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FG offsets salary arrears of ex-militants

The Federal Government has paid two out of four months outstanding stipends owed former Niger Delta militants under the Presidential…

Shop on fire at Balogun Market, Lagos Island

Reports reaching PMNEWS now reveal that a building at Martins Street, near Balogun market (Oluwole) in Lagos Island is on…

Nana Akufo-Addo sworn in as Ghana’s president

Nana Akufo-Addo was sworn in on Saturday as Ghana’s new president at a ceremony applauded for its easy transition of…

APC accuses Mimiko of diverting N1.5bn foreign grants

The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has accused Governor Olusegun Mimiko of planning to divert N1.5 billion in grants…

Fire claims 28 lives in Oyo State

Mr Oyekunle Kareem, the Oyo State Director of Fire Service, said 28 persons lost their lives in fire disasters that…

Gov Ajimobi reopens shut schools, says LAUTECH resumes Feb 1

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State says Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, will resume academic activities on or…

Arik Air passengers stranded in Kaduna Airport for 4 days

Several passengers, including children, were stranded at Kaduna International Airport since on Tuesday, following the failure of Arik Airlines to…

Lagos lawyers hail passage of bill on death penalty for kidnappers

Some Lagos-based lawyers have lauded the Lagos State House of Assembly for passing into law the bill stipulating the death…

Price of local rice rises, tomatoes crash in Jigawa

Prices of locally produced rice have shot up by more than 20 per cent in Hadejia, Jigawa. Checks at Hadejia…

Oyo awards N10bn Eleyele-Eruwa road

The Oyo State Government has approved the reconstruction of Ibadan-Eleyele Junction-Akufo Junction–Eruwa road at the cost of N10, 396,614,557.49. The…

Lagos Speaker supports online verification of number plates

Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has described the introduction of a website, through which motorists…
Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Court orders forfeiture of $153,310,000 belonging to Alison-Maduekwe

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Southwest Nigeria on Friday ordered temporary forfeiture of the sum of $153,310,000, which…

Ban on Private Revenue Collectors: Civil groups backs Obaseki

More commendations have continued to greet the prohibition of private revenue collectors announced by Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki,…

SERAP demands immediate release of arrested journalist by Akwa Ibom govt

emmanuel udomSocio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called for the immediate and unconditional release of a newspaper publisher, Nsibiet…

NUPENG suspends strike, work resumes at Total Blending Plant

Normalcy on Friday returned to Total Nig. Plc Blending Plants, Lagos, after four days of protest by the NUPENG members…

Falana accuses BATN of dehumanizing Nigerians

A former staff of British American Tobacco Nigeria, Oluwasegun Falana, has accused the company of dehumanising Nigerians working with conglomerate.…

Amended Kano State Pension law favours monarchs- Assembly

The Majority Leader, Kano State House of Assembly Alhaji Abdullahi Atta, has said that the amended Pension and Gratuity Law…

How we raped our victim – Kidnapper

Desmond Ozo, a 32-year-old kidnap suspect, on Thursday narrated to journalists how his gang kidnapped a middle-aged woman (names withheld)…

Thousands of unemployed youths struggle to get Peace Corps recruitment form in Ogun

Thousands of unemployed youth in Ogun on Thursday struggled to get the registration form of the Peace Corps of Nigeria…

Lagos to prosecute 71 miscreants, street traders

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offences Unit (Task Force ) has concluded arrangement to charge 71 arrested street…

End to malaria infection in sight as vaccine passes trial test

A malaria vaccine that uses a weakened form of the parasite has passed a “critical milestone” in human safety trials,…

Lagos vows to sanction traders who dump refuse on roads

The Lagos State Government has vowed to sanction traders who dumped their refuse indiscriminately on roads or setbacks in the…

Police arrest 5 in Port Harcourt foiled bank robbery

The Nigerian police have arrested five suspected armed robbers in connection with December’s foiled Access Bank robbery in Port Harcourt,…
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Price of cooking gas hits N4, 500 in Lagos

There is wide spread condemnation of the recent increase in price of cooking gas in Lagos. The price of cooking…

Okorocha tells APC members not to share rice with traditional rulers, PDP members

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Wednesday told members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state not to…

FG redeploys 3 perm. secretaries

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the redeployment of three Federal Permanent Secretaries. A statement by Haruna Imrana, Director of…

5 suspected cultists shot dead in Rivers

Troops of 6 Division, Nigerian Army on Wednesday shot dead five suspected cultists during gun battle in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local…

NNPC awards crude oil contracts to 39 companies

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has awarded its crude oil contracts to 39 companies for 2017. Almost half of…

Breaking: Barrow named as UK’s new ambassador to EU

Senior diplomat Sir Tim Barrow will be appointed the UK’s new ambassador to EU to replace Sir Ivan Rogers. Foreign…

9 authors fight for £15,000 Etisalat Prize for Literature 2016

Helon Habila, chairman of the judging panel of the 2016 Etisalat Prize for Literature has announced the 2016 longlist of…
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