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The Governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, has promised to reintroduce serious punitive measures of death on reckless drivers in the state.   The decision followed the death of 15 supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a road ...

Drivers on e-hailing platforms in Nigeria’s Lagos State are embarking on a week-strike starting on Monday to protest against some aspects of the new regulations by the state.   The president of the National Union of Professional App-Based Workers Ayoade ...

The Ghanaian Minister of Information, Kojo Nkrumah, on Sunday, defended the $1 million trade levy and other regulations imposed on Nigerian traders in Ghana, noting that Nigeria had equally issued executive orders preventing foreigners from getting jobs which Nigerians can ...

Donald Trump has told emergency service workers responding to Hurricane Laura they could sell his autograph for $10,000.   The US president was in Lake Charles, Louisiana, yesterday where he surveyed the damage and attended a briefing with local officials. ...

A man has been filmed ‘attempting to rape’ a woman, 25, on a platform of the New York subway.   The alleged attack took place around 11am on Saturday at the Q train station at Lexington Avenue and East 63 ...

Youth and Sports Development Minister, Sunday Dare, has canvassed for support in the Oyo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), declaring that unity was more important than personal ambition.   Speaking at a stakeholders meeting of Oyo APC, ...

The 12 traditional rulers suspended by Governor Willie Obiano, have begged for forgiveness.   They told the Governor “we cannot stop loving you”, The Nation claims. The monarchs said they have learnt their lessons, asking Obiano to forgive and forget ...

The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested the policeman who shot a teenager, Ledisi Kote, 19 for impregnating a girl.   This is coming as the 19-year-old teenager has finally undergone his first surgery and he is responding ...

The Lead Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre, celebrated with Arsenal fans on Saturday after the club won its 16th Community Shield.   Arsenal achieved the feat by defeating the Premier League Champions Liverpool. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang stole the show with a superb ...

Police in Kagera Region, Tanzania have arrested a 26-year-old man accused of killing his 28-year-old lover and her daughter.   Derick Dambuve killed the two after his lover, Helda Amon, who had carried her child to Derick’s place, engaged in ...

Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, David Oyedepo has said he would lay hand on any Coronavirus patient brought to him for prayer.   He said he would not wear gloves to do so but would lay his bare hands ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered full resumption of tertiary institutions across Lagos State on Monday, September 14, after about six months shutdown occasioned by the outbreak of ravaging COVID-19 pandemic.   Sanwo-Olu, however, fixed a tentative resumption date for primary ...

With chants of “One person, one vote!” and “No justice, no peace!” a crowd of about 1,000 demonstrators gathered outside a Wisconsin courthouse Saturday to denounce police violence and share messages of change, a week after an officer shot Jacob ...

The Police in Rivers State have arrested four suspected kidnappers who allegedly tortured 65-year-old man to death, despite collecting N1.2 million ransom in Port Harcourt.   The Rivers State Police Command paraded the suspects in connection to the death of ...

The pilot of the ill-fated helicopter that crashed into a building in Lagos, Captain Chika Ernest playing on the eve of the flight, in a sack, where friends were chanting “Chika must go”. He died the next day and his ...

NO fewer than six persons including a pregnant woman and her two children were feared killed on Saturday in an auto crash involving a diesel tanker, truck and six motor-cycles at Ikare area of Ondo state.   Scores were reportedly ...

A residential building at Adeshile street, Mushin in Lagos was engulfed by fire on saturday after a cooking gas cylinder exploded.   It was gathered that the fire started around 8 am and destroyed the entire first floor of the ...

Specialist doctors at the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, have separated two children who were born joined around the abdomen as Siamese twins.   The twins who are both girls and now aged eight months, were born at the Nembe General ...

Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of Lagos, has directed all tertiary institutions under the state government to reopen.   The institutions were shut indefinitely in March to check the spread of COVID-19. But at a briefing on Saturday, the governor asked them ...

The deputy governor of Kwara State, Mr Kayode Alabi, has recovered from the coronavirus infectious disease.   Alabi, who had been in isolation for the past two weeks having tested positive for the virus, has recovered fully and would be ...

At least 17 people died on Saturday when a restaurant in northern China collapsed, state media said, with rescuers pulling dozens of survivors from the rubble and searching for others believed to be trapped.   The two-storey building used for ...

Ten children have been confirmed dead while four others have been seriously injured after lightning struck them while sheltering from a storm during a football game in northern Uganda, on Friday.   According to police spokeswoman, Josephine Angucia, the boys, ...

A man identified as Chinedu Peter Ogwa has committed suicide in Wokoma Street in Mile Three Diobu area of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital   The 45 years old Ogwa, who hailed from Ebonyi State, was reported to have ...

A man, identified as Muyiwa Ayorinde, was mobbed at the Oke Aro area of Akure, Ondo State capital, for allegedly dumping his own baby inside a canal in the area.   The 32-year-old man was said to have kept the ...

The pilot of the ill-fated Bell 206 helicopter that crashed in Ikeja, Lagos yesterday, has been identified.   Also identified with him was the co-pilot, Clement Ndiok. P.M.NEWS could not confirm the identity of the third person, who was a ...