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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 ...

First Lady Melania Trump exchanged a frosty greeting with Ivanka Trump on the stage of the Republican National Convention on Thursday, hours after details of their fraught relationship were released in an excerpt of an upcoming book.   After Ivanka ...

Chinese consumers could boycott Apple if the United States bans WeChat, China’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Friday, as the clock ticks down on a US order to block the popular social app.   US President Donald Trump this month announced ...

Nearly 5,800 people suspected of killing health workers, selling defective medical equipment and lying about their travel history have been arrested in China for virus epidemic-related crimes since January, the state prosecutor’s office said.   One case involved a shopper ...

Eight persons have been killed in a ghastly motor accident in Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State.   The accident occurred on Wednesday around 09:30 pm at Garin Chiroma involving Zapira Opel and a trailer belonging to TBS transport ...

There is panic in Opebi area of Ikeja, Lagos as a helicopter has reportedly crashed into a building. The incident occurred at about 12. 17pm, at Salvation Road, Opebi, Lagos.          

Thieves made off with about nine million euros in cash in the southeastern French city of Lyon on Friday in an armed attack on an armoured security vehicle, prosecutors said.   The vehicle was attacked by several armed individuals as ...