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Eid-el-kabir: Lagos police boss deploys additional 1,000 men

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Dedeigbo Ayodeji Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, has deployed an additional 1,000 policemen to Lagos streets for the…

Teaching students to think, create will spur development – WAEC

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says teaching to stimulate thinking among students, rather than merely recalling could be the…

Vote buying: INEC pledges to re-administer polling units

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will re-administer its polling units to address the issue of…

Delta Govt to revoke undeveloped plots in Asaba Industrial Park

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta says government will revoke any undeveloped plot at the Asaba Industrial Park.

Lagos ports expect 27 ships carrying various products

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), on Friday, said it was expecting 27 ships conveying petroleum products, food and other goods…

Malaysia: Journalists welcome move to repeal ‘fake news’ law

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Foreign Correspondents Club in Malaysia (FCCM) welcomed Friday the new government’s move to repeal a “fake news” law, in…

Alleged pipeline vandal disappears without trace after arraignment

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

An alleged pipeline vandal, Kingsley Ibeto, ran away without a trace after arraignment before a Federal High Court in Lagos…

Oil prices slip amid concerns of global economic slowdown

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Oil prices dipped on Friday, with U.S. crude heading for a seventh weekly decline amid increasing concerns about slowing global…

UN criticism about Fukushima workers ‘regrettable’ – Japan

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Japan expressed disappointment Friday about UN human rights monitors’ criticism of its treatment of workers at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi…

Saudi Arabia offers $100m for “stabilisation projects” in Syria

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Saudi Arabia said Friday it had contributed 100 million dollars for “stabilisation projects” in areas recaptured from Islamic State militants…

3 suspects arrested over alleged killing of 105-year-old man

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged killing of a105-year-old man, Chief…

Nigerian Govt approves Obonomen-Afor Truck Transit Park

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), has presented the Outline Business Case (OBC) compliance certificate on the Obolo-Afor, Truck Transit…

India pays tribute to popular ex-PM Vajpayee

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Thousands of Indians paid their respects to late premier Atal Vajpayee amid full state honours in New Delhi on Friday.

NUJ lacks legal backing to prosecute fake journalists — President

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) lacks the enabling legislation to prosecute fake journalists in the country Mr. Abdulwaheed Odusile, the…

INEC rolls out hotlines for inquires, complaints

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has given out hotlines for inquires and complaints on its activities in Enugu State,…

Osun declares Monday public holiday for Isese festival

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Osun Government has declared Monday as a public holiday.

U.S. Senate to Trump: Press “not enemy of the people”

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution on Thursday, rebuking President Donald Trump’s statement that the news media is “the…

U.S Embassy hopes to resume Abuja operations after Eid-el-Kabir holidays

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The U.S. Embassy has said that the suspended consular services in Abuja may resume after the Eid-el-Kabir holidays.

UN wants selfies to make world leaders face cost of war

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The UN is asking people around the world to take selfies and add their names to a petition calling on…

139 aid workers killed in 2017 in line of duty – UN

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

UN said 139 aid workers were killed in 2017, 102 wounded and 72 kidnapped in the line of duty, renewing…

Ikpeazu, Ganduje task Nigerians on nation building

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia and his Kano State counterpart, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, have enjoined Nigerians to engage in acts…

Demolition: Osun landlords seek prompt payment of N2bn compensation

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Members of the Association of Landlords and Shopwners in Osun whose buildings were demolished due to road projects have appealed…

Prophetess arrested for alleged sale of day-old baby

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Police Command in Abia has arrested one Amarachi Chinedu, over her alleged involvement in the sale of a one-day-old…

Eid-el-Kabir: Nigerian Govt declares Tuesday, Wednesday, public holidays

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, Aug. 21, and Wednesday, Aug. 22 as public holidays to celebrate the 2018 Eid-el-Kabir.

Ambode not making moves against non-indigenes – Commissioner

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Thursday decried a report on social media alleging that Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode was making moves…

Forex inflow hit $91b in 2017 – CBN

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the aggregate foreign exchange inflow into the country stood at $91 billion in…

Premium Times Reporter: Police statement misleading, prejudicial – Lawyer

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Premium Times Services Ltd , owners and publishers of Premium Times online publication, said that statements by the Nigeria Police…

Cameroon dismisses video on shooting of unarmed people

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Cameroonian Government dismissed as “utter manipulation” a video displaying Cameroonian soldiers in brutal killings and wanton molestation in the…

APC accuses PDP of illegally buying PVC for N5,000

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Chairman Yobe State Executive Committee (SEC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Adamu Chilariye has accused the People’s…

Police: Why Premium Times reporter Ogundipe was arrested

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Nigeria Police Force said Samuel Ogundipe of Premium Times online publication was being investigated and prosecuted for theft and…

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