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Boko Haram plans to bomb Abuja hotels, US warns

The US embassy in Nigeria warned on Wednesday that Islamist group Boko Haram may be planning attacks in the capital…

OOU Suspends Strike Action

The industrial action by some unions in Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye in Ijebu North local government area of…

13 Boko Haram members arrested, one killed

Nigerian soldiers killed one suspected member of the Islamist Boko Haram sect and arrested 13 others in dawn raids Tuesday…

Corruption: Prosecution’s non-challance sets 55 free

More than 172 civil servants from Kogi and Kwara on Tuesday appeared before the Code of Conduct Tribunal sitting in…

G/Bissau junta set for crackdown

Guinea-Bissau’s new ruling junta banned marches Tuesday and warned it would crack down on demonstrators as the African Union suspended…

Appeal Court Dismisses Ex-Gov Fayose’s N1b Libel Suit Against TheNEWS

The legal move by a former governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayo Fayose, to restore his reputation has suffered a…

49 Year Rent Arrears: Court Ejects Law School From Lagos Property

A Lagos High Court has ordered the Nigerian Law School to vacate the property situated at 213A, Igbosere Road, Lagos…

Lagos Oba Loses N18m To Fake Journalist

A suspected fake journalist has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly duping a Lagos monarch to…

Man Beheaded As Towns Clash

Two communities in Cross River State may soon clash as a man, Raymond Egbara, was kidnapped and later beheaded recently…

Lagos Govt Queries Doctors Over Strike

The Lagos State Government has issued queries to all doctors who embarked on a three-day warning strike last week. The…

94-Year Old Billionaire Marries For 5th Time

If you had almost five billion dollars, what would you do? For Karl Wlaschek, the answer is marry a lot.…

Lagos Unveils New Job Creation Strategies

The Lagos State government has unveiled fresh strategies to reduce unemployment among school leavers and graduates in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.…

Works Ministry To Prepare New Maps

The Federal Ministry of Works is to produce series of maps in 2013, aimed at promoting national development, the Surveyor-General…

Ogun Declares War On Robbers

The Ogun State government has purchased five Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) as part of efforts to beef up security in…

Lawyers Berate INEC Over Plan To Prosecute Electoral Offenders

Some Lagos lawyers on Monday described as belated, the decision by the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute offenders in…

No British Mercy as Ibori Bags 13 year jail term

Justice Anthony Pitts of the Southwark Crown Court in London has sentenced former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta State, Chief…

Gani Adams Gives Baby Tradochrislam Name

The National Co-Ordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress, Otunba Gani Adams has given his new baby three names that depict the…

Amosun Takes Delivery Of APCs, Declares War On Robbers

Ogun State governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, has said there is no comfort zone for robbers in the state, admonishing the…

Daniel Granted N500m Bail

After four hours of proceedings Monday, Justice Olanrewaju Mabekoje of the Ogun state High court 5 sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta,…

Customs Officers Kill Vulcaniser At Checkpoint

A 23-year old vulcaniser, Olalekan Elegbede was Sunday shot dead at about 3:00p.m. by men of Nigeria Customs Service at…

Nigeria convicts 288 over internet crimes

The EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde has revealed that the Commission has convicted over 288 persons over sundry Internet crimes. He…

EFCC Reboots Case Against Gbenga Daniel

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Monday at the Ogun State High Court, Isabo, Abeokuta, re-arraigned the former governor…

Kim gets World Bank Job, Okonjo Iweala Loses out

The World Bank’s directors met Monday to decide who will be the powerful institution’s next chief. Just as has been…

Police Inspector Stabs Wife To Death

A police inspector Sunday Ilu-Egben attached to Ikeja Police Division, has stabbed his wife death. P.M.NEWS investigation revealed that Ilu-egben…

Prison Warder Shot Dead

An Inspector with the Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr Erezidor Ugo was allegedly killed by a policeman during a scuffle on…

CNPP Slams Lagos Doctors Over Strike

The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, Lagos State Chapter comprising 25 political parties, has condemned incessant strikes by doctors…

ACN To PDP: Stop Using Religion To Destabilise Southwest

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against continuing to play the religious card…

UK Court Drama: London Police Eject Ibori’s Supporters

The sentencing proceedings of former Delta State governor, James Ibori in a UK court room started with drama this morning…

Babatunde Jose Earned More Than Prime Minister —Ishaku

Mr. Jonathan Ishaku, General Manager, Nigeria Standard, says the late Babatunde Jose earned higher than Nigeria’s Prime Minister when he…

Hotels, Churches Under Tight Security In Abuja

In the continued bid to ensure safety of lives and property, security around hotels, churches and other strategic areas remained…