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Photo News: Behold LASTMA officers arrested for extorting money from public

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Lagos State Government has paraded two officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, for allegedly extorting money…

Jonathan eulogises Okara, tasks writers on nation building

Michael Adesina

7 years ago

Nigerian former President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, has urged journalists and writers to lend their creative energy toward promoting justice and…

Almajiri ban not now, Buhari says

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

The Buhari Government has clarified that it has no immediate plan to abrogate the Almajiri, a Qur’anic learning system associated…

Police arrest 2 Boko Haram commanders in Borno

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Police in Borno on Friday, said they had arrested two “high profile’’ Boko Haram commanders believed to have participated in…

Osinbajo unveils $8 million Port Harcourt Dockyard Treatment Plant

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday in Port Harcourt commissioned the Port Harcourt Dockyard Liquid Waste Treatment Plant, built by…

Police arrest 5 suspected armed bandits, recover IED in Anambra

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Police in Anambra have arrested five suspected armed robbers and cultists, the command’s Spokesman, Mr Haruna Mohammed, said in statement…

Rickey Tarfa can take more time to recuperate, Court rules

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Justice Adedayo Akintoye of an Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Friday granted Rickey Tarfa, more time to recuperate from…

122 suspected criminals arrested in Kano

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

The Police Command in Kano State on Friday said it had arrested 122 suspected criminals in its intensified onslaught against…

Seven killed in Shi’ite mosque blast – Police

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

A bomb blast killed seven people at a Shi’ite Muslim mosque in eastern Baghdad on Friday and wounded more than…

Court remands student in prison for impregnating 16-year old girl

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday ordered that a 20-year old student, Babangida Husseini, who allegedly impregnated a 16-year…

N5.2bn fraud: Court acquits ex-Perm Sec, jails five directors

Kazeem Ugbodaga

7 years ago

Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, sitting in Gudu, Abuja, convicted and sentenced former directors…

Businesswoman Hacks Into First Bank Account, Steals N16.2m

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Paul Iyoghojie. A businesswoman Wuraola Folashade Olukoye, 67, based in Odogbolu, Ogun State has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate’s…

Gabriel Okara: Remembering His Life as Final Call Stills His Waves

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

Gabriel Okara, a Nigerian poet and novelist, has often been described as the first Modernist Poet of Anglophone Africa. Okara,…

N5.2b REA fraud: Court jails 5, frees one

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, sitting in Gudu, Abuja, convicted and sentenced former directors…

Farmers commend Buhari for Emefiele’s reappointment

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The South, South Animal and Crops Farmers Association of Nigeria, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari for re-appointing Mr Godwin Emefiele…

NAPTIP empowers 100 human trafficking survivors in two years

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Benin Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested…

Ebonyi APC must reposition for effective opposition – Okorie

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Dr Paul Okorie, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ebonyi, says the clamour for good governance in…

UN chief commends ILO @100

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

United Nation Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday praised the International Labour Organisation (ILO) for “carrying forward the torch that was…

Gombe farmers decry delay in fertiliser distribution

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Some farmers in Gombe have decried the late distribution of subsidised fertilisers and other inputs by the government for the…

Famous designer, Yvonne Nwosu quits smoking

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Famous Nigerian designer and fashionista Yvonne Nwosu says she has quit her long term addiction to cigarette smoking.

Buhari mourns foremost feminist, Molara Ogundipe

PM NEWS Editor

7 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari today joined the academics in mourning the passage of Prof. Molara Ogundipe, a poet and literary feminist.

Cote d’Ivoire’s Marie-Koffi emerges new PMAWCA Scribe

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Mr Jean Marie-Koffi of the Port of Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, has been elected as Secretary-General of Ports Management Association of…

NEMA supports 550 Niger rainstorm victims

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Niger on Friday offered support to 550 victims of rainstorm disaster in Tafa…

Tricycle rider beats, drags LASTMA officer into gutter

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

John Fabunmi, a tricycle rider who resides at No 3/5 Isheri Road Egbeda, recently beat a personnel of the Lagos…

Sickle Cell: NGO advocates premarital screening

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Sickle Cell Hope Alive Foundation (SCHAF) says voluntary premarital genetic screening remains key to reducing the high incidence of…

Anambra: NIMASA donates relief materials to flood victims

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Nigeria Maritime Administrative and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated relief materials worth millions of naira to Anambra government for…

Prince William celebrates 37th birthday

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Prince William, second in line to the British throne, is celebrating his 37th birthday in private on Friday.

Entrepreneurship: Kaduna to nurture 500 secondary school girls

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

The Kaduna State Government said on Friday that it had concluded plans to support the growth and development of 500…

Osinbajo tells French Investors Nigeria open for business

PM NEWS Live

7 years ago

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has told French investors that Nigeria is open for business and is inviting them to take advantage…

PDP orders fresh state congress in Kogi

Lanre Babalola

7 years ago

The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has ordered a fresh congress to elect new officers for…

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