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Chimamanda’s ‘Americanah’ shortlisted for Baileys Women’s Prize

Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s new novel, Americanah has been shortlisted for the $50,000 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, a…

In Pictures: Amosun condoles Okuneye family

Governor Ibikunle Amosun has paid a prompt condolence visit to the family of Otunba Adetola Okuneye, who was assassinated Sunday…

Three feared dead In PDP Ward Congress

Three persons were feared killed in Ilorin, Kwara State, central Nigeria when supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party,PDP, fought themselves…

FG merges aviation agencies, scraps NAPEP, FRC

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The Federal Government on Monday released the White Paper on the report of the Presidential Committee on the…

‘God not an ethnic, religious bigot’, says Nurudeen Lemu

Nurudeen Lemu, the son of prominent Islamic cleric, Dr. Sheikh Ahmed Lemu, a former Grand Khadi of Niger State and…

IG orders massive deployment to Zamfara

Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has ordered massive deployment of personnel to Zamfara state to tackle the recurring attacks in…

Yes, I support Wike – Patience Jonathan

Patience Jonathan, Wife of Nigeria’s President, has denied reports that she is plotting to install her favourites as governors of…
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Jonathan names new NNPC Company Secretary

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Ikechukwu Oguine as the Coordinator, Legal Services and Company Secretary of the…

FG commercialises NTA; rejects merger of EFCC and ICPC

The Federal Government has rejected the recommendation for the merger of EFCC, ICPC and the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).…

Federal Government to pay families of Apo killing N10m each

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has awarded N10 million against Federal Government as compensation to each family of the…

Canada to compel spouses to testify against each other

A Canadian law that prevents husbands and wives from being compelled to testify against each other should be scrapped, the…

Rwanda president hits out at France during genocide commemorations

Rwandan President Paul Kagame took a thinly-veiled swipe at France today, saying it was impossible to “change the facts” about…

Men Face Trial For Exporting Sex Slaves

Akin Kuponiyi A Federal High Court  sitting in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, has adjourned the trial of a retired policeman…

Housewife: How I Survived Boat Tragedy

Yusuf Muhammed A survivor of the Ikorodu boat mishap, Mrs. Abimbola Bunmi, has narrated to P.M.NEWS how she was saved…

Father Kills 2-Year-old Son

Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ejigbo division have begun a manhunt for a man who allegedly beat his 2-year old…

Africa’s Biggest Economy Tag: Nigerians Blast Okonjo-Iweala

Angry reactions have continued to trail the announcement that Nigeria’s economy is now bigger than that of South Africa following…

Nollywood Hails Economic ‘Approval’

Nollywood directors and investors on Monday hailed the industry’s inclusion in Nigeria’s economic data for the first time, calling it…

Fashola, Adefulire Decry Violence Against Women

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State and his Deputy, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire have decried rising cases of violence against women in…

Murder trial: Pistorius opens defence

Lawyers for Oscar Pistorius called a forensic pathologist to the stand Monday to open his defence in the trial over…

Tory MP urged to resign over expense claims fraud

Pressure mounted on the British minister in charge of a new press regulation system on Sunday after a Conservative Party…

Indians troop to vote from Monday

The first Indian voters head to the polls Monday for the world’s biggest election, set to sweep the opposition Hindu…

Zamfara death toll jumps to 79

The death toll in an attack by Fulani herdsmen on a village in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara State rose to 79…

Jonathan postpones campaign launch for Fayose

President Goodluck Jonathan’s one-day campaign visit to Ekiti State, western Nigeria, scheduled for 8 April has been postponed. The President…

Nigerian military commanders linked With Boko Haram

A Nigerian soldier says he has witnessed incidents that suggest some Nigerian military commanders are working with Boko Haram, an…

How my ex-magistrate wife was killed–Wole Timehin

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The husband of Olufunmilayo Timehin, the slain retired magistrate in Ogun State has revealed that the alleged killer…

Okuneye, bizman shot dead inside a church

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pandemonium struck this morning in the western Nigerian city of Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North local government area of…

11 Railway staff indicted for N1bn Fraud

Eleven officers in the finance, legal and audit departments of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) have been indicted over a…

Senate to pass Bill on sexual violence, harassment

Senator Helen Esuene, Chairman, Senate Committee on Women Affairs and Youths Matters, has said a bill on sexual violence and…

Tinubu donates N3.2mn to Nigerian students in UK

Senator Remi Tinubu has donated 20,000 US dollars (N3.2 million) as take-off fund to assist Nigerian students studying in various…

I still miss my late deputy – Fayemi

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has said that the vacuum left by his late deputy, Funmilayo Olayinka, had remained…