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Indian minister resigns amid sexual assault allegations

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

India’s Junior External Affairs Minister, Mobashar Akbar, resigned on Wednesday over alleged sexual assaults against him by 35 female journalists.

Nigerian Govt approves processing machines for rural farmers

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the disbursement of produce processing machines to farmers in the rural areas to…

Kaduna Govt. trains 5,834 primary school teachers

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Kaduna State Government has conducted a training exercise for 5, 834 primary school teachers on improving reading and writing ability…

Gov. Fayemi scraps development levy in Ekiti schools

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The new Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Wednesday ordered the immediate scrapping of payment of development levy in…

Abia Community demands whereabouts of Nnamdi Kanu’s father

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Afaraukwu-Ibeku community in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia has demanded the whereabouts of Eze Israel Kanu from…

World population to grow another 2.2bn by 2050 – UN survey

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The world’s population is set to grow by 2.2 billion between 2018 and 2050, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has…

Bolt rejects Maltese football contract

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Sprint superstar Usain Bolt has turned down a contract from Maltese champions Valletta and will remain in Australia to pursue…

Nigerian Govt urged to end insurgency to honour slain aid workers

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The International Non-Governmental Organization (INGO) Forum, on Wednesday called for immediate end to insurgency in the North-East, as honour and…

Arsene Wenger returns to coaching

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Arsene Wenger has indicated he will be back in football management at the start of 2019, but he did not…

Delta Govt. approves 33 per cent increase on pensions

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Delta Government has approved 33 per cent increase on the pensions of retired workers in the state, bringing them…

Ebonyi Govt wades into border crisis with Benue

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Ebonyi Government has urged Ekwashi and Ukwuagba Ngbo Autonomous communities of Ohaukwu LGA in the state to stay calm…

Plateau LG polls: PDP candidate calls on supporters to boycott re-run

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Ayuba Gufwen, PDP chairmanship candidate for Mangu in the Oct. 10 local government polls in Plateau, has called on…

Governors not against review of minimum wage – Yari

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) says it is not against the upward review of the minimum wage.

Africa is ‘on the rise’ – Guterres

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Africa is “on the move and on the rise” with communities coming together to resolve their problems and offer mutual…

‘Virginity testing’ a human rights violation – UN

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A group of United Nations agencies has issued a joint statement calling for a ban on tests meant to assess…

Gov. Obaseki reiterates commitment to end poverty

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Wednesday in Benin reiterated his commitment to eradicate poverty across the 18 Local Government…

South-East Governors never opposed Obi’s nomination – Ikpeazu

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia said on Wednesday that South-East PDP governors never opposed former Gov. Peter Obi’s emergence as…

Mayweather says he’s ready to fight Nurmagomedov

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Former world welterweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather insisted Wednesday he plans to fight mixed martial arts star Khabib Nurmagomedov following…

NDLEA seizes 200 kg Indian hemp, arrests dealer’s wife

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Adamawa command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had confiscated 200.7 kilogrammes of substance suspected to…

Voting Buhari will hasten 2023 Igbo presidency – Group

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Igbo leaders in Lagos APC said on Wednesday that voting for President Muhammadu Buhari in the upcoming presidential elections would…

World Food Day: 30 per cent farmland in Niger Delta lost to floods – Uduaghan

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has disclosed that over 30 per cent of farmland in…

LAGESC issues queries to 20 officers for assaulting residents

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC) has issued queries to 20 of its officers for assaulting members of the…

Delta proposes N367bn budget estimate for 2019 fiscal year

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Delta State Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi OKowa on Wednesday presented a budget estimate of N367,095,083.451, for the 2019 fiscal year,…

FirstBank battles Arisekola Alao’s company over N8.5 billion debt

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

In bid to recover a debt of N8,856,570,029.81 from Lister Flour Mills Nigeria limited a company promoted and predominantly owned…

Lagos resumes work on Okokomaiko-Badagry Road

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday assured commuters on the Lagos-Badagry road that effort to rehabilitate the bad portions of…

8 ritual killers arrested with 11 human skulls

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday said it had arrested eight suspected ritual killers, including a woman with 11 human…

UNILAG to screen new students for hard drugs

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The University of Lagos is to screen its newly-admitted students for hard drugs, an official said on Wednesday in Lagos.

2019: Women Leadership Institute to organise political leadership masterclass

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

A leadership organization, Women Leadership Institute, has announced it's 3-Day Political Leadership Masterclass for Women.

Inflation: Financial analysts blame flooding, herdsmen attacks

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Financial analysts on Wednesday blamed flooding and persistent herdsmen attacks for the steady rise in Nigeria’s headline inflation for two…

Ogoni clean-up programme not politicized – MOSOP

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Mr Legborsi Pyagbara, President, Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) has dismissed comments in some quarters that the…

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