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Delta council imposes curfew over cult killing

Jethro Ibileke/Benin There is tension and apprehension in Ndokwa East local government area of Delta state, following the murder of…

Dickson campaign organisation calls for arrest of militant leader

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The campaign organisation of Governor Seriake Dickson has called for the immediate arrest a militant leader, General…

IMF’s Christine Lagarde ‘impressed’ with Buharinomics

International Monetary Fund, IMF, chief Christine Lagarde has reacted to her meeting Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, the country’s…

Bayelsa Polls: PDP beating war drums to intimidate voters, INEC – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday accused the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of beating war drums ahead of Saturday’s…

Southern Ijaw polls: Ex-militant leaders shun police parley

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Some prominent ex-militant leaders who command large followers in Bayelsa State and the Niger Delta region shunned…

Buhari set to establish committee to fast-track NNPC reforms

President Muhammadu Buhari said an inter-ministerial committee would soon be established to speed up the re-organisation and reformation of the…

5 cultists arrested for disrupting church activities

Jethro Ibileke/Benin Operatives of the Edo state command of the Nigerian Police have arrested and detained five persons, for allegedly…

Lagos Judiciary: Tinubu vs AIT and other cases to watch out for this year

Henry Ojelu As Lagos State Courts officially resume sitting after the festive break, PM News look at some of the…

Fear grips residents over defective building

Daniels Ekugo Residents of Gbaga community in Ikorodu North Local Government Council Development Area, have expressed fears over the sorry…

Lassa Fever outbreak in Rivers, two confirmed dead

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt wike Rivers State Government has just confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, which has…

Jihadi Junior: ISIS using my 4-year grandson as pawn – Henry Sunday Dare

A Nigerian heartbroken granddad of the six year-old boy now dubbed Jihadi Junior by British media, revealed today that boy…

Workers’ welfare our priority – Minister

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has assured that he will continue to place emphasis on the…

PDP condemns Olisa Metuh’s arrest

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the arrest of its spokesman, Chief Olisa Metuh by officials of…

Protesting Shiite women demand for El-Zakzaky, wife’s unconditional release

Femi Adi/Kaduna Female members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria comprising the Shiite sect, on Tuesday in Kaduna, northcentral Nigeria,…

IG prohibits officers from illegally accessing mobile phones

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has warned police officers who are in the habit of indiscriminate checking of…

IMF chief, Lagarde endorses Buhari’s anti-corruption war

The head of the International Monetary Fund endorsed on Tuesday Nigeria’s efforts to tackle corruption, while saying the country needed…

Wike fires procurement agency boss

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has sacked Franklyn Nlerum, Rivers State Director-General of Bureau of Public…

Court grants N15m bail to alleged cocaine importer

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday granted bail to an alleged Cocaine importer, Michael Okwuma, in the…

Dasukigate: SERAP wants EFCC, ICPC to go after CBN, other banks’ executives

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent petitions to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent…

EFCC arrests PDP spokesman, Olisa Metuh

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Olisa…

Ex-PDP chairman to be under IG’s supervision, son to jail – Court

Former Peoples Democratic Party national chairman, Haliru Bello Mohammed will be under the supervision of the Inspector General of Police,…

Ambode converts LASU to residential campus, approves 70yr retirement age for Profs.

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday signed a bill into law converting the Lagos State University, LASU,…

LASIMRA gives directive on display of site’s project boards

The LagosState Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, LASIMRA, has directed that all telecommunications service providers should from January 1, 2016,…

Ambode signs N25bn Employment Trust Fund bill into law

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday signed into law the N25 billion Employment Trust Fund, ETF, Bill…

Passengers stranded over transport fare hike in southeast

Cyriacus Izuekwe This is not the best of time for most people who travelled to the southeastern part of Nigeria…

Ex-PDP chairman, son plead not guilty to receiving N300m from Dasuki

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mohammed Bello Haliru who arrived a federal high court of…

MOSOP issue 30-day ultimatum to Buhari to implement UNEP Report

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Based on a perceived delay in the clean up of crude oil spill impacted on sites in…

Arms Deal: Ex-PDP national chairman in court for diversion of funds

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Haliru Mohammed, former PDP national chairman was arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja following allegations of…

Hillary most qualified US presidential candidate – Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton stepped into the limelight Monday, making his first solo campaign appearance in wife Hillary’s 2016 bid for the…