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Olorogun Kenneth Oghenerhoro Okpara: Former commissioner for finance and economic planning in Delta and a governorship aspirant dies at 60

JUST IN: Delta governorship aspirant, Kenneth Okpara, dies at 60

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

He was Commissioner for Economic Planning and later, Commissioner Finance under former governor Uduaghan.
Petrol tanker explodes in Ibadan

Petrol tanker explodes in Ibadan

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Two cars were burnt on Thursday night in Ibadan, when a fully loaded petrol tanker, went up in flames.
Crackdown at sea: NDLEA shatters drug cartels with record seizures

191 suspects busted with 966.7kgs of illicit drugs in Imo

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 191 drug trafficking suspects and seized 966.7kgs of illicit drugs in Imo…
Ogbu

Travel Agency boss Ijikere remanded over alleged N1.4m Visa scam

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Managing Director of El-Addis Travel Limited in Lagos, Chinyere Jane Ijikere, 34, has been arrested and charged before an…
Folasade Tinubu-Ojo

Tinubu’s daughter Folasade breaks silence on closure of Oyingbo Market

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, on Thursday, said that the popular Oyingbo Market in Lagos was shut…
30-year-old remanded in prison for allegedly defiling 14-year-old

30-year-old remanded for allegedly defiling 14-year-old

Muhamin Olowoporoku

4 years ago

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a 30-year-old man, Saheed Safuraini, in…
Ooni of Ife's son Prince Tadenikawo clocks 1 (Photos)

Ooni of Ife’s son Prince Tadenikawo clocks 1 (Photos)

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

The Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi and Olori Silekunola are celebrating as their son Prince Tadenikawo clocks one…
L-R: Mrs. Ibukun Oyedeji, President, CFA Society Nigeria; JK Randle, Chairman, JK Randle Professional Services, presenting the Microfinance Bank of the Year Award to Mr. Oluremi Akande, Head, Communications and Branding, LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited, and Mrs. Paula Ikemsinchi Aniobi, Head SME, at the 2021 BusinessDay Banks and Other Financial Institutes' (BAFI) Awards in Lagos, at the weekend.

LAPO MfB wins Microfinance Bank of the Year

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

LAPO Microfinance Bank Limited, (LAPO MfB) a premium and frontline financial institution, has been conferred with the award of the…
Court sends 19-year-old ex-convict, Olaniyan Qudus, back to prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing church properties in Ibadan

Ahmed Musa, one other jailed 14 years

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Justice Yetunde Adesanya of a Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square, on Wednesday sentenced two men, Ahmed Musa…
Scene of Badagry building collapse

Four dead, six injured as another building collapses in Badagry

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

Four people have died while six others were injured when a building under construction collapsed on Wednesday at Flourmill Estate,…
Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike (2nd right), HRM Eze Barr. Uchechukwu Isaiah Elikwu, Eze Epara Rebisi, XII (2nd left),Chairman of Rivers State Traditional Rulers Council and Amanyanabo of Opobo Kingdom, Jeki V, King Dandeson Douglas Jaja (1st right) during the presentation of Certificate of Recognition and Staff of Office to Eze Barr. Uchechukwu Isaiah Elikwu at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

Wike speaks on deposition of top Rivers traditional ruler

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The governor said the presentation had to be performed by him because of the importance of the stool to the…

Police warn against blocking of highways in Akwa-Ibom

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

Police said that the blocking of the highway cause road users untold hardship
Kano man Alhassan sent to jail for dogknapping

Kano man Alhassan Yusuf sent to prison for stealing dog

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

The defendant, who resides in Tudun Maliki Quarters in Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kano, is charged with two counts of…
Protest in Oyingbo Market

Massive protest against Tinubu’s daughter rocks Oyingbo Market

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Hundreds of traders at the popular Oyingbo Market on Wednesday protested vehemently against Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, the daughter of the…
Seventeen burnt to death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway accident

5 burnt to death in Ogun tanker explosion

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Ogun Sector Command, said five people died in the early hours of Wednesday as…
The five man gang vandalising transformers in Niger Sttae

Niger police arrest fake soldier Dominic, gang vandalising transformers

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

The suspects conspired among themselves, to vandalise two electric transformers and cart away some of the electric cables.
Kogi Chairman of Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, Bishop John Ibenu

2023: Kogi CAN chair asks church leaders to mobilise members

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

“Anyone who says votes won’t count should see the example of Anambra election," Ibenu said.
Iboko Kenneth, a member of Ebonyi Ministry of Capital City Development taskforce showing part of his finger bitten off by a driver in a bid to escape arrest.

ICYMI: Driver bites off, swallows finger of Ebonyi task force officer

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The Commissioner for Capital City Development, Onyekachi Nwebonyi described the incident as “terrible, unexpected and barbaric”.
One of the sealed buildings by LASPPPA officers

Lagos agency LASPPPA shuts 62 buildings

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The agency said it shut down the properties for contravening physical planning permit law of the state.
One of the suspects

Lagos police smash 12 suspected killers of CSP Kazeem Abonde

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, has arrested 12 suspects in connection with the gruesome murder of CSP Kazeem…
Lekki Toll reopening: Nigerians kick as Lagos govt. seeks ‘understanding’

Lekki Tollgate massacre: Perpetrators must face justice – Amnesty International

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Amnesty International has said perpetrators of last year's Lekki Tollgate massacre in Lagos must face justice after  #EndSARS panel released…
Mrs. Glory Ogbewi, and her two-year-old son clubbed to death at Ime-obi community of Delta State.

Mother of four, 2 -year- old son clubbed to death in Delta

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Neighbours wondered what deceased may have done to her killers to warrant her assassination.
Court sends 19-year-old ex-convict, Olaniyan Qudus, back to prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing church properties in Ibadan

Edo lady, Chioma bags 15 years for drug offence

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The accused said she was not aware that the substance was cocaine, but was asked to deliver it to somebody…
CP Ari Muhammad Ali, Delta State Commissioner of Police

Delta Police rescue 11 kidnapped victims

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

The victims were rescued by the police patrol team in collaboration with the vigilance group and local hunters following a…
Wisdom Attah

Attah, Onosemudiana convicted for internet fraud in Benin

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

Attah and Onosemudiana were said to have sometime in April 2021 impersonated the identities of foreign nationals to defraud the…
Late king HRH Eze Napoleon Amadi of Chokocho community in Etche local government area in Rivers and Queen Gladys, his wife and suspected killer

Police hold autopsy result of Rivers monarch killed by wife

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The couple were married for over 35 years.
An Electricity supply line

Warri residents lament high electricity bills

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

They urged the management of the BEDC to adjust their billing pattern “before it results in something else“.
Estimated billing: Edo govt, BEDC to meter 500,000 houses

Segun Abiodun jailed 3 years for stealing EKEDC meter

PM NEWS Live

4 years ago

A man identified as Segun Abiodun has bagged a three-year sentence for criminal possession of a meter belonging to the…
Akingbolahan Adeniran

I didn’t resign because of corruption: Adeniran ex-Ogun Attorney-General

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

Adeniran's resignation took government officials by surprise as it was initially denied by his colleague, Waheed Odusile, who heads the…
Dead body with hands tied found floating on Ilorin river

Handcuffed, blindfolded body found in Kwara river

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

“No concrete evidence has been found as regards the cause of the incident,’’ Adekunle explained.
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