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Communities in Imo State set to end female genital mutilation

Muhamin Olowoporoku

6 years ago

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Not less than 32 communities in Imo State, Nigeria have agreed that they would put an end…

Large number of policemen deployed to Okpella on order of Obaseki – APC

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The Chairman of Edo APC Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki, has raised the alarm over alleged deployment of police operatives…

Olu of Warri says not easy to relocate tank farms

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Ikenwoli, on Wednesday said it would be difficult to relocate tank farms from their present…

Heartless Katsina teenagers: They gang-rape a girl and then drown her

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Three heartless teenage boys in Danmusa Local Government Area arrested in Katsina state after they gang-raped a 13 year-old girl…

Protesters stone policemen in Ibadan over vanished serial killer Shodipe

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Protesting members of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANs) stoned policemen in Ibadan Wednesday over the disappearance from police custody…

Jigawa declares public holiday to mark Islamic New Year

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Jigawa State Government has declared Thursday, Aug. 20 as public holiday to mark the beginning of the Islamic New Year,…

Another COVID-19 patient writes SSSE in isolation centre

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Kwara Government on Wednesday arranged a centre for a 16-year female student that tested positive for COVID-19 to sit for…

Court summons Gov. Ishaku, service chiefs

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Governor of Taraba, Darius Ishaku, to appear before it over allegations of…

Nigerian embassy in Canada closes to the public over unruly behaviour of Nigerians

Muhamin Olowoporoku

6 years ago

Nigeria’s High Commission in Ottawa, Canada has shut its doors to the public and suspended consular services until further notice.

Wada Maida: NPAN lost an intellectual and gentle giant

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

The Newspaper Priopertor's Association of Nigeria (NPAN) has described the late Mallam Wada Maida as an intellectual and a gentle…

Lagos supports 23 innovators, tech firms with N100m grant

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Twenty-three young innovators and tech firms have been awarded a total grant of N100 million by the Lagos State Government…

Nigerian Govt condemns Mali coup, wants ECOWAS force in action

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The Nigerian Government on Wednesday condemned the coup d'etat in Mali, West Africa, Africa.

Prophet Ogunmefun docked for raping girl sent for ‘evil cleansing’

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

A 57-year-old pastor, known as Prophet Ebenezer Ogunmefun, has been charged with one count of sexual abuse of a 15-year-old…

Obasanjo: I want to live above 100 years

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Nigeria's former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has said he wished to live above 100 years.

Igbogbo stool: Lagos loses bid to stop ruling house’s suit

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The Lagos State Government has lost in its bid to stop the hearing of a suit filed by Ijaolu Osho-Ojuba…

Policemen arrested in Ibadan over serial killer’s escape

Muhamin Olowoporoku

6 years ago

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Two policemen in Ibadan have been arrested over the escape from custody of suspected serial killer, Sunday…

IGP Adamu sends special forces to track escapee serial killer Shodipe in Oyo

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has deployed special forces to complement the efforts of the Oyo Police command in…

Fire razes building in Ooni’s palace

Muhamin Olowoporoku

6 years ago

A fire has gutted a building in the palace of Ooni of Ife’s, in Osun State.

Hyundai donates PPE worth N35m to Nigeria

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Hyundai Motor Company has pledged donation of medical equipment and personal protection items worth over USD $2.4 million to countries…

Photo News: President Buhari presides over virtual FEC

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the 13th weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House,…

Buhari in phone conversation with King Salman on oil market

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Nigerian leader, President Muhammadu Buhari has had a phone conversation with Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz over stabilising the…

Kano woman slaughters son like Eid-el-Kabir ram, sent to psychiatrist

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

A 27-year-old woman living in Kano, Saratu Ya’u, who slaughtered her five year-old son, like an Eid-el-Kabir ram, has been…

President Buhari presides over 13th virtual FEC

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the 13th weekly virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.

UK Court jails Nigerian oil mogul, Abdulrahman Bashir

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Abdulrahman Bashir, the Chief Executive Officer of Rahamaniyya Oil and Gas Limited has been jailed in the United Kingdom.

Edo: Oshiomhole visited Buhari to demand federal might, Wike will be caged

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The recent visit to the Presidential Villa by the immediate past National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, was…

Trump to deliver convention speech from White House

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

U.S. President Donald Trump will use the White House to deliver a partisan political speech to the Republican National Convention…

ASUU gives condition for resumption of talks with FG

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of its…

Starving Nigerian boy scarred with hot iron by aunt over N50 nuts

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

A starving eight-year-old Nigerian boy has been rescued from his aunt following serial torture, after he ate groundnuts worth N50,…

Ondo Gov’s wife urges social workers to join in investigating rape cases

Taiwo Okanlawon

6 years ago

Wife of Ondo State Governor, Mrs Betty Akeredolu, has called for the involvement of social work professionals in investigating rape…

No Hiding Place: Another Plateau prison escapee arrested

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Nigerian military today arrested one the six inmates who escaped after gunmen attacked personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service…

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