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Supreme Court Judgment: Police ban public jubilation, demonstration

Kogi State Police Command has banned public jubilation and/or demonstration after the Supreme Court delivers its judgment on the state…

Plagiarism: Buhari angry, orders disciplinary measures against culprits

President Muhammadu Buhari is angry over reports in the social media that the speech he delivered at the launching of…

Breaking: Our efforts to rescue Chibok schoolgirls – Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja revealed that the security agencies had thrice struck a chord to rescue the…

Picture: Ahmadiyya Muslim youths hold fidau for late PMNEWS correspondent

Ahmadiyya Muslim youths of Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State on Thursday held a 7th day fidau for the late Abiodun Onafuye, the…

Wanted ex-Katsina governor reports to EFCC

Wanted former Governor of Katsina State, Ibrahim Shema, on Friday reported to the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial…

Buhari to attend 71st Session of UNGA – Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Sunday depart for New York, United States, to participate in the five-day 71st session United…
MURIC

JAMB won’t extend Nov. 30 deadline for admissions – Registrar

The November 30 deadline for conclusion of admissions into higher institutions for 2016 remains effective, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
PDP

Opposition parties decry delay of council poll in Lagos

Opposition political parties in Lagos have decried the delay by the Lagos State Government in conducting local government election. Some…

Court commits Dikko, Abubakar of LMC to 14 days imprisonment

A High Court sitting in Bukuru, Plateau, has committed, Shehu Dikko, Chairman, League Management Company (LMC) and Salish Abubakar, its…

Court remands hunter for allegedly killing fellow hunter

An Ado-Ekiti Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 33-year-old hunter, Ganiyu Abdullaral, in prison custody for allegedly killing his friend…
This follows the expiration of the 50 per cent rebate earlier granted by Sanwo-Olu when the fuel subsidy was removed by President Bola Tinubu.

BRT bus records first road crash on night service

An operator of Lagos State Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) scheme, Primero Transport Services, has recorded first road traffic crash on…

South Africa Airways reports record loss

State airline, South African Airways (SAA) on Friday, revealed a record loss of 4.67 billion rand (330 million dollars) for…

Nigeria’s inflation rate hits 17.6 % in August – NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased to 17.6 per cent (year-on-year) in August…

Aviation group opposes bailout for domestic airlines

A group, the Aviation Round Table (ART), has called on the Federal Government to resist any pressure to offer bailout…

Zimbabwean faces deportation for infecting Australian women with HIV

An African acrobat accused of having unprotected sex with several Aussie women while being infected with HIV has had his…

NSCDC arrests cattle thieves in Jigawa

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps in Jigawa State said it had arrested two suspects over alleged armed robbery…

Gov. Wike recalls suspended cabinet members, Head of Service

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has recalled the four commissioners, the Head of Service and the Special Adviser on…

Husband gives wife N200 daily upkeep allowance

A housewife, Toyin Adeola, has told an Akure Customary Court that her husband, Kayode, gives her N200 as daily upkeep…
TCN says a suspected vandal was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise transmission Tower 34 along Nkalagu-Abakaliki area of Ebonyi State

Power generation improves, hits 4,285 megawatts

The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that the country’s power generation has increased from 3,810 megawatts recorded on…

Wike recalls suspended cabinet members, Head of Service

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers has announced the recall of the four suspended commissioners, the Head of Service and the…

16 killed in Pakistani mosque suicide bomb attack

A suicide bomber killed at least 16 people and wounded 35 others as they attended Friday prayers at a mosque…

Nigerian inflation rises to 17.6 percent in August

Annual inflation in Nigeria accelerated to 17.6 percent in August, a fresh 11-year high and the seventh monthly increase in…

Police rescue abducted 15-month-old baby

Mr Leye Oyebade, the Commissioner of Police in Abia, on Wednesday, said that men of the command had rescued a…
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‘Ghana’ boys attack Benue community

A least 13 persons were reportedly killed by an armed robbery gang at Senga village in Katsina Ala Local Government…

Stranded graduate ex-milliants to return Monday

The Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Brig.-Gen Paul Boroh, has said that stranded ex-agitators who graduated from…
Heineken Lokpobiri, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources raises alarm over the hacking of his account by a fraudster who is now using it to solicit for funds.

FG to save over $8bn through food storage technology

The Minister of State for Agriculture, Sen. Heineken Lokpobiri has said that the Federal Government would save $8billion through new…

NNPC pledges support for Nigerian gas association

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC) says it will support the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) to achieve its objectives of ensuring…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan must forfeit $15m-EFCC

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it is heading to court to file an application seeking the total forfeiture…

Minister can’t declare state of emergency in sports—Ka’Oje

A former Minister of Sports, Bala Ka’Oje, has said that the incumbent Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung,…

MTN scraps mobile money business in South Africa

South African mobile phone operator MTN Group on Thursday scrapped its local mobile money business due to its high operating…