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Baby making ‘factory’ uncovered in Ogun state

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command, in western Nigeria, today discovered a “Baby Factory” where young girls have been…

Cameroonian leads Nigerian troops to weapons hidden in church

Nigeria’s military high command said on Friday that the arrest of a terrorist who claims to be a Cameroonian and…

Fraudsters now use my name, Obiano says

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The new governor of Anambra state in the eastern part of Nigeria, Mr. Willie Obiano, has warned the…

Femi Segun, ex-diplomat, ace compere dies

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE Ex-Diplomat and ace compere, Olufemi Segun is dead. He was aged 55. P.M.NEWS learnt that Segun, son of…

Man Jailed For Life For Drug Trafficking

An Abuja Federal High Court on Friday sentenced a 36-year-old man, Callistus Chukwukelu, to life imprisonment for unlawful importation of…

Court Remands Man For Killing His Own Son

An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered Gbenga Omotosho, 29, to be remanded in prison for killing his own…

APC To PDP: Prove Our Complicity In Boko Haram Insurgency

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has dared the Peoples Democratic Party to urgently make available to the Nigerian public any…

TB Kills 192 In Adamawa

Dr. Stephen John, Project Manager of the TB Control Programme in Adamawa State has revealed that 3,382 cases of Tuberculosis…

Sanusi Spent Money Recklessly, FG Insists

Akin Kuponiyi The Federal Government on Friday told a Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, that the tenure of…

Urinate In Public, Face Arrest, Fashola Warns Lagosians

Kazeem Ugbodaga  A displeased Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has ordered officers of the Kick Against Indiscipline, KAI, to…

Nollywood Actress Faces Backlash Over Nude Movie Role

Funsho Arogundade As controversy trailing the semi-nude picture of Nollywood actress, Biola Ige and Muna Ibekwe, is yet to abate,…

Immigration Job Stampede: 13 Survivors Leave Hospital

Thirteen survivors of the Nigerian Immigration Service’ recruitment stampede have been discharged from the hospital. The Minister of State for…

UN report: World faces ‘water-energy’ crisis

Surging populations and economies in the developing world will cause a double crunch in demand for water and energy in…

Diezani’s N10bn on chartered jet ignites probe

Nigeria’s House of Representatives has mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to investigate the alleged wastage of funds by the…
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Amosun orders payment of striking lecturers salaries

Governor Ibikunle Amosun has ordered the management of the state-owned Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, to pay the one-month salary…

Jonathan in Namibia says corruption exaggerated in Nigeria

.Jonathan rules out capital punishment for corruption as is done in China As if to challenge the validity of the…

Turkey’s PM vows to wipe out Twitter

Turkey’s combative prime minister warned on Thursday that he would eradicate Twitter in the wake of damaging allegations of corruption…

Oshiomhole blames rot in education sector on poor leadership

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has blamed the rot in the Nigerian education sector on poor leadership over the…
Olaniyi Oladepo

Olaniyi Oladepo: Strengthening financial management in Nigerian banking through regulatory excellence

Nigerian banking has undergone a transformation over the past decade. The 2008-2009 financial crisis exposed weaknesses in risk management, regulatory…

Mali’s ex-coup leader on hunger strike

(Reuters) – The leader of a military coup that plunged Mali into chaos two years ago and allowed Islamists to…

Bowen University Students On The Rampage

Taiwo Okanlawon Students of Bowen University, Iwo, on Wednesday night went on the rampage while kicking against the university authorities’…

Mopol Knocks Down LASTMA Official With Gun Butt

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni A Mobile Policeman a.k.a. MOPOL, knocked unconscious an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, Wednesday,…

Man Dumps 2 Kids In Court To Protest Wife’s Arrest

Cyriacus Izuekwe There was drama at Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, western Nigeria, on Wednesday, when a man identified as Emeka…

DPO Batters Female Trader

The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Oko-Oba Police Station, Mr. Akintade Williams, on Tuesday night at Olayinwola road Abule-Egba…

NIJ Graduates 484 Students

Damilare Okunola At least, four hundred and eighty four students graduated from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, NIJ, during its…

Day Polytechnic Students Paralysed Activities In Lagos

Sulaimon Mojeed-Sanni Students of  Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, government-owned polytechnics in Lagos State and a non government organisation, Education…

Hanging out with Nigerian scammers

.On a recent trip to Nigeria, Erika Eichelberger, of www.MotherJones.com learnt from some two fraudsters secrets of their trade I…

Zuma’s corruption probe: ANC tries damage control

South Africa’s ruling ANC Thursday sought to minimise the damage caused by a damning ombudsman’s report which showed that some…

Missing plane: Malaysia says satellite images “credible lead”

Malaysia said Thursday that two objects spotted by an Australian satellite in the Indian Ocean were a “credible lead” in…

Jonathan incompetent to rule Nigeria, APC replies PDP

. APC Denies links with Boko Haram and lectures ruling party about the genesis of Boko haram insurgency Nigeria’s All…