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The Gambia: President Buhari, other West African leaders in closed door meeting

Some West African leaders including President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Abuja met behind closed door to discuss the political…
Judges at Federal High Court halts proceedings abruptly following notice of the demise of their colleague, Hon. Justice Fatun Odohi Riman.

Court grants Justice Ademola’s application for accelerated trial

An FCT High Court in Maitama on Monday granted Justice Adeniyi Ademola his application for abridgement of time for accelerated…

Multiple explosions hit Maiduguri, 8 killed

There are reports that eight people were killed and score injured when multiple explosions hit Maiduguri, the Borno state capital…

Breaking: Ex-Niger governor, Abdulkadir Kure, dies at 60

A former governor of Niger, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, is dead. Kure died on Sunday in a German hospital at the…

2017: Lagos’ll witness pleasant surprises in all sectors-Ambode

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Sunday said the state will witness pleasant surprises in every sector of the economy…

Tunde Bakare explodes: Buhari must rejig his cabinet for results

Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act fast and reconstitute his…

Boko Haram strikes again, kills army captain, 4 soldiers

Reports reaching PMNEWS revealed that fleeing members of Boko Haram have ambushed some Nigeria soldiers attached to 27 Task Force…

Convicted Nigerian drug kingpin re-arrested in India

The authorities in India have re-arrested a Nigerian drug convict, John Okoro, who fled from police custody in India last…
Flashback:President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo with some of the rescued Chibok schoolgirls at the Presidential Villa in 2016

1,000 Days After: Buhari restates determination to rescue Chibok girls

As the country, nay, the world, Sunday commemorates the 1,000th day of the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Secondary School,…

Adeboye remains G.O. of Redeemed worldwide-RCCG

The Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, says Pastor Enoch Adeboye remains the General Overseer of the church worldwide and…

Bauchi unravels N212.2b fraud by Yuguda administration

*To recover N66.56b from contractors, others *To invite EFCC, ICPC to probe Yuguda administration The High Powered Committee set up…

No kerosene in all Lagos depots, says NUPENG

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Saturday says there is no single drop of kerosene…

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…

Breaking: Adeboye retires as General Overseer of RCCG

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Saturday appointed a new General…

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…

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…
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…

Dismissed Police Officers: Angry Governor Wike spits fire

Governor Nyesome Wike of Rivers State is angry. He is angry over the dismissal of six police officers attached to…

Rivers rerun: Police sack 6 aides attached to Wike

The Nigeria Police Force has sacked six police officers attached to the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike for exhibiting gross…

Obama shows Trump he’s still in charge, releases detainees

The supremacy battle between outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama and the incoming president Donald Trump continued on Thursday with the…

Oshoala, Iwobi, Iheanacho, Falcons win for Nigeria at Glo-CAF Awards 2016

Members of the Nigerian football family on Thursday in Abuja picked up four of the awards at the Glo-CAF Awards…

Breaking: Riyad Mahrez wins African Player of the year award

Leicester City midfielder and Algeria international, Riyad Mahrez has been named the 2016 African best player of the year award…

Presidency explains shooting in Presidential Villa

The Presidency has reassured that the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the seat of Power, is safe and well secured to all…

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,…

Another Chibok schoolgirl found with baby

Army spokesman, Brigadier General Sani Usman says another Chibok schoolgirl has been found, one of the 219 stolen by Boko…

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…

RMD turns comedian, undresses at Alibaba’s concert

Nollywood idol Richard Mofe-Damijo took on a new facet to his career as one effortlessly hilarious comedian at Alibaba’s ‘January…

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…

I am not dead, I am alive – Gambia’s president-elect

Gambia’s president-elect Adama Barrow has denied reports of his assassination in the social media. Barrow was reportedly shot dead by…