A 16-year-old, Timehin Jinadu was burnt to death, as a duplex at Lekki area of Lagos State got burnt this morning. The fire started around 2am on Monday in a duplex at 35C, Ajiran Road, Agungi area of Lekki. The Jinadu family was sleeping when the fire began, it learnt. Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Fadipe told P.M. News ... Read More »
Some call it the Buhari bounce. Others describe it as the Buhari effect. Yet some others say it is the Buhari aura. One thing is however crystal clear. Things have not been the same in the past 100 days in Nigeria, since Muhammadu Buhari assumed the presidency. A new sheriff has truly come to town. Exactly 100 days ago, he ... Read More »
President Muhammadu Buhari has set a deadline of Tuesday, September 15, 2015 for full compliance with his directive that all revenue due to the Federal Government or any of its agencies must be paid into the Treasury Single Account (TSA) or designated accounts maintained and operated in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), except otherwise expressly approved. A circular issued ... Read More »
Two London-based Nigerian conmen, Godwin Nwaofor and Frank Onyechonam involved in defrauding mainly American pensioners, informing them they had won the Australian Lottery, through bogus letters, have met their waterloo. Daily Mail reports that Nwaofor who had cheated pensioners out of £5m life savings had a ‘suckers list’ of target victims to send his bogus letters to. The letters were sent ... Read More »
Amid fears that a government policy of feeding primary school pupils in the country will impose a huge financial burden on the Buhari administration, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Wednesday that the policy will attract investment to the tune of N980 billion. The vice president also said the school feeding programme will bring create jobs, and raise food production ... Read More »
Today, Thursday 3rd of September, 2015, wasn’t a pleasant one for Abubakar Mohammed as he was sentenced by a Jos Chief Magistrates’ Court to one month imprisonment for impersonating as a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The Magistrate, Mr Tijanni Zololo handed down the sentence after Mohammed pleaded guilty to the crime and begged the court for ... Read More »
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Solomon Arase, has directed all police commands and formations to stop the use of commercial vehicles for operations and patrol duties. This is contained in a statement issued by the Force’s Public Relations Officer, Olabisi Kolawole, acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, in Abuja on Thursday. The statement said that the directive had been ... Read More »
Kola Popson Former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde, has expressed his support for the ex-Nigerian International footballer and one time Super Eagles’ Captain, Segun Odegbami, in his quest to become the next FIFA President, wishing him all the best. It would be recalled that on Tuesday, Odegbami had confirmed his interest in the race to succeed the incumbent FIFA President, ... Read More »
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