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Accreditation, Card Readers, Rigging claims as election continues

Polling stations opened across Nigeria on Saturday for gubernatorial and state assembly elections, two weeks after a historic first opposition…

Accreditation ongoing in Ikorodu

Damilare Okunola PM NEWS can report that accreditation has commenced in several parts of Ikorodu, Lagos state, southwest Nigeria. From…

Buhari, wife accredited in Daura

The President-elect, retired Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the arrangements made for the…

Fake soldiers arrested in Delta

Fake soldiers were reportedly arrested in Avara, Isoko South local government area of Delta state this morning by security operatives.…

I’m in charge, Mbu tells Gov. Fashola

Joseph Mbu, the Assistant Inspector General of Police has assured Governor Babatunde Fashola that he is in charge of Zone…

Accreditation begins in governorship, state assembly vote

Polling stations opened in Nigeria on Saturday for gubernatorial and state assembly elections to cement power locally for the next…

Soldiers stop APC Reps-elect from leaving his home

The All Progressives Congress (APC) House of Representatives candidate representing Apapa Constituency 1 Ayodeji Joseph has been stopped from leaving…

We will not spare unprofessional security operatives – Amaechi

The Rivers State Government has received news of harassment, intimidations and improper conduct by law enforcement agents in the course…

10,000 security personnel deployed for poll in in Ondo

The Ondo State Police Command, has deployed 10,000 personnel to maintain security during the April 11 election in the state.…

US warns agents not to consort with prostitutes

The head of the United States Justice Department on Friday warned the agency’s employees — including FBI and DEA agents…

California police caught beating horseman put on leave

Ten sheriff’s deputies involved in the violent arrest of a suspect on horseback in California have been put on leave…
Rivers court remands four suspects for breaking into the house of former First Lady, Patience Jonathan and stealing valuables worth N100m.

Patience Jonathan denies election rigging plot in Rivers

Its widely believed that couples who have lived together for many years sometimes end up looking like each other and…
Goodluck Jonathan, former president of Nigeria

I’m not in Lagos to rig elections – Jonathan

Reuben Abati, spokesman and media adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan has dismissed claims by the All Progressives Congress that the…

APC insists Jonathan is in Lagos to rig with N10bn

The All Progressives Congress has offered some elaboration on its accusations against President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party…

APC causing tension in Lagos, says PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that the All Progressives Congress (APC) is stirring in Lagos state ahead of…

UNHCR needs $174.4m to assist victims of Boko Haram

The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has issued an urgent funding appeal for 174.4 million dollars to help 192,000 refugees…

3 die of xenophobic violence in South Africa

At least three people described as foreign nationals have been killed in a wave of xenophobic violence in the South…

Gunmen kill two in Yobe village

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram Islamists have launched a fresh attack on a northeast Nigerian village killing two residents,…

Burkina approves law barring Compaore backers from office

Burkina Faso’s President Michel Kafando on Friday signed into law a controversial new electoral code that excludes figures linked to…

Prevent snatching of ballot boxes, AIG tells police

Tunde Ogunsakin, Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Zone Six, has charged policemen in the zone to do everything possible to…

Be vigilant of PDP antics – Amosun

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Barely 24 hours to the governorship election, the campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress, APC candidate and…

Another Defection! PDP State of Assembly Member joins APC

A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) House of Assembly candidate in Yobe, Alhaji Zanna Danani, on Friday dropped his election bid…

Gunmen Attack El-Rufai’s Campaign Office

Adi Femi/Kaduna Unidentified armed thugs on Thursday night attacked Nasir El-Rufai’s Campaign Office in Kaduna state. Though the motive for…

Bauchi warns under-age voters to keep off

The Bauchi State Government on Friday called on parents and guardians to caution their under-age children and wards to steer…

Amaechi, Speaker not involved in accident

Mrs Ibim Semenitari, the Commissioner for Information and Communications in Rivers, has debunked rumours that Governor Chibuike Amaechi and the…

Gov Dickson in shock, disbelief as Assembly man passes on

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt These are certainly trying times for the people of Bayelsa state. Shortly after the passing of Oronto…

Jonathan to evacuate Nigerians in conflict-torn Yemen

The Federal Government is making arrangements to evacuate Nigerians from conflict-torn Yemen, the NAN reports. A source in the Ministry…

Boko Haram kills 71 Chadian soldiers

Seventy-one Chadian soldiers have been killed and 416 injured in two-and-a-half months’ fighting Boko Haram, the Chadian army said on…

Nigeria votes in key gubernatorial, state assembly polls

Nigerians return to the polls on Saturday for gubernatorial and state assembly elections, two weeks after the country’s historic first…

Amaechi reassures Rivers voters on security

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial and State House of Assembly elections in the state, Rivers State Governor, Rt.…