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Lagos trader Oluchukwu Onu excretes 86 wraps of cocaine after arrest by NDLEA

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

NDLEA intercepts Lagos based trader, Oluchukwu Onu, with 86 capsules of cocaine at Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja.

Idumuje-Ugboko kingship verdict: Anioma people salute royal fathers’ courage

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The people of Anioma, the Ibo speaking people of Delta state, stood up in unison to give an ovation to…

Lagos shuts 103 health facilities

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The Lagos Health Facility Monitoring and Accreditation Agency, HEFAMAA has disclosed that 103 health facilities were shut across the state…

Child thefts: Port Harcourt ‘born again’ hairdresser jailed 12 years

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Court sentences Port Harcourt hairdresser, Joy Olaka-Wogu, to 12 years imprisonment over allegation of theft of three children

Adamawa governor condoles with NUJ over VOA correspondent’s death

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Gov. Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has sent his heartfelt condolences to the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) over the demise…

ICPC clears Lagos commissioner of corruption allegations

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has cleared Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism,…

FCTA demolishes building for contravening land use act

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), on Friday, demolished a two-storey building located on plot 4545 at SIL Estate, Mbora…

Closure of Third mainland bridge: Police promise safety

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Lagos State Police Command has assured motorists of adequate security, along the designated diversions, as the third mainland bridge…

Kano arrests 500 beggars

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Kano State government said it has arrested 500 beggars for allegedly violating the law that bans street begging in…

Kwara governor celebrates 61st birthday with special needs students

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Kwara on Friday visited the school of special needs where he joined students with disabilities to cut his 61st birthday…

Videos: How murdered US-based Nigerian, Abuda sprayed dollars on musician

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Two videos that have gone viral on the social media have revealed why and how the late US-based Nigerian, Chief…

Troops arrest suspected kidnapper, rescue victim in Jos

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Commander of the task force, Maj.-Gen. Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, disclosed this while presenting the suspect to newsmen on Friday in…

Plateau speaker mourns Jethro Akun

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Speaker, Plateau State House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba, has described as shocking, the death of former deputy governor of…

PDP condoles with Ekweremadu family, Enugu State

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has commiserated with former Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu, over the death…

Edo primary school teachers call off 19-day indefinite strike

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The national leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has waded into the crisis between its Edo State wing…

My office was operational base for Obaseki’s victory: Stewart

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

A former commissioner for communication and orientation in Edo state, Mr. Efe Stewart, on Thursday disclosed that he used his…

Edo CP adopts community policing

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The new Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, Mr. Philip Aliyu Ogbadu, has disclosed that the command has begun to…

Oyo governor calls for NYSC reform

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has asked the Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to reform…

Court jails two Enugu land scammers 35 years

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Justice R.O Dugbo Oghoghorie, of the Federal High Court, Enugu on Wednesday convicted and sentenced the duo of Dominic Ozulu…

EFCC swoops on suspected internet fraudsters in Ibadan, nabs seven

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zonal office, on Friday, swooped on suspected internet fraudsters at…

Abuja fire disaster: Humanitarian minister sympathises with victims

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Mrs. Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has sympathised with victims of fire disaster…

Ganduje cautions Islamic scholars against inciting sermons

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned Islamic scholars to desist from making inciting statements, which are capable of…

IPOB members attack Police Divisional Headquarters in Ebonyi

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

Some hoodlums suspected to be members of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), on Thursday, attacked the Police Divisional…

Flashback: Day I confronted Prof. Soyinka at Oputa Panel

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Barrister Ken Ikonne recalls his experience cross-examining Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka at Oputa Panel about 20 years ago

Lagos stakeholders condemn vandalism of highway panels

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Dr Idris Salako, Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, on Thursday condemned the vandalism of newly installed…

PUNCH reporter, Okechukwu Nnodim abducted by gunmen in Abuja

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

A PUNCH reporter, Okechukwu Nnodim has been abducted by gunmen at his residence in Abuja, North Central Nigeria.

Enugu Commissioner, Ekweremadu, slumps during meeting with lawmakers, dies

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Enugu Commissioner for Transport, Chief Mathias Ekweremadu, cousin of immediate past Deputy Senate President died in Enugu.

Lagos court sentences two armed robbers to death

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced two persons, Moshood Ogunshola and Wasiu Lekan to death for…

Alleged brutalisation: Police arrest 3 members of vigilance group in Rivers

Ayorinde Oluokun

5 years ago

Police arrest three personnel of OSPAC, a local vigilance outfit in Rivers over alleged brutalisation of a property developer

Oil thieves attack NSCDC operatives in Bayelsa

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The Bayelsa government on Thursday condemned the attack on operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in…

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