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Low turnout for Ivory Coast local polls

Ivorians turned out in low numbers for local elections Sunday seen as a test of stability in the country amid…

How Djokovic ended Nadal’s reign in Monte Carlo

MONTE-CARLO, Monaco (AFP) – Novak Djokovic ended Rafael Nadal’s dreams of a record ninth successive Monte Carlo Masters title with…

Atiku to deliver lecture on African democracy in Geneva

Nigeria’s former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will be the guest of the Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations on…

Late Justus Esiri, Ugbomah, Effah Shine At AMAA

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE/Yenagoa Late veteran actor Justus Esiri last night emerged the Best Actor in Africa at the ninth annual Africa…

Bamigbetan: My Ordeal In The Hands Of Kidnappers

Kazeem Ugbodaga& Jamiu Yisa Kehinde Bamigbetan, Chairman of the Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, in the Nigerian state of…

India: 5 year-old rape victim improving

Anti-rape protesters staged fresh rallies Sunday sparked by the brutal rape of an abducted five-year-old Indian girl in New Delhi,…

World Bank sets 2030 date for end of poverty

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The World Bank gathered the might of the international community Saturday behind its audacious plan to eradicate…

Thousands rally for Governor Amaechi

okafor ofiebor/Port Harcourt Thousands of members of the Peoples Democratic Party in oil rich Nigerian state of Rivers have trooped…

Kidnappers release Bamigbetan

Kazeem Ugbodaga Chairman, Ejigbo Local Council Development Area, LCDA, Kehinde Bamigbetan has been released by his captors. P.M.NEWS gathered that…

Ronaldo’s Girl refuses to provoke another Real-Barca war

There’s no secret about the competitive enmity between fans of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona’s Lionel Messi. Each side…

Taliban punish two Afghans with amputations

Afghanistan’s Taliban Islamic insurgents have amputated a hand and a foot of two private security guards because they worked for…

Death toll in China’s earthquake crosses 150

More than 150 people were killed and 5,700 injured when a strong earthquake hit a mountainous part of southwestern China…

Ogun state targets 50 million trees

Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of the western Nigerian state of Ogun on Saturday said his government would plant 50 million trees…

Jonathan, Blair grace opening of Adefarasin’s Cathedral

President Goodluck Jonathan and former Prime Minister of Britain, Tony Blair graced today’s opening ceremony of the grand Cathedral Metropolitan…

For French family, a happy ending after abduction ordeal

Tired but smiling, a French family of seven arrived in Paris early on Saturday, welcomed by relatives and French President…

Governor Okorocha injured in auto-accident

Governor Rochas Okorocha of the eastern Nigerian state of Imo was on Friday in Owerri involved in an auto accident.…

Second Boston bomb suspect arrested critically injured

An ethnic Chechen teenager suspected of conducting the Boston marathon bombings is in a serious condition and being treated in…

China quake in Sichuan kills many

The strong earthquake that hit southwest China’s Sichuan province Saturday killed nearly 30 people and left at least 400 injured,…

Hoodlums murder dentist in Ilorin

A former Vice Chairman, Kwara state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Dr Adewunmi Ariyo, has been killed by…

How to live to be 116 years like Japan’s Kimura

Japanese Jiroemen Kimura marked his 116th birthday today, going into the Guinness world records as Today the oldest living person…

US in $10b arms deals with Saudi, UAE, Israel

The United States unveiled plans Friday to sell $10 billion worth of advanced missiles and aircraft to Israel, the United…

Freed French hostage recounts experience with Boko Haram

Tanguy Moulin-Fournier, the head of the French family kidnapped by Boko Haram on 19 February in northern Cameroon, has spoken…

N4.5m Dud Cheque: Suspect Faults EFCC

A suspect, Kabiru Mohammed who was on Tuesday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for issuing a…

EU thanks Nigeria, Cameroon over freed French family

The EU thanked the governments of Cameroon and Nigeria on Friday after a French family of seven abducted by Islamic…

Ex-French president under probe over Gaddafi’s cash

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy is to be investigated over allegations that he accepted cash from former Libyan dictator Moamer…

Suspected Nigerian Church Bomber Pleads Not Guilty

Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Alleged mastermind of 2011 Christmas Day bombing of St. Theresa’s Catholic church in Madala, Niger state,…

Man To Lose Arm For Theft

A Bauchi Upper Shari’ah Court on Thursday upheld the judgment of a lower court, ordering that the left arm of …

BRT Lane: 42 Motorists Charged To Court

The Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has charged 42 motorists arrested for driving on the…

Police Kill Boston Bomb Suspect, Hunt For Second

Police killed one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects in a shootout early Friday and pursued a chaotic street-to-street manhunt…

FG Has Not Scrapped JAMB, NECO —Wike

The Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, said on Thursday that the Federal Government had not scrapped the…