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N30bn for Buhari campaign? Wike unintellingent, says Rivers Govt

From: Okafor Ofiebor/ Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Rivers State government has described the allegation made by governorship candidate of the Peoples…

Man drowns in Lagos swimming pool

*The man allegedly jumps in the pool against the advice of colleagues A Nigerian man working for a catering company…

Ivory Coast docks ex-first Lady

Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo went on trial Friday for “attempting to undermine the security of the state”…

Pakistan forces kill facilitator of Peshawar school massacre

Pakistani security forces have killed a Taliban commander who allegedly facilitated the Peshawar school massacre, which left 150 people dead…

Riots in DR Congo after at least 30 die in boat accident

At least 30 people died when an overcrowded boat hit a rock and sank on the Congo river, sparking riots…

Osinbajo’s US style campaign

The presidential campaign of the All Progressives Congress may have been stalled by the week-long Christmas holiday, but vice-presidential running…

Palestinian knifeman wounds two Israeli police

A knife-wielding Palestinian wounded two Israeli police officers on Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, the scene of months of tensions,…

Three dead after cargo ship sinks off Japanese coast

Japan’s coastguard said Friday that three foreign crew members had died among a group of 10 who were rescued after…

China man wants $2.4mn for wrongful death sentence

A Chinese man who was freed after six years on death row following a wrongful murder conviction is seeking $2.4…

Bishop Kukah celebrates Christmas with prisoners

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah, has advised inmates of Sokoto prisons, in north western Nigeria,…

Fashola: Why PDP must go in February

Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, has seized the opportunity of a social platform to canvass for…

Prayers and tears as Asia remembers Tsunami dead

BANDA ACEH (AFP) – Prayer recitals and solemn visits to mass graves marked the start of mourning Friday across tsunami-hit…

China connects remote Xinjiang with high speed train

China tied the restive far-western region of Xinjiang closer to the rest of the country Friday, opening a high-speed rail…

S.Leone nurses strike over Ebola pay amid lockdown

Nurses at a public hospital in northern Sierra Leone were on strike Thursday to demand hazard pay for treating Ebola…

PDP governorship candidate donates N30m to bomb victims

Alhaji Auwal Jatau, PDP gubernatorial candidate in Bauchi State, on Thursday donated N30 million to the victims of last week’s…

PDP faction rejects Sokoto governorship primaries results

A faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Sokoto State on Thursday rejected the results of the state’s governorship…

Nigerians have celebrated Christmas in peace, says Police IG

Reports from across the country so far, have indicated that the Christmas has been celebrated without any ugly incidents, the…

Ex-Vice Chancellor calls for more Islamic universities

The former Vice Chancellor, Fountain University, Osogbo in Osun State, Prof. Hussein Oloyede on Thursday called for the establishment of…

Agbaje, others urge Nigerians to remain committed to Nigeria

Jimi Agbaje, the governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State on Thursday urged Nigerians to remain committed to the…

Briton killed in Ethiopian shooting ‘accident’

A 47-year-old British tourist was killed in a church in a northwestern Ethiopia after a man accidentally fired a gun,…

Turkey student arrested for ‘insulting’ the president

A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested in central Turkey for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by accusing him…

Disgruntled politicians behind Nigeria’s insecurity – CAN

Rev. Nelson Onyekachukwu, the Katsina state Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), on Thursday blamed disgruntled politicians for the country’s…

Kano Police Kill 4 Armed Robbers On Christmas Eve

Maduabuchi Nmeribeh/Kano Four armed robbers were gunned down by anti-robbery police squad on the night of 24 December when they…

NSCDC arrests 3 suspected vandals in Oyo

The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested three suspected pipeline…

Pilgrimage: 14,000 Nigerians land in Israel

Mr John-Kennedy Opara, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission (NCPC), on Thursday, said 14,000 Christian pilgrims had so far…

North Korea comedy, ‘The Interview’ hits US cinemas

Raunchy comedy “The Interview” — the movie that has outraged North Korea for lampooning dictator Kim Jong-Un — opened in…

Stock woes, Naira devaluation shave off $7.8 bn from Dangote’s fortune

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has been the biggest loser among Nigeria’s richest people as the Naira continues to plummet…

Merry Christmas To You All, From PM News

The management and staff of PM News Nigeria do wish everyone Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in advance.

Let’s Ignore Okupe, let’s discuss a new Nigeria

By Joe Femi-Dagunro/Lagos With the recent outburst of Dr. Doyin Okupe, a former medical doctor turned political jobber, that has…

Okorocha urges Nigerians to pray for peaceful elections

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has urged Nigerians to use the Christmas season to pray for peaceful conduct of the…