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‘New PDP’ Governors, Jonathan postpone peace talks

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan, and the Baraje-led faction of the People’s Democratic Party agreed on Monday to reschedule a meeting…

Zuma Invokes Wrath Of God

President Jacob Zuma, who has been under sustained attack from young politicians like Julius Malema and Lindiwe Mazibuko, says those…

Insight on body’s cell system earns 3 scientists Nobel Prize

A trio of US and German scientists won the Nobel Prize for Medicine on Monday for pioneering work on the…

Female Estate Agent Dupes 200 People

The police at Ojo Division have arrested a 34-year old woman estate developer, Mrs Taibat Aruna, for allegedly defrauding over…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

3 names missing in manifest of crashed plane

Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent The Brazil-made Embraer 120 plane which crashed on Thursday in Lagos, southwestern Nigeria, killing at least 13…

Nigerian military bombs Boko Haram camp

Nigeria’s military said it has launched air strikes on a Boko Haram camp, killing several Islamists, near a northeastern college…

Plane Carrying Agagu’s Corpse Crashes In Lagos

An Associated Airlines plane conveying the corpse of the late former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Agagu, crashed on Thursday…

Plane Crash: Agagu’s casket intact, but 2 children die

The casket carrying the corpse of Chief Olusegun Agagu, the former governor of Ondo state was found intact in the…

8 bodies recovered in Lagos plane crash

Five persons were said to have survived the Associated Airline plane that crashed in Lagos, Nigeria this morning. The plane…

Plane crashes in Lagos, 20 feared dead

An Associated Airline plane bound for Akure, capital of Ondo State in western Nigeria, has crashed in Lagos. The plane…

Gambia quits Commonwealth

The Gambian government on Wednesday announced it was pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect, without providing further details.…

Nigeria sixth worst country to grow old, says UN report

On the day that Nigeria celebrated its 53rd anniversary as an independent nation, a new study released today by the…

Fashola condemns Nigeria’s centenary celebration plan

Kazeem Ugbodaga As Nigeria marks 53rd independence anniversary, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has condemned the plan by the…

Okurounmu heads agenda setting panel for Nigeria talks

EROMOSELE EBHOMELE President Goodluck Jonathan this morning named former senator and Afenifere chieftain, Femi Okurounmu, as the chairman of an…