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Boko Haram bombs Damaturu, scores killed
Boko Haram has bombed the North east Nigerian town of Damaturu, capital of Yobe state Scores of people have died…
Babangida confident Buhari will defeat Boko Haram
Former military President Ibrahim Babangida said on Wednesday that he he has implicit confidence in the ability of President Muhammadu…
Ijebu-Ode market leader killed over N35million: Witness
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta One of the housemaids of the slain Iyaloja General of Ijebuland, Chief (Mrs) Alimot Sadiat Kareem Owogold,a.k.a. Mama…
Bomb blast: Jos church worshippers escape death
By Our Reporter There was no casualty in the explosion reported this morning at the ECWA Church in Tudunwada Area…
Bomb blast rocks ECWA Church in Jos
The Boko Haram bombers have hit Jos in Plateau state, again. Right in the middle of service, a bomb blast…
Plateau dissolves local councils, woman gets SSG job
Governor Simon Lalong of the central Nigerian Plateau state, on Monday dissolved the 17 Local Government Councils in the state.…
Police confirm bombing of Redeemed Church
The Police in Yobe on Sunday confirmed the killing of six persons in a suicide bomb attack on a Redeemed…
Breaking: Suicide bomber kills 6 in Nigerian church
A suicide bomber killed six persons at a Redeemed church on the outskirts of Potiskum today. A Red Cross official…
Exclusive: Why Buhari rejected Wali as acting INEC chairman
P.M.NEWS can confirm authoritatively today that President Muhammadu Buhari did not endorse Mr.Mohammed Wali as acting chairman of the Independent…
NNPC To Avert Danger, Repairs Rusty Pipelines
Cyriacus Izuekwe After years of petroleum pipeline leakages, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has finally started repairing rusty pipelins…
OOU students declare Monday lecture free, accident victims identified
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The bodies of three of the 12 persons who died in a ghastly motor accident that occurred Friday…
Akinrinade: No military doctrine invented yet to tackle Boko Haram
Femi Adi/ Kaduna Former Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, General Alani Akinrinade today said the military alone could not win…
I am not the ‘First Lady’, says Aisha Buhari
“I am not the First Lady”, said Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, the wife of the President of the Federal Republic…
How to obtain a Nigerian driving licence without sweat
By Tochukwu R. Ezeokafor This piece is particularly meant for people renewing (DL expired) or getting a re-issue (DL missing)…
El-Rufai appoints non-indigenes as advisers
Femi Adi/Kaduna Malam Nasir El-Rufai, governor of the north western Nigerian state of Kaduna has appointed two non-indigenes into his…
Man Rapes His 14-Year Old Daughter
Josephine Odum-John A 14-year-old SS1 student in a secondary school in Ikorodu, Lagos, western Nigeria, has narrated how her 49-year…
Police Officer, Hotelier At War Over Unpaid Bills
The District Police Officer in charge of Atan-Otta, Police Station under Onipanu Division in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, Mr. Shola…
Mob Sets 4 Robbers Ablaze
Four robbery suspects met their waterloo in Okuku, Yala Local Government Area in the northern part of Cross River State…
LASU To Reopen Monday
Kazeem Ugbodaga The authorities of the troubled Lagos State University, LASU, have resolved that the institution should be re-opened on…
Preacher Steals Car During Morning Round
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 35-year old gospel preacher, Lucky David, ran out of luck when he was arrested and charged before…
Boko Haram: Nigerian Refugees Starve To Death
Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighbouring Niger in the past week due to threats from Boko Haram…
My 2 Wives Know Me As Criminal —Suspect
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 27-year-old suspected kidnapper, Rasheed Adetunji, has confessed that his two wives knew he was a criminal and…
I Didn’t Attack Igbo —Soyinka
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has denied comments attributed to him concerning the voting pattern of the Igbo in the 28…
Traditional Ruler Kidnapped In Rivers State
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Eze Samuel Amaechi, the monarch of Igbo-Agwurasa…
Homeowners Slam N100m Suit Against Developer
Henry Ojelu Homeowners within the Pearl Garden Estate situated at Sangotedo Village in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State…
Bank’s Intern Steals Customers’ N53.6m
Paul Iyoghojie The police at Lion Building Division, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, western Nigeria, have arrested a 31-year old graduate,…
Chibok Girls: Will They Ever Be Found?
Nigerians bare their minds on the fate of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram insurgents over a year…
Lagos Judiciary Official Jailed For Fraud
Henry Ojelu Justice Latifa Okunnu of an Ikeja High Court on Monday sentenced a staff of the probate division of…
Orekoya Kids: Fleeing Nanny Arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe with agency report The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Kayode Aderanti, has said the police have arrested Mary Akinloye,…
News Analysis: Police save Kano from multiple bombing plots
But for the vigilance of Nigerian policemen, many people would have died today if terrorists had succeeded in their plans…