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Fadama Project: Edo rice farmers commend Gov. Obaseki

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Edo South Rice Farmers Association on Tuesday in Benin lauded Gov. Godwin Obaseki for the payment of counterpart fund…

ICAN president urges Nigerian Govt to sell idle assets

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), has urged the Federal Government to sell off idle assets across the…

Zimbabwean court okays legality of Mnangagwa’s govt

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A Court in Zimbabwe on Tuesday thew out an application by two political parties and three activists seeking to challenge…

People over-50s hard to seek job in Britain – Report

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Talents of more than a million people aged over 50 in Britain who want to work are being wasted because…

Goldman Sachs Names David Solomon as CEO

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. said veteran investment banker David Solomon would succeed Lloyd Blankfein as chief executive, setting up a…

Man arraigned for escaping from police custody

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A 22-year-old man, Gerald Ogwu, who allegedly escaped from police custody after being arrested for stealing N75,000, was on Tuesday…

Orji Kalu re-arraigned on 39-count charges

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A former Governor of Abia, Orji Uzor Kalu, was on Tuesday re-arraigned at a Federal High Court in Lagos on…

3 children killed , 2 injured in gas cylinder explosion

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

No fewer than three children have died in Sara Village in Gwaram LGA of Jigawa, following a cooking gas cylinder…

Herbalist swindles customer of N170,000

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

An Igbosere Magiatrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted a 36-year-old harbalist, Ahmed Ifakunle, who allegedly swindled his customer to…

NSCDC recovers N9.9m debts in Jigawa

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Jigawa Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) said it recovered over N9,944 debts in the second…

Turkish museum discovers 8-million-year-old mammoth fossil

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A museum in Turkey’s central Yozgat province on Tuesday says it has discovered a fossil believed to come from an…

Katsina earmarks N1.5bn for UMYU’s Faculty of Agric take-off

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Katsina state government has earmarked N1.5 billion for the take-off of Faculty of Agriculture at Layin Minista in Umaru Musa…

Kaduna varsity, vocational centre, train 500 students

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Kaduna State University Entrepreneurship Research and Development Centre (ERDC), in collaboration with Magvoile Vocational Centre, on Tuesday commenced a…

Malaysians contribute $37m to help pay off country’s debt

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Malaysians have contribute more than 150 million ringgit (37 million dollars) to help pay off its staggering national debt, the…

Police avert attack on Zamfara community, kill one suspect

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Police in Zamfara said on Tuesday it averted an attempt by gunmen to attack Tangaram community in Anka Local…

Iraqi Police disperse protesters outside Zubair Oilfield

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Iraqi Police used batons and rubber hoses to disperse about 250 protesters at the main entrance to the giant Zubair…

Electoral offences: EU partners INEC, Police to train legal officers

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

EU is partnering with Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Police to train legal officers on prosecution of electoral…

Fake dollar syndicate: Police arrest 5 suspected members

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Commissioner of Police in Gombe State, Mr Shina Olukolu, on Tuesday, said the police have arrested five suspected members…

Uganda will not scrap social media tax – Minister

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Ugandan government on Tuesday said it will not scrap the recently introduced taxes on social media use and mobile…

EU agrees on data deal with Japan

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The European Union reached a deal on Tuesday, allowing businesses to seamlessly transfer personal data between the bloc and Japan,…

Sen. Jang’s case: EFCC fails to present witnesses

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday failed to bring witnesses to testify in the case of alleged…

Police target Rome’s most notorious crime family

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Rome’s most notorious crime family, the Casamonicas, was targeted by a major Police operation on Tuesday, leading to 31 arrests…

Set aside sinking funds, Pension official charges state govts

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Executive Director, Business Development, South and Strategy, Premium Pension Ltd., Mrs Kemi Oluwashina, on Tuesday, urged state governments to…

Kebbi produces 3.6m tonnes of nation’s rice – Official

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

Alhaji Muhammad Shehu, the Permanent Secretary, Kebbi Ministry of Agriculture, has said that the state produced 3.6 million tonnes of…

Cambodia election: Nearly 70,000 security forces to be deployed

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Nearly 70,000 security personnel would be deployed at all 22,967 polling stations during Cambodia’s general election, a National Election Committee…

Travel agent in trouble over alleged visa fraud

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

A travel agent, Folake Morakinyo, 48, on Tuesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court over alleged N840,000 visa fraud.

Court admits herbalist to N500,000 bail

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

An Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Tuesday admitted a 36-year-old herbalist, Ahmed Ifakunle, who allegedly swindled his customer to…

Nigeria restates commitment to holistic prisons reform

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

The Minister of Interior, retired Lt.-Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government towards a holistic prisons…

Nigerian govt to send plane to repatriate stranded Nigerians in Russia

PM NEWS Live

8 years ago

The Nigerian government will send a plane to repatriate the 200 defrauded Nigerian citizens currently stranded in Russia.

Nigerians don’t understand functions of National Assembly – Dogara

Adekunle Dada

8 years ago

Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has said that many Nigerians do not understand the functions of the…

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