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Nigerian scammers Adeoso, Ifebajo to spend combined 22 years in US jail

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Two Nigerian fraudsters Opeyemi Abidemi Adeoso, 46 and Benjamin Adeleke Ifebajo, 47, have been sentenced to a combined 22 and…

Suicide bomber kills Somali journalist, CPJ calls for probe

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Abdiaziz, a well-known journalist also known as Abdiaziz Afrika who worked as director of the government-owned Radio Mogadishu, was killed…

46 dead as bus crashes, bursts into flames

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

At least 46 people, most of them tourists from North Macedonia, died as a bus crashed in flames on a…

Italian Police smash Nigerian gang forcing ladies into prostitution

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4 years ago

The police said there were raids in cities in northern and southern Italy as well as on the island of…

Waukesha parade tragedy: Suspect Darrell Brooks charged with multiple homicide

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Police were not pursuing Brooks when he plowed into the parade, he said. But Brooks was fleeing the scene of…

Darrell Brooks Waukesha Parade suspect is wannabe rapper

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

In his social media profile, Brooks said he 'turned to the streets at a very young age' while growing up…

Nigeria’s Akueche smashed with N298m worth of Cocaine, Mephedrone in India

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested a Nigerian national, Anthony Akueche, 39, for allegedly possessing commercial quantities of Mephedrone…

Man jailed for life after using cobra to kill wife, on third attempt

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

It was Kumar's third attempt at killing the woman called Uthra, all with snakes. He had first tried twice to…

IMF agrees to revive stalled $6bn bailout for Pakistan

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to revive a six billion dollar bailout package for Pakistan, a move that…

One person dies globally every 24 seconds in road accidents

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4 years ago

The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims is a time to reflect on the tragic deaths of millions…

Gen. Al-Burhan wants Sudan’s AU membership restored

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4 years ago

Al-Burhan made the appeal during his meeting with visiting Congolese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula Apala

Waukesha parade update: 5 dead, 40 injured, suspect identified

PM NEWS Editor

4 years ago

Later news reports identified the suspect as Darrell E. Brooks, a black man who has many brushes with the law.

Taliban orders TV stations to stop airing films featuring actresses

Muhamin Olowoporoku

4 years ago

The new policy prevents television stations from showing men who are considered indecently exposed or not covered from chest to…

Waukesha parade latest: ‘There is more than one death’, says police chief

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4 years ago

Unofficial reports said two persons died. And at least 20 people were injured.

Updated: At least 20 injured as SUV hits crowd in in Waukesha Xmas parade

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4 years ago

Police have confirmed that one suspect has been taken into custody, but up to two more suspects may be on…

Reports: Bread prices going up in UK

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4 years ago

Industry chiefs warned that rising global demand has sent the price of bread wheat up by 26.7 per cent in…

Haitian gang frees 2 American missionaries

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4 years ago

The 16 Americans and one Canadian, including five children, were abducted in October after visiting an orphanage.

Sudan’s military junta reinstates PM Hamdok, frees detainees

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4 years ago

Under an agreement signed with military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Hamdok will lead a civilian government of technocrats for…

Boris Johnson breaches face mask rule again on the train

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4 years ago

Passengers were shocked to see the premier was not wearing a face covering despite Government guidance advising the use of…

Fire breaks out near Opera building in Paris

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

A large fire has devastated a historic row in the heart of Paris.

Biden invites Buhari, other African leaders for summit

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4 years ago

A date for the meeting has not been set but the White House said details are forthcoming.

Ethiopia says airspace safe for civilian planes

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4 years ago

Ethiopian Civil Aviation Authority dismissed the US warning as "baseless and quite contradictory to the reality".

England moves towards banning plastic plates, cutlery

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4 years ago

England uses 1.1 billion single-use plates and 4.25 billion items of single-use cutlery, most of which are plastic, per year,…

Rittenhouse found not guilty, acquitted

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4 years ago

The jury acquitted Rittenhouse of all charges of murder

Biden hands over power to Harris, retrieves it 85 minutes after

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4 years ago

Harris, the first female and first black vice presidential, has now added to her strings of milestones, making history for…

JUST IN: US President Biden transfers power to VP Harris

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The transfer of power makes Harry, the first woman to serve as vice president of the United States also the…

Internet service resumes in Sudan

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

The Internet service in Sudan resumed on Thursday after it has been cut off since Oct. 25, the official SUNA…

Russia’s daily COVID-19 deaths reach new record high

Michael Adesina

4 years ago

Russia on Friday reported 1,254 coronavirus-related deaths in the last 24 hours, a record daily high that follows a surge…

Obasanjo, U.S. envoy arrive Addis to broker Ethiopian ceasefire

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4 years ago

Obasanjo is the African Union's High Representative for the Horn of Africa, while Feltman is the U.S. Special Envoy for…

What Obasanjo said in South Africa about ‘Made-in-Africa’ brand

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for the creation of an emblematic ‘Made-in-Africa’ brand that would promote intra-African trade and…

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