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Council of State meets today

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Nigeria’s National Council of State meeting being chaired by President Goodluck Jonathan will take place today, almost 11 months after…

Dame Jonathan pays for 800 heart surgeries for children

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More than 800 Nigerian children with heart related problems have been sponsored to India for treatment by A. Aruera Reachout…

News Analysis: Concerns over ‘Boko Haram’ arrests in Nigeria

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Nigeria’s Muslims have voiced concern about an apparent increase in religious “profiling” after hundreds of terror-related arrests in the country’s…

APC suspends Nasarawa deputy governor

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The Nasarawa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday announced the suspension of the state Deputy Governor,…

7 arrested for destroying Jonathan’s portrait

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Nigerian police Command in Ogun state, western Nigeria, today arrested seven persons suspected of destroying the portaits…

Nigerian scammer arrested for murder of Australian woman

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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday said it had arrested a 28-year-old man wanted in connection with the…

Dollar bribe policeman arrested, faces trial

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Police authorities in Nigeria have confirmed the arrest of the policeman caught in a hidden camera allegedly demanding “dollar bribe”…

Motorcyclist killed by trigger-happy cop over money

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Yusuf Mohammed The leader of a Lagos State crime fighting outfit, Operation Mesa (OP-MESA), allegedly shot and killed a commercial…

$162 bn cost of corruption in EU nations

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Corruption across the EU’s 28 countries costs some 120 billion euros ($162 billion) per year, the European Commission said Monday,…

Ogun Labour Party Secretariat Burgled

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Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The secretariat of the Labour Party in Ogun State, western Nigeria, has been burgled by unknown men. P.M.NEWS…

900 kg of cocaine in floating rucksacks seized in Spain

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Spanish police seized 900 kilograms (nearly 2,000 pounds) of cocaine in rucksacks found floating in the sea and fitted with…

Mandela’s Will released, Graca Machel gets half

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Nelson Mandela left portions of his roughly $4.1-million estate to his wife Graca Machel, family members, staff, schools and the…

Gunmen sack Nigerian police station

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Unidentified gunmen early on Monday attacked a Police Station in Soro town of Bauchi state,in Northern Nigeria, injuring a policeman.…

OBJ Preaches At CAN Crusade

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Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has been invited along with other pastors to preach at the forthcoming crusade organised by the…

FG’s Agreement Yet To Materialise —ASUU

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is yet to receive allocations which were agreed upon last year. This was…

2 Women Charged With Buying Stolen Baby

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The police at the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti Yaba, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arraigned two Onitsha-based business…

3 die as small plane crashes near Johannesburg

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A light aircraft crashed Monday at Johannesburg’s Lanseria airport in South Africa, killing all three people aboard, an official at…

Lagos chief, 2 others arrested for extortion

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Kazeem Ugbodaga A Lagos chief, a 71-year old man and another alleged accomplice have been arrested for alleged extortion over…

Investigation: Why housewife killed doctor

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Cyriacus Izuekwe The real motive, a 35-year old woman, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, allegedly killed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, who…

I Have Never Been Booed On Stage —Tatafo

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—Seun Bisuga & Edwin Usoboh Nigerian comedienne, Helen Paul, popularly known as Tatafo, says she has never been booed on…

In video: Nigerian cop recorded asking for dollar bribe

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Another Nigerian policeman has been caught on video demanding American dollars after apprehending a Nigerian-American and two other Nigerians for…

Yero says killing of Sheikh Albani ‘satanic and wicked’

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Governor Mukhtar Yero of the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna has described the killing of renowned Islamic scholar, Sheikh Muhammad…

Fire guts ninth floor of St. Nicholas Hospital

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A room on the ninth floor of Nigeria’s first elite private hospital, St. Nicholas Hospital, Lagos Island, was gutted by…

Saraki blames National Assembly for improper budget scrutiny

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EROMOSELE EBHOMELE A Nigerian senator representing one of the districts of Kwara state has attributed the impunity with which the…

Atiku: Why I dumped PDP (Full statement)

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PRESS RELEASE for immediate release Abuja, 2nd February, 2014 AFTER CONSULTATION, IT IS TIME TO MOVE TO APC. LET THE…

Ex-Nigerian Vice-president, Atiku quits ruling party

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Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar on Sunday defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s ruling party since…

South Africa: Opposition coalition against Zuma collapses

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South Africa’s opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday announced the collapse of a deal to have former anti-apartheid stalwart Mamphela…

Sokoto to sink 40 boreholes at N140.75mn each

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The Sokoto State Government, in northern Nigeria, says it has earmarked N5.63 billion for the sinking of 40 boreholes and…

NGE wants police find killers of Newswatch editor

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The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Sunday urged the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State to track down the…

God will overcome Boko Haram, says Onaiyekan

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The Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, Cardinal John Onaiyekan, on Sunday expressed optimism that Nigeria would overcome the challenges of Boko…

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