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Peter Handke, Olga Tokarczuk win the Nobel Literature prizes

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Polish author Olga Tokarczuk has won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2018, while the 2019 Prize was awarded to…

5.2 magnitude earthquake rocks Indonesia

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked Indonesia’s eastern province of Maluku on Thursday at 11.39 a.m. Jakarta time…

N65.5m: EFCC releases names of INEC officials arrested

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has confirmed that N65, 548, 000 (Sixty-five Million,…

2019 Africa Code Week: Kogi teachers benefits from training

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

No fewer than 700 teachers in Kogi are undergoing training on “Coding’ in Information Communication Technology (ICT) to mark the…

Outrage as Buhari extends nephew’s tenure

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of his nephew's tenure, Abdulkarim Dauda, who is serving as the Chief Personal…

Over 6,000 families displaced in war-torn Afghanistan

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

More than 6,000 families have reportedly fled recent war and conflicts in Afghanistan’s northern Takhar province.

Court remands 52-year-old man over defilement

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday remanded a 52-year-old man, Akinbode Ogunseinde, in Kirikiri Prisons for allegedly…

Indonesian security minister injured in knife attack

Nimot Sulaimon

6 years ago

Indonesia’s senior security minister was injured on Thursday in a knife attack carried out by two suspected Islamic militants.

Over 1200 sacked in fresh bandit attacks on Niger communities

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The communities in Shiroro local government area of Niger state, have come under another attack by bandits who sacked more…

Gunmen attack another Kaduna school

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Kaduna state has been hit with another kidnap report just a week after suspected kidnappers abducted six female students of…

Why Apapa experiences water supply disruption – Agency boss

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

The Managing Director/CEO of Lagos Water Corporation (LWC), Engr. Muminu Badmus, through the Executive Director, Engineering and Technical Service (ETS),…

Catholic Church heads for split over ordaining married priests

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Roman Catholic Church is heading for a possible fracture as it mulls ordaining non-celibate and married adherents to become…

7 Sales managers imprisoned for N168.2m fraud

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

The Police at the Area ‘A’ Command, Lion building, Lagos Island of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested and…

FG must free kidnapped Redeemed pastor – Fani-Kayode

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

Nigeria's former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode has reacted to the kidnap of a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of…

Edo communities where erosion control projects will begin soon

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has approved erosion and flood control projects in the State, to mitigate the impact…

Xenophobic protest: Suspected hoodlums arraigned for arson, stealing

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

The female Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Ilasan Division, Lekki, Lagos, CSP Oyinye Onwuamaegbu, has dragged eight suspected…

AVM Idi Amin flags off training for NAF Special Forces

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commenced the training of another batch of Special Forces (SF) personnel to boost internal…

Edison John Nigerian visitor to India arrested with cocaine

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

A Nigerian, Michael Edison John, who is on a business visit to India has been arrested for allegedly possessing 130…

Driver lands in Prison for stealing employer’s N30m property

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

The Management of Uriel limited has dragged its Chief Driver, Adekunle Oyawoye 52, before a Lagos Magistrate court for allegedly…

Lagos Govt appeals for understanding over flooded roads

Isa Isawade

6 years ago

Lagos State Government on Wednesday appealed for understanding of residents of the state as it ramps efforts to free up…

Oyetola’s 35 commissioners, advisers pass Assembly tests

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

The Osun House of Assembly has confirmed the 35 nominees sent to the House by Gov. Gboyega Oyetola to fill…

Nigerian Professor Nwankpa wastes $190K US govt grant on strip clubs

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Dr. Chikaodinaka D. Nwankpa, a Nigerian-born former university professor in Philadelphia spent tens of thousands of dollars in US government…

Nigerian student offered me sex-for-grade: Ghanaian lecturer

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

A senior lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Business School, Dr. Emmanuel Acheampong has come…

Dozens of foreigners demand UN evacuation from South Africa

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Dozens of foreign nationals on Wednesday camped outside the Cape Town offices of the UN refugee agency demanding to be…

Nigerian startup Chiniki Guard wins best prize at Dubai’s GITEX

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Chiniki Guard, a Nigerian Information Communication Technology (ICT) startup application has won the best prize of 10,000 USD in the…

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, Atwood, Carson tipped for Nobel Literature Prize

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is among the favourites to clinch the Nobel Literature Prize as the Swedish Academy crowns…

Gulf of Guinea: Abuja confab lists tough measures against maritime criminals

PM NEWS Editor

6 years ago

Delegates at the Global Maritime Security Conference (GMSC) rose Wednesday after three days of talks at the International Conference Centre…

N65.16m debt: Lottery Commission seals, unseals Nestle office

Kazeem Ugbodaga

6 years ago

The enforcement team of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission led by the Director of Monitoring and Enforcement, Sajo Mohammed has…

Upgrade of CAC’s portal not to siphon money: Registrar-General

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

Lady Azuka Azinge, acting Registrar-General, Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), said on Wednesday in Abuja, that the upgrade of the Company…

Agege council chairman bags NAPTIP award

Michael Adesina

6 years ago

The Chairman of Agege Local Government of Lagos State, Mr Ganiyu Egunjobi, on Wednesday, bagged an award of excellence and…

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