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Ubiaja prison in Edo: Jailbreak aborted

Another jailbreak in Ubiaja aborted

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

NSCDC Edo Command, said its men foiled a jailbreak attempt by inmates at the Ubiaja prison in Esan South East…

Lawan pledges support for surveying profession

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday pledged his support for the surveying profession as he was conferred with the Honourary…
Yobe youths beg Senate President Lawan to run for governorship

Senate passes bill to establish National Food Reserve Agency

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday, passed a bill seeking to establish the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA).

Buhari mourns ex-military administrator, Ahmed Usman

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended his heartfelt condolences to the family of retired Col. Ahmed Usman, a former military administrator…

EFCC arrests 5 suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested five suspected Internet fraudsters.
Former Ekiti governor Ayo Fayose comes down heavily on PDP, the party on which platform he was elected two times as governor

Fayose opens can of worms: ‘PDP Southwest congress was a scam’ 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

Former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has opened can of worms, saying that the PDP Southwest zonal congress held in…
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo says federal government must renegotiate with states for solutions to the nation's current economic challenges.

NGO solicits Obaseki’s support for private open grazing bill

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin A non-governmental organization, the New Nigeria Initiative (NNI), has solicited the support of Governor Godwin Obaseki of…

CACOL backs Senate’s resolve to probe Federal Mortgage Bank

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has thrown its weight behind the Nigerian Senate in its bid to unravel…
Hon. Wahab Haruna

Yewa border encroachment: Ogun lawmaker assures of permanent solution

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

An illegal adjustment of pillars at Nigeria's border by Benin Republic officials has led to encroachment into communities in Yewa…
Sanwo-Olu to launch Lagos State's 5-year agricultural development roadmap tomorrow.

Lagos to launch 5-year agricultural development roadmap

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The Lagos State Government has said that it would on Thursday, 22nd April 2021 launch a 5-Year Agricultural Development Roadmap…
Borehole

FG, Ogun partner on borehole projects for rural communities

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Federal Ministry of Water Resources (FMWR), in collaboration with the Ogun State Government, have provided boreholes in 13 communities…
Nigerian Senate

Senate wants NEMA to provide urgent relief to Benue windstorm victims

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Senate, Wednesday, urged the National Emergency Management Agency to, as a matter of urgency, mobilize resources to supply relief…

State House partners with CILRM on staff training

Nimot Sulaimon

5 years ago

The management of State House has expressed willingness to partner with the Chartered Institute of Loan and Risk Management of…
Fraud

Nosa Okoro arraigned for fuel theft in Edo

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The police on Wednesday arraigned one Nosa Okoro, 34, before an Ogbeson Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin for allegedly stealing…
PDP

Southwest PDP congress disappoints doomsayers

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Mr Jimmy Fatunbi, an observer at the just-concluded People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Southwest delegates’ congress, on Wednesday said that the…
COVID-19 Vaccine

UNICEF urges Nigerians to take second dose of COVID-19 vaccine

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged those who received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, AstraZeneca vaccine, to…
NLC says its members arrested and detained during protests will now be paid allowance for the period of time their freedom are curtailed.

Kaduna NLC calls for prayers against mass sack, insecurity

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Kaduna State Council, has urged Muslims to pray against the mass sack of public sector…
Senate sets up committee to probe NNPCL’s subsidy regime

IGP, security agencies must investigate Ebonyi killings – Senate

Kazeem Ugbodaga

5 years ago

The Senate has called on the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, to carry out a comprehensive investigation into…
Evans

JUSUN strike stalls kidnap kingpin, Evans’ trial – Lawyer

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Mr Victor Okpara, the defence counsel of Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans has said the ongoing strike by the Judiciary Staff…
JAMB

JAMB loses over N10m to fraudsters – registrar

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said the board lost over N10 million in 2020.
Dr Halilu Ahmad Shaba

Senate confirms Shaba’s nomination as DG NSRDA

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Dr Halilu Shaba as the Director-General of the National Space Research and…
Drug abusse

Group sensitizes Edo youths on drug abuse prevention

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Foundation for a Drug-Free World, in collaboration with Gift A Child Initiative, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) on Wednesday held…
Legal luminary Aare Afe Babalola reveals that he rejected the offer of an oil bloc and ministerial appointments twice.

Babalola wants Supreme Court justices retire at 100

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Senior advocate Chief Afe Babalola on Wednesday proposed almost a lifetime tenure for Supreme Court justices, setting retirement age at…
Suspects

Shekarau in court for receiving stolen church drum

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Police on Wednesday arraigned a trader, Abba Shekarau in an Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly receiving a…

Ex-Oyo, Ondo Military Administrator Usman dies in Plateau

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

A former Military Administrator of Oyo and Ondo States, Colonel Ahmed Usman, has passed away.
Nigerian troops kill 227 terrorists, nab 529 others, rescue 253 kidnapped victims in ground air operations across the country in one week

Police flee as insurgents attempt to seize military base in Damasak

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Troops of the Nigerian Army late Tuesday, battled Boko Haram insurgents as they attempted to take over their base in…
Flashback: October 19, 2016, some of the 21 freed Chibok schoolgirls received by Buhari at Aso Rock

100 Chibok schoolgirls still missing 7 years after

PM NEWS Editor

5 years ago

Seven years after hundreds of schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram jihadists in Chibok, northeast Nigeria, more than 100 are…

Governors should allow grazing reserves serve purpose: Don

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

Prof. Ambrose Voh of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, said state governors need sensitisation on the provision of lands…

Osinbajo presides over FEC meeting, honours Mahmud Tukur

Michael Adesina

5 years ago

The meeting taking place State House, today, was presided over by Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo - as President Muhammadu…
Nigeria Police

2 armed robbers arrested in Jigawa

PM NEWS Live

5 years ago

The Police in Jigawa have arrested two suspected armed robbers in Gumel Local Government Area of the state.
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