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2.1 million Nigerians lost their jobs in 2016

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

According to a report from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, 2.1 million Nigerians lost their jobs in 2016.

Ministry develops indigenous voting machine

Ezeibekwe Kingsley

9 years ago

Indigenous Electronic Voting Machine produced by the Ministry of Science and Technology will address challenges of electoral process in the…

Salary deductions: Union not protecting our interest –Teachers

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

The Benue chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), has accused the union’s National President, Mr Samuel…

Merchant Bank receives ISO certification

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

The Coronation Merchant Bank was on Tuesday in Lagos awarded the International Organisation for Standardisation’s ISO 27001:2013 Certification for Information…

Nigerian community in U.S. mourns Osotimehin

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

The Nigerian community in the U.S., Organisation for the Advancement of Nigerians (OAN), has expressed sadness over the death of…

Security: NSCDC to tackle pipeline vandalism

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has established a modern forensic unit to boost its performance in the…

Ex-bank Director Remanded Over Alleged N280 million Theft

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

A former Director with the Mainstreet Bank Registrars Limited, Olufemi Charles Olanihun, 47, has been arrested and arraigned before a…

Reps threaten firms over alleged forgery of tax certificate

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The House of Representatives, on Tuesday threatened to handover some companies involved in the procurement of pre-shipment inspection contracts, who…

Daredevil robbers kill 4 policemen in Osun

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Armed robbers on Tuesday killed four policemen in multiple bank robbery attacks in Iwo, Osun State.

Fathia Balogun, Bimbo Oshin, other artists organise night of tributes for late Moji Olaiya

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Nollywood artists such as Fathia Balogun, Bimbo Oshin, Queen Salawa Abeni and several others on Tuesday poured encomiums on the…

Ooni expresses shock over Osotimehin’s death

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has expressed shock over the death of the Executive Director of United Nation…

180 condemned criminals awaiting execution in Warri prison

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Chief Judge of Delta State, Justice Marshal Umukoro, has expressed worry over the rising number of convicts on death…

Gunmen kill civil defence operative, abduct Chinese expatriate in Edo

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A Chinese expatriate working with the BUA cement company in Edo State has been abducted while an operative of the…

‎Facebook founder meets Nigeria’s Lola FIN founder

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, on Tuesday received Nigeria’s Lola Omolola, founder of a secret Facebook group called Female in Nigeria…

Court fixes July 4 to rule on Ndume’s terrorism trial

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed July 4, to rule on a no-case-submission filed by Sen. Ali Ndume (APC-Borno)…

Police arrest 3 over attempt to steal car at Shopping Centre

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Police at the Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arrested a car hire operator at Palms Shopping Center, Victoria Island,…

Diversification key to growing nation’s economy – LASG

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Tuesday said diversification of the economy, especially in the area of agriculture is key to…

Shell, Lagos to partner on Light up Lagos Project

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company Limited (SNEPCO) has expressed its readiness to partner and support the Lagos State Government’s…

Nigeria’s unemployment rate rises to 14.2 percent

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the nation's unemployment rate rose from 13.9 per cent in the 3rd…

No attempt to hike fuel price by N5 – PPPRA

Kazeem Ugbodaga

9 years ago

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, said Nigerians should ignore rumours of an impending hike in the price of…

Niger Delta: 2 kidnappers killed in multiple raids

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

The Joint Task Force (JTF) protecting oil facilities in the Niger Delta has killed two kidnappers in a multiple raid…

Court discharges Boko Haram suspect after 4 years in custody

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday discharged a Boko Haram suspect, Usman Abubakar, who was arraigned alongside six others…

Police arraign 3 men for human trafficking

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

Three men, Wasiu Saliu, 25; Saliu Afusatu, 57 and Rauf Yekini, 47, on Tuesday, appeared before the Federal High Court…

Police arrest 4 suspects with 4,555 National Identity cards

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

The police in Cross River on Monday arrested four suspected thieves for unlawful possession of 4,555 National Identity cards and…

340 convictions, billions of dollars recovered – EFCC

PM NEWS Live

9 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said it had secured 340 convictions and recovered billions of dollars…

Judge arrested, led from courthouse in handcuffs

Lanre Babalola

9 years ago

An embattled City Court judge was escorted Monday from judicial chambers in handcuffs.

Akwa Ibom Indigenes To Immortalise 90-Year Old Virgin

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Indigenes of Ikot Udobia village in the Etinan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State are planning to set up…

Unilorin Develops Device To Check Electricity Theft

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

The Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Ilorin, has unveiled a prototype anti-theft device capable of remotely monitoring…

Counsel’s Ill Health Stalls Fani-Kayode’s Trial

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday adjourned the trial of former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode until July 7,…

Security Officers Escape Unhurt As Vehicle Hit IED

Jennifer Okundia

9 years ago

Kenyan Security Officers escaped unhurt on Tuesday after their vehicle ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in the northeast…

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