robbers shot Inspector Ogedemgbe and a corporal dead at Ajao Estate, another policeman attached to…

Kidnapped Mikano Expatriate Regains Freedom

One of the expatriates working with MIKANO Generator Company in Lagos, Nigeria, Mr. Mear, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen…

Internet Defamation: Lawyers Seek Review Of Evidence Act

Leading Nigerian lawyers have called for a review of the provisions in the nation’s Evidence Act to accommodate internet-based defamation…

My Dad Will Be Sorely Missed —Senator Saraki

Senator Bukola Saraki in a statement issued today said his father, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Waziri of Ilorin, former Senate…

FG Probes Illegal Miners’ Deaths

The Federal Government has set up an eight-man panel to probe the deaths of nine illegal miners at Dogon Daji…

Shun Extortion, ACP Advises Young Police Officers

Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Agba Nchor, has called on young and upcoming police officers to shun money and…

Villagers Raise Alarm Over Soldiers Invasion

The Ogunnaike family of Erunwen Village along Awolowo Way, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has cried out over the invasion of their…

Against Redundancy In Lagos LG Administration

P.M.NEWS reviews the efforts of the Lagos State House of Assembly to ensure effective administration in the third tier of…

Commission Raises Alarm Over Rising Cases of Rape

Professor Ben Angwe, the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called on Nigerians to report rape…

Divorce: Court Sends Hubby To Jail

An Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court on Tuesday in Lagos sentenced a man, Edem Asuquo, to two months imprisonment for…

Customs Intercepts N744m Contraband

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, said it impounded 2,142 different contraband goods valued…

Judge Threatens To Expose EFCC Lawyers

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Abuja High Court on Tuesday threatened that he would compile the names of lawyers handling…

Kwara Declares Work-Free Day

The Kwara State government today confirmed the death of Saraki via a statement issued on behalf of Governor Abdufatah Ahmed…

Man Held For Visiting Wife In Lover’s House

A middle-aged man, Mr. Kazeem Tijani has been arrested for alleged indecent act after he visited his wife in her…

Bizman Charged With N.5m Theft

A prominent Lagos-based businessman, Chief Sharafa Tijani, 54, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge…

Residents Commend DPO

Residents of New Oko Oba community, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have commended the new Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge…

BCAN Seeks Justice Over Member’s Murder

Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Director General of State Security Service, Ita…

Motor bike bandits attack Bureau de Change

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the WAPA Bureau De Change in Fagge area of Kano, northwest Nigeria…

No words from kidnappers of Nigerian businessman

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Contrary to rumour making around and posting on the social network, Facebook that the kidnappers of the…

Police Parade Trans-Border Robbery Suspects, Armourer

The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, today paraded six robbery suspects, including Emmanuel Tochukwu Nweke, 31, alleged to be the…

I Don’t Own Any Private Jet —Sam Adeyemi

Senior Pastor, Day Star Christian Centre, Pastor Sam Adeyemi, says he never had a private jet as being reported in…

4-Man Kidnap Gang Smashed

Four suspects are in police net after a man they allegedly kidnapped and demanded N50 million ransom from, escaped from…

Fashola Disowns Facebook Fraudster

Governor Babatunde Fashola (SAN) of Lagos State this morning disowned the existence of any facebook account purportedly being operated by…

Pastor Faces Trial Over Visa Scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, 12 November, 2012, arraigned Pastor Henry Uhunmwagho, 33, before Justice P.I.…

Spreading Falsehood Will Never Work For You In Lagos, ACN Tells PDP

The Lagos State chapter of the Action Congress of Nigeria has described as tendentious, false and reckless the statement from…