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Coronavirus lockdown: Police arrest 30 footballers in Kano

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The Police Command in Kano on Tuesday confirmed it had arrested 30 youths allegedly involved in a football match in…

COVID-19: Five Governors denied flight approval

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Five governors have been denied flight approval by the Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika since the closure of the airports…

Coronavirus: Buhari writes CJN, canvasses release of prisoners awaiting trials

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has called for urgent measures towards the speedy trial of cases and decongestion of custodial centres in…

Edo police parade 60 suspects for rape, murder, robbery

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Operatives of Edo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded 60 suspects arrested from across the state for various crimes ranging…

Victory is near in Boko Haram war – Gen Udoh

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Chief of Training and Operations, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Enobong Udoh, has charged troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) to…

COVID-19: Why number of cases increased in Lagos – Banky W

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Popular Nigerian singer and actor cum politician, Bankole Wellington also known as Banky W has explained reasons for the increase…

Customs seizes 1,000 bags of rice in Adamawa

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

No less than 1,000 bags of smuggled foreign rice have been discovered by the Nigeria Customs Services in a residential…

Lagos discharges nine more Coronavirus patients

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

The Lagos State government, on Tuesday, announced the discharge of nine more Coronavirus patients, having tested negative twice for the…

Man electrocuted in Abakaliki

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

A middle-aged-man whose identity is yet to be ascertained was electrocuted in Abakaliki on Tuesday, according to an eye-witness.

Akinjide, a legal colossus – Afe Babalola

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6 years ago

Eminent lawyer, Afe Babalola, on Tuesday described the late Chief Richard Akinjide as a legal colossus and a professional who…

South-South Govs mourn Kyari

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6 years ago

The South-South Governors Forum has commiserated with President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of his Chief of Staff, Mallam Abba…

Buhari mourns ex-Attorney-General, Chief Richard Akinjide

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6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has commiserated with government and people of Oyo State over the passing of an illustrious son, former…

Scores of bandits killed in Military’s airstrike in Niger

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Defence Headquarters on Tuesday announced that the Air Component of Operation Gama Aiki, on April 19, killed several armed bandits…

Governor Abiodun urges Ogun students to join COVID-19 fight

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun state called on students in the state to cooperate with his administration in the fight…

Bayelsa govt warns against consumption of dead fishes littering coastline

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

Bayelsa Government on Tuesday urged residents to abstain from harvesting, processing, eating or selling dead fishes currently littering the Atlantic…

Coronavirus: UNIBEN enforces use of face masks

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

The Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has directed compulsory use of face masks by staff and students seeking…

Enugu Commissioner for Youths, Sports assumes duty

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

The newly-appointed Enugu State Commissioner for Youths and Sports, Mr Manfred Nzekwe, has assumed work amidst the ravaging pandemic in…

Coronavirus: Firms make donation to Anambra

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

The Anambra Government on Tuesday took delivery of additional food items donated by companies for distribution to residents of the…

Lockdown: Imo NYSC presents palliatives to less privileged children

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6 years ago

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Imo has under its Skills Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) Scheme presented palliatives…

Coronavirus: Kaduna mechanics resort to home-services

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6 years ago

Some automobile mechanics in parts of Kaduna have resorted to rendering home-services to their customers to make ends meet while…

Updated: Richard Akinjide, ex-justice Minister dies at 88

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Nigeria's Second Republic Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Richard Akinjide, is dead. He was 88. He died in…

Coronavirus: Ogun sets 249 prisoners free

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

In an attempt to decongest the facility and avert prisoners contracting Coronavirus, Chief Judge of Ogun State, Hon. Justice Mosunmola…

23 new Coronavirus cases put Kano in serious trouble

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Kano is in serious trouble as 23 new cases of Coronavirus have been reported in the densely populated state.

Coronavirus: Gov. Zulum orders 14-day lockdown in Borno

PM NEWS Live

6 years ago

Following the confirmation of one coronavirus index case in Borno, the state is to observe a two-week total lockdown as…

Coronavirus: Sokoto governor bars suspected patient, family

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6 years ago

Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state has barred a suspected coronavirus patient and his family from entering the state in…

Police raid illegal mining sites in Zamfara

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6 years ago

The Police in Zamfara have raided a Kwali mining site in Bukkuyum Local Government Area where foreigners were carrying out…

Rivers to employ 3,000 environmental marshals

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6 years ago

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Monday announced that the Rivers State Government will establish a task force to man…

Coronavirus: Retired HOS, Perm Secs laud Sanwo-Olu

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6 years ago

The Association of Retired Heads of Service and Permanent Secretaries of Lagos State (ALARHOSPS) on Monday lauded the prompt and…

Rivers: Mystery dead fishes found ashore

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6 years ago

There is apprehension among fish consumers in Rivers State following the massive death of fishes on the shores of Bonny…

Coronavirus: FMC Lokoja enforces use of face mask

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6 years ago

The Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja has barred persons not wearing face mask from enjoying any of its services. In fact,…

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