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COVID-19: Emirates extends suspension of Nigerian flights until Sept. 5

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As part of measures to curtail the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Dubai-based carrier, Emirates Airlines, has extended...

Just In: intractable banditry: Senator’s son, a pilot, killed

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Banditry has taken a turn for the worst in Kaduna with the son of Senator Bala Na Allah...

Just in: Veteran afrobeat musician, guitarist, Sir Victor Uwaifo, passes on

  Sir Victor Osamuyimen Uwaifo, Nigerian professional musician and ace guitarist, has exited the world. Aged 80, Edo-born Uwaifo reportedly died during a...

Buhari excited about another feat by 44-year-old NNPC, announces N287bn as its 2020 profit-after-tax

  Another first, landmark achievement has been recorded by the Buhari administration, this time in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under the...

Gov. Ortom’s outbursts, retired Commodore Olawunmi’s expose: Channels TV queried, presenters summoned by NBC

Channels Television presenters have been summoned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing interviews critical of President Muhammadu Buhari. Persecondnews recalls that...

Insecurity: Zamfara Governor to Buhari: Declare  state of emergency now in the North

Overwhelmed by the intractable security challenges in the Northern part of the country, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle, has called on the Buhari administration...

Federal lawmakers at an interactive session, laud NNPC’s Kyari, say “You Have Made Our Day”

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday received accolades from the House of...

Daredevil tenant kills landlord with stone over electricity bill 

In what appeared like a daredevilry act, a tenant has let loose his anger on his landlord fatally, who had asked him for his...

Family is hurting: As woman buries her five children killed in apartment fire on her birthday

  Sabrina Dunigan’s five children died August 6 in an apartment fire, its cause still undetermined.   Their grandfather and his wife say...

How the Commonwealth is helping Gambia grow and diversify exports

  The Gambia with the support of The Commonwealth Secretariat has launched its new five-year export strategy aimed at growing dynamic and sustainable...

Gutsy bandits launch fatal attack on NDA, Kaduna, kill two soldiers, abduct one

“The Academy in collaboration with the 1Division Nigerian Army and Air Training Command as well as other security agencies in Kaduna state has...

Just in: Ogun Senator, NADECO chieftain, Olabiyi Durojaiye, dies at 88

  A former Nigerian Senator, Otunba Olabiyi Durojaiye, has passed on. The 88-year-old Durojaiye reportedly died in the early hours of Tuesday, August...

OML 11: Shell will not be allowed to return to our land, Ogoni leaders vow

    Following the Court of Appeal landmark judgment which handed over the management of Oil Mining License (OML) 11 to the Nigeria...

Afghan evacuees arrive Washington, Dulles airport

The first groups of Afghan evacuees arrived at Dulles International Airport Saturday, one week after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. At the Pentagon...

2 Catholic nuns shot, killed in volatile South Sudan

  Gunmen shot and killed two Catholic nuns while they were traveling on a highway in South Sudan, which is one of the...

19 Year-Old Aircraft: What we know about the United Nigeria airline

    A local airline, Private Airlines Services Limited with a call sign ‘ United Nigeria” operates  a fleet size of 4 Embraer...