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Rights commission probes demolitions in Western Nigeria

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Monday in Lagos began a four-day public inquiry into cases of demolitions and…

Estate agent bags 15 year sentence for fraud

A Nigerian High Court in Ikeja, capital of Lagos state on Monday sentenced an estate agent, Michael Olabameji, to 15…

Lekki-Epe Expressway blockade: Police say one pupil dies

The Nigerian police has clarified the tragedy that led to the unprecedented five-hour blockade of the Lekki Epe Expressway, one…

With Puzzles for INEC, APC insists on fresh poll in Anambra

Nigeria’s All Progressives Congress (APC) has rejected the announcement by Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC that it will hold a…

Collomp, ex-Nigerian hostage back home in France

A French engineer abducted by Islamist militants in northern Nigeria and held for 11 months arrived back in France on…

Nigeria: Traffic lockdown on Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos

A traffic tragedy in which three school pupils were killed in an auto-accident early today on the Lekki-Epe Expreswway, in…

Anambra election ends without a winner

Simon Ateba and Seun Bisuga/Awka The controversial governorship election in Anambra State, south-eastern Nigeria, has ended without a winner, the…

Taiwan cuts off ties with Gambia

Taiwan said Monday it had terminated diplomatic relations with Gambia, after the West African nation’s move to cut ties shocked…

China: Pastor of state-sanctioned church, 20 others ‘detained’

A pastor and 20 other members of a state-sanctioned Christian church in China have been detained and their whereabouts are…

Ngige, Nwoye, Ubah want Anambra poll annulled

The trio of Senator Chris Ngige of APC, Mr Tony Nwoye of PDP and Dr Ifeanyi Ubah of LP have…

ESUT not re-opening yet, says ASUU

Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dissociated itself from the planned resumption of academic activities at the Enugu…

Sambo arrives Kuwait for Africa-Arab summit

Nigeria’s Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Sunday arrived Kuwait City, the capital of the oil rich country of Kuwait to attend…

Women protest conduct of Anambra’s election

Hundreds of women on Sunday marched through major streets in Awka, capital of the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, to…

Ubah also thumbs down INEC, says poll flawed

Nigeria’s Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Anambra Governorship Election, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, has joined the criticism against the conduct…

Gunmen invade Nigerian hospital, demand new born babies

Five gunmen, suspected to be ritualists on Sunday invaded the government hospital in Ado-Ekiti, demanding for new born babies. The…

APGA chief says Anambra poll free and fair

Chief Victor Umeh, the National Chairman of Nigeria’s All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), on Sunday dismissed allegations that INEC and…

Anambra election: INEC bars journalists from collation centre

Simon Ateba/Awka The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has barred many accredited journalists from the collation centre in Awka, the…

Imoke flags off Carnival Calabar

Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River has flagged off the 2013 Carnival Calabar at Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort with…

Anambra election: PDP’s Nwoye rejects results, demands fresh poll

Seun Bisuga/Awka Tony Nwoye, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Anambra State, eastern Nigeria is still in…

Dancehall Star, Fada U-Turn Dies At 36

FUNSHO AROGUNDADE One of Nigeria’s most popular 90s musicians Olufemi Mayomi, a.k.a Fada U-Turn, is dead. P.M.NEWS learnt the dance-hall…

‘Pharmacist’ pope hands out rosaries as spiritual medicine

Pope Francis on Sunday advised Catholics to take a special dose of spiritual medicine, offering some 20,000 boxes of “mercy”…

APC wants Anambra poll cancelled, says it’s new low for INEC

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded a total cancellation of Saturday’s governorship election in Anambra State based on the…

Anambra poll a mockery of democracy, says Ngige

Senator Chris Ngige, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress has indicated that his party will challenge the outcome…

Francis Collomp: Exclusive photograph of ex-French hostage

Francis Collomp, the French engineer captured by the terror group, Ansaru in Rimi village, Katsina state in Northern Nigeria, last…

‘My Story’: By a forced bride of Boko Haram terrorists

(Reuters) – In the gloom of a hilltop cave in Nigeria where she was held captive, Hajja had a knife…

Nigerian Police: How Collomp, French hostage escaped in Zaria

Femi Adi/ Kaduna Kidnapped sixty three year old French engineer, Francis Collomp, who was abducted over eleven months ago escaped…

Boko Haram: Nigerian army raid frees abducted French engineer

French hostage Francis Collomp has been freed almost a year after being kidnapped, according to a statement from the French…

Malta to host next Commonwealth summit

Malta is to host the next Commonwealth summit after Mauritius pulled out in protest over the decision to hold this…

Anambra: INEC disappoints voters in rescheduled election

Seun Bisuga, Simon Ateba, Folarin Ademosu, Oluwasanmi Joseph/In Awka Registered voters in Obosi, North Idemili Local Government Area have gotten…

NGF urges Nigerians eschew docility, sycophancy

The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) led by Governor Rotimi Amaechi has appealed to Nigerians to eschew docility by participating more…