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Just in: ASUU dares FG, rolls over 6-month-old strike again
Hopes of Nigerian students and parents for the re-opening of the nation’s public universities shut about six months ago were dashed on Monday...
Magistrate butchered by ex-spouse
A Kebbi Magistrate, Mr Muhammad Attahiru-Zagga, has been murdered following the pulling of a knife on him by his estranged wife. Persecondnews learnt...
Air France suspends pilots for cockpit fight
Two pilots in the service of one of the world’s largest airlines – Air France — have been suspended following a...
$23m Abacha Loot: Publish FG’s Agreement with U.S., SERAP tells Buhari
For transparency and accountability, President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami...
Naira Marley’s ex-lawyer bags two years in jail for N4m bribe
A Lagos lawyer, Taiwo Oreagba, is to spend the next 24 months behind bars for accepting a N4 million bribe. The verdict was...
$464m trapped funds: CBN releases $265m to foreign airlines
After several appeals and interventions to the Federal Government to save the nation’s aviation industry from total collapse, the Central Bank of Nigeria...
NBC bows to stakeholders’ pressure, suspends shut down of 52 debtor TV, radio stations
Bowing to pressure from stakeholders including professional bodies, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said on Friday that it has suspended the shutting down...
Pipeline surveillance contract: PANDEF cautions Northern youths against provocative statements
Apparently incensed by the statement credited to some Northern youths calling for the termination of the N4 billion pipeline surveillance contract awarded to...
Atiku-Wike feud: ex-President Obasanjo brokers truce in London
politicalon Thursday held a meeting with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi and Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike, in London....
N4bn oil pipeline surveillance contract: Best decision to curb oil theft, says APC chieftain
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and activist, Dr Kailani Muhammad, has lauded the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) for...
Mopol Police Inspector assassinated in Lagos
Gunmen have snuffed a mobile police inspector on Lagos road in a broad daylight, a police source said on Thursday. The officer was...
FG commits N42bn to road projects in five Northeast states
The Minister of Transportation, Mr Mu’azu Sambo, says the Federal Government has approved about N42 billion for some road infrastructure in the five...
NBC’s deadline to shutdown 53 TV, radio stations: NGE, SERAP haul Buhari, others before court
As the deadline for the 53 TV and radio stations across the country to renew their licenses expires by Tuesday night, the Nigerian...
U.S. govt to repatriate another $23m Abacha loot to Nigeria
Nigeria will be $23 million richer when the United States Government makes good its promise to return the money being part of the...
FG denies abandoning stranded Nigerians in the UAE
The Federal Government has dismissed social media reports alleging abandonment of stranded Nigerians in the United Arab Emirates. (UAE) The FG’s reaction came...
Notorious online vendors’ robber nabbed in Lagos
Police operatives at Makinde Divisional headquarters in Lagos State have arrested 44-year-old man (names withheld) who is notorious for robbing online vendors. SP...
