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Saraki died of cancer, says son

Olaolu, son of the Second Republic Senate Leader, Dr. Olusola Saraki, said in Lagos on Wednesday that his father died…

2.5million Nigerians living with undiagnosed diabetes

New estimates released by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) today to mark World Diabetes Day 2012 show that 3.2 million…

Nigeria 2nd Most Corrupt Nation —Gallup Poll

The perception of Nigeria’s government seems to have crashed further, with most Nigerians rating their country’s leadership as the second…

OKADA BAN: LG Boss, Councillors Clash Over Allowance

The restriction of commercial motorcycle riders, popularly called Okada riders, to some roads is taking its toll on the revenue…

Armed Robbers Kill Another Corporal, Snatch Rifle

Barely three days after armed robbers shot Inspector Ogedemgbe and a corporal dead at Ajao Estate, another policeman attached to…

Kidnapped Mikano Expatriate Regains Freedom

One of the expatriates working with MIKANO Generator Company in Lagos, Nigeria, Mr. Mear, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen…

Internet Defamation: Lawyers Seek Review Of Evidence Act

Leading Nigerian lawyers have called for a review of the provisions in the nation’s Evidence Act to accommodate internet-based defamation…

My Dad Will Be Sorely Missed —Senator Saraki

Senator Bukola Saraki in a statement issued today said his father, Dr Abubakar Olusola Saraki, Waziri of Ilorin, former Senate…

FG Probes Illegal Miners’ Deaths

The Federal Government has set up an eight-man panel to probe the deaths of nine illegal miners at Dogon Daji…

Shun Extortion, ACP Advises Young Police Officers

Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP, Agba Nchor, has called on young and upcoming police officers to shun money and…

Villagers Raise Alarm Over Soldiers Invasion

The Ogunnaike family of Erunwen Village along Awolowo Way, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has cried out over the invasion of their…

Against Redundancy In Lagos LG Administration

P.M.NEWS reviews the efforts of the Lagos State House of Assembly to ensure effective administration in the third tier of…

Commission Raises Alarm Over Rising Cases of Rape

Professor Ben Angwe, the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has called on Nigerians to report rape…

Divorce: Court Sends Hubby To Jail

An Agege Grade ‘A’ Customary Court on Tuesday in Lagos sentenced a man, Edem Asuquo, to two months imprisonment for…

Customs Intercepts N744m Contraband

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, said it impounded 2,142 different contraband goods valued…

Judge Threatens To Expose EFCC Lawyers

Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf of the Abuja High Court on Tuesday threatened that he would compile the names of lawyers handling…

Kwara Declares Work-Free Day

The Kwara State government today confirmed the death of Saraki via a statement issued on behalf of Governor Abdufatah Ahmed…

Ouattara sacks cabinet

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday dissolved the government formed in March and charged with reviving the country after…

Man Held For Visiting Wife In Lover’s House

A middle-aged man, Mr. Kazeem Tijani has been arrested for alleged indecent act after he visited his wife in her…

Bizman Charged With N.5m Theft

A prominent Lagos-based businessman, Chief Sharafa Tijani, 54, has been arraigned before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court on a two-count charge…

Residents Commend DPO

Residents of New Oko Oba community, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have commended the new Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in charge…

Polio still endemic in Nigeria

Nigeria, Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic, experts revealed at a conference of virologists in…

BCAN Seeks Justice Over Member’s Murder

Bus Conductors Association of Nigeria, BCAN, has appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan, the Director General of State Security Service, Ita…

Nigeria’s political godfather, Olusola Saraki Dies

Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki, father of the former governor of Kwara state and a political titan in Nigeria, is dead.…

Nigerian Reps vote for anti-gay bill

Nigerian lawmakers moved a step closer Tuesday to approving a bill that would harshly crack down on gay rights, including…

Motor bike bandits attack Bureau de Change

MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano There was pandemonium on Tuesday at the WAPA Bureau De Change in Fagge area of Kano, northwest Nigeria…

Court remands 7 suspects over Ilorin riot

Stephen Oni/Ilorin An Ilorin Magistrate Court presided over by Ibrahim Muhammed has ordered seven suspects linked with the violence in…

No words from kidnappers of Nigerian businessman

Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Contrary to rumour making around and posting on the social network, Facebook that the kidnappers of the…

US hospital gives Nigerian amputee new limbs, free

A story that will surely blow your mind “After a madman hacked off both her hands two years ago, 17-year-old…

127 Escape Death, Plane’s Wheel On Fire

At least 127 passengers on board an aircraft narrowly escaped death in South Africa on Tuesday. The chartered aircraft had…