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How Jonathan’s administration ran Nigeria economy to a halt – APC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) said the Jonathan administration has succeeded in running the country’s economy aground with a combination…

Fashola mourns Okoya-Thomas, says he’s an epitome of humaneness

Lagos state governor, Babatunde Fashola SAN, Monday expressed shock and grief at the passage of the Asoju Oba of Lagos,…

500 APC members defect to PDP in Sokoto

No fewer than 500 members of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State…

Military recaptures 10 towns from Boko Haram

The National Information Centre said on Monday that the ongoing war against insurgency in the North East was yielding desired…

Jonathan escapes bomb blast in Gombe

A blast ripped through a car park outside a stadium where Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan had addressed a re-election campaign…

Buhari opts for town hall meetings, says campaign organ

*Meetings to hold in Kano, Benin, Ibadan, Enugu, Port Harcourt Against the backdrop of its decision to stay out of…

Molade Okoya-Thomas a visionary, says Atiku

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the demise of Nigeria’s businessman, Chief Molade Okoya-Thomas, saying the death is…

Molade Okoya-Thomas dies

Chief Molade Alexandria Okoya-Thomas, the Lagos businessman and socialite has died. He was aged 79. Until his death, he was…

Lekki Concession Company appeals to IG to release toll operators

Lekki Concession Company (LCC) has appealed to the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba to tell Joseph Mbu to release…

Ex-Minister Faces PDP Disciplinary Panel

Former Health Minister, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu has been summoned to face a disciplinary committee of his party, the Peoples Democratic…

Bakare Blasts CAN, PFN For Endorsing Jonathan

Kazeem Ugbodaga The Serving Overseer of the Latter Rain Assembly and Convener of the Save Nigeria Group, Pastor Tunde Bakare…

I’m Alive —Soyinka

Two days after the rumour of Professor Wole Soyinka’s death that went viral on the social media, P.M.NEWS finally tracked…

Police begins investigation into statements by ex-militants – IG

The Inspector-General of Police, Suleiman Abba, said on Sunday that the force had begun investigation into inflammatory statements allegedly made…

Indian prisoners escape by scaling walls with bedsheets

Scores of inmates staged a mass breakout from an Indian young offenders detention centre Monday by tying bedsheets together and…

My office will not be a ‘spare tyre’ – Prof. Yemi Osinbajo

The vice presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said the office of the Vice President…

Boko Haram to be engaged on all fronts, including safe havens – DHQ

The military on Sunday said that it will engage Islamist sect, Boko Haram on all fronts including its safe have…

We’ll generate 20,000mw of electricity in 4 years, says Buhari

The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation (APCPCO) on Sunday said it would provide 20,000 megawatts (mw) of electricity in…

Oyedepo never asked God to open ‘hell gate’, says Winners Chapel

The Living Faith Church, also known as Winners Chapel, has cleared the air on statements attributed to its general overseer,…

South Sudan rivals agree new ceasefire deal

South Sudan President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar late Sunday signed a new agreement to end more than…

Okonjo-Iweala ‘needs serious help’ – Prof. Charles Soludo

Professor Charles Soludo, former Central Bank of Nigeria governor believes that the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the…

N30 trillion missing under Okonjo’s watch, says Soludo

By Professor Chukwuma Soludo Former CBN governor, Soludo responds to his virulent attack by finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, after his…

Nigerian author supports Buhari, despite jailing her dad

By Lola Shoneyin *Lola was 10 years old when the Buhari-Idiagbon regime incarcerated his father, a building contractor in Ogun…

INEC extends PVC collection till 8 February

The Independent National Electoral Commission has extended the deadline for collection of Permanent Voter Cards to Sunday, February 8, 2015.…

Ogun APGA, PDP Guber Candidates Commend Amosun on Security

Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ogun state, Prof David Bamgbose has given…

Lagos insists that Agbaje is a tax evader

The Lagos state government has insisted that Peoples Democratic Party, governorship candidate in the state, Jimi Agbaje is a tax…

Corruption, fraud costing Africa billions per year

Africa loses at least $50 billion (44 billion euros) a year to illicit practices like tax fraud, corruption and organised…

Yaro, ex-PDP chairman, Uba Sani, others dump PDP for APC

Former secretary to the Kaduna state government, Lawal Ismaila Yakawada, former Kaduna People’s Democratic Party, PDP Chairman, Makama Yaro, and…

Two explosions rock Gombe, 5 dead

Two blasts rocked north Nigeria’s Gombe city on Sunday, killing five people, with one of the attacks targeting a military…

Breaking: 2 bomb blasts rock Gombe, 5 die

Two bomb blasts have rocked Nigeria’s Gombe city, part of the Boko Haram besieged north east Nigeria. Five persons have…

Chad troops continue assault on Boko Haram stronghold

Chadian aircraft struck Boko Haram positions in the Nigerian border town of Gamboru for a second straight day on Sunday,…