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Nigeria's ex-oil minister Diezani arraigns in UK Court charged with bribery

Diezani ties suspended indefinitely by Caribbean country

The Prime Minister of Dominican Republic, Roosevelt Skerrit, has suspended his country’s ties with Diezani Alison-Madueke following are arrest in…

Nigerians set to have ‘single identification numbers’

The Federal Government has directed all agencies capturing the biometrics of Nigerians to urgently aggregate their records so as to…

Boko Haram forces one million children out of school – UN

Violence in northeast Nigeria and neighbouring countries targeted by Boko Haram has forced more than one million children out of…

Wounded Shiite members dying in detention – Spokesman

Nigerian Shiites wounded in military raids are dying in military and police detention because they are being denied medical care,…

Buhari to present 2016 budget to National Assembly today

All is set for presentation of the 2016 national budget to the National Assembly on Tuesday, Lai Mohammed, Nigeria minister…

Police arrest 980 crime suspects in Ogun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state Police Command have arrested 980 suspects for various alleged criminal offences ranging from armed robbery,…

Wike assents to Rivers 2016 budget

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has assented to the 2016 budget passed by the Rivers State…

Ambode commissions Ipaja-Ayobo, Ikotun-Ejigbo roads

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday commissioned the Ipaja-Ayobo and Ikotun-Ejigbo roads and unveiled blueprint to transform…

APC receives harvest of defectors in Rivers

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressives Congress, APC, in Degema LGA says it has been receiving a large harvest of defectors…

Buhari appoints Ibim Semenitari acting NDDC MD

President Muhammadu Buhari has named Ibim Semenitari the new Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Mrs.…

Wike appoints new boss for development agency

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Exactly one month after Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike suspended the activities of Rivers State Sustainable…

Lagos seeks monarchs’ support to curb communal clashes

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government is seeking the support of traditional rulers in the state to curb intra and…

Lawmaker donates 1m de-worming tablets to Lagos

Eromosele Ebhomele The representative of Alimosho Constituency 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Bisi Yusuff on Monday donated…

Ambode launches contributory scheme for Hajj, Jerusalem pilgrimages

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday launched a contributory scheme for Hajj and Jerusalem pilgrimages. This is…

Rivers Assembly screens nominees for three boards

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State House of Assembly will Monday screen nominees into governing boards of different parastatals and…

Siblings at war: Two professors fight over late mom’s properties

Cyriacus Izuekwe Two professors born by same parents are locked in a fierce battle over inheriting their late mother’s two…

Breaking: Registrar bags 10 years jail for aiding Fred Ajudu to defraud Gen. Bamaiyi

Henry Ojelu A Lagos High Court judge, Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo Monday sentenced a Court Registrar, Oluronke Rosolu, to 10 years…
How God saved me from aggressive cancer - Oritsejafor

Oritsejafor has a message for Nigerians

Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, President, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), has urged Nigerians to be resolute in the face of the…
Aisha Alhassan also known as Mama Taraba

Taraba: Aisha Alhassan hopeful as Appeal Court sits Monday

A panel constituted by the Appeal Court to consider the Taraba State Governorship election matter will sit on Monday. The…

Wuse market on fire in Abuja

A popular market in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital is on fire, PM News has learnt. According to an eyewitness, the raging…

LAHASCOM re-invents its service delivery in 2016

Eromosele Ebhomele The Lagos State House of Assembly Service Commission, LAHASCOM, will put in place a strategic plan to re-invent…

114 Roads: Lagos charges communities to cooperate with contractors

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has called on all communities in the Local Governments and Local Council Development Areas,…

RRS arrests teenage robbery suspect in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga As the operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, intensify efforts at reducing crime in the metropolis, policemen…

Fayose rallies labour unions against Buhari’s harsh policies

Eromosele Ebhomele Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, western Nigeria, has urged labour leaders in Nigeria to protect the interests…

Let’s go for rerun, Rivers APC taunts Wike

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt All Progressive Congress, APC in Rivers State has told Nyesom Wike,Governor of Rivers State in an uncertain…

APC will deliver campaign promises, says Dogara

Nigerians will begin to reap the dividends of promises made by the All Progressives Congress (APC) when the 2016 budget…

Akinola installed as Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland

Eminent personalities on Saturday converged in Ibadan for the installation of Alhaji Dawud Akinola as the new Aare Musulumi of…
Vice President Kashim Shettima

Shi’ite/Army Clash: Northern govs hold emergency meeting

Northern Governors on Saturday held an emergency meeting in Kaduna to evolve measures to resolve the crisis between members of…
Appeal Court affirms victory of Senators Mohammed Ndume and Sen. Kaka Lawan of Borno South and Central Districts in February 25 election

Insurgency will soon be history, says senator accused of sponsoring sect

Senate Ali Ndume, who is accused of sponsoring Islamist sect, Boko Haram, has expressed confidence that insurgency in the North-East…

Driver kills passenger on motorcycle in Lagos

Cyriacus Izuekwe A private driver whose identity was not yet known overran a motorcycle operator and killed his passenger on…