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UNBELIEVABLE: I Have 168 Kids, Says African China

This may sound incredible but popular music artiste, Chinagorom Onuoha, better known as African China, insists he had 168 kids from…

Confab will not break up Nigeria, says Jonathan

Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja President Goodluck Jonathan gave an assurance on Monday that the proposed national dialogue will strengthen rather than lead…

US, UK teach Nigerian, African troops counter-terrorism combat

The Nigerian military, in conjunction with special forces from the UK, U.S., Spain and Netherland have begun a training to…

Mandela ‘fine’, says Winnie

Ailing global peace icon Nelson Mandela, who is receiving treatment at home after spending nearly three months in hospital, is…

Nigeria suspends Dana Air again

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian aviation authorities have again suspended the operations of Dana Air whose plane crashed last year, killing…

Obidigbo: I’m still in the race for governorship poll

A governorship aspirant in the eastern Nigerian state of Anambra, Dr Chike Obidigbo has vowed to run for the 16…

October 15 Eid-el-Kabir

The head of Nigerian muslims, Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar has announced Tuesday 15 October as Eid-el-Kabir. A statement…
Scene of a plane crash

Associated Airline plane crashed 3 minutes after take off

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Associated Airline plane crashed less than three minutes after taking off last Thursday in Lagos, southwestern…

Fashion: Nigeria’s Helen Apreala takes part in first ever catwalk on Skywalk

Nigerian born international fashion designer, Helen Apreala, will be participating in the first ever fashion show on the Grand Canyon…

Boko Haram kills 5 worshippers, battles Nigeria’s military

Boko Haram militants are not relenting in their attacks of defenseless civilians in Nigeria’s north east region. In their latest…

APC slams Jonathan for fascism in Rivers state

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the Jonathan presidency of using Rivers State as a testing ground for creeping…

Djokovic beats Nadal in China, Del Potro wins in Japan

China Open final: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal 6-3, 6-4 Rakuten Japan Open: Juan Martin del Potro defeats Canadian Milos…

Pastor, 5 others charged with $19m fraud

SINGAPORE (AFP) – A multimillion-dollar scandal involving a Christian pastor, his singer wife and a glamorous financial executive has gripped…

Family of 6, 12 others die in boat mishap on River Niger

Nigeria’s Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA) says 18 persons, including a family of six, died in a boat mishap…

Riot at Kaduna rally for Jonathan

There was pandemonium in Kaduna, northwest Nigeria today as a rally organized to boost support for President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election…

Plane carrying Pilgrims crashlands in Sokoto

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian aviation authorities on Saturday confirmed that a plane with 512 souls on board crash-landed in the…

Tinubu returns, visits plane crash victims

Simon Ateba/Lagos Nigeria’s opposition leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, arrived Nigeria on Saturday after a successful knee surgery in the…

Kenya CCTV shows Westgate gunmen

With chilling nonchalance, gunmen who massacred at least 67 people wander through Kenya’s Westgate mall, seen for the first time…

2 million web cops monitor internet in China

China is employing two million people to keep tabs on people’s Internet use, according to state media, in a rare…

Total paralysis: ASUP joins ASUU, shuts polytechnics

Nigeria’s tertiary educational sector has now been almost totally shut down with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, making…

Tennis: Nadal retakes crown as world number one

Rafael Nadal will return to number one in the world rankings after his semi-final opponent, Czech star, Tomas Berdych retired…

Tinubu returns, cancels rally in honour of plane crash victims

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, will return to Nigeria tomorrow after…

Mimiko absent as ex-governor Agagu buried amid tears

GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Amidst tears and wailings, and despite the tragedy that befell the family as a result of a plane…

PDP candidate, monarch held hostage; vehicles burnt

JETHRO IBILEKE/Warri Nigeria’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidate in the Delta Central Senatorial by-election, Chief Emmanuel Agwariavwodo, party leaders, the…

CJN, Adoke, NBA Extol Justice Alagoa At 70

The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Aloma Mukhtar, on Friday described retired Justice Stanley Alagoa, as a “distinguished judicial…

UN Chief Bemaons Death Of 82 Africans In Boat Mishap

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Antonio Guterres, has expressed shock at the capsizing of a boat off the…

Extortion: Court Remands Ex-Cop

An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered a former policeman to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly extorting money…

Lagos doctors stabilise Feyi Agagu, moved to new ward

Doctors at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, are battling to save the life of Feyi Agagu, the son…

Ex-Rivers Speaker, Tonye Harry, Dies

Rt. Hon Tonye Harry, the immediate past Speaker of Rivers State House of Assembly, has passed on. P.M.NEWS learnt that…

First Class Graduate Shot Dead By Cop

A 30-year old first class graduate of Economics from Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Moses Murtala Aminu, has been shot dead…