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Tragedy as hippopotamus kills pregnant woman in Benue

A pregnant woman has been reportedly attacked and killed by a wild hippopotamus in Makurdi, Benue State capital. According to reports, the pregnant...

Ararume: Groundswell of criticisms, thumbs-down greet reinstatement of nominated NNPCL’s non-Executive Chairman  

A groundswell of criticisms and thumbs-down has continued to trail the judicial pronouncement which sacked Sen. Margery Chuba Okadigbo and reinstated Sen. Ifeanyi...

Court judgment restoring Ararume as NNPCL’s non-Executive Chairman, usurpation of President’s powers, recipe for anarchy — CACSG

The Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Group (CACSG) has criticized a judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja, restoring Senator Ifeanyi Ararume...

3,298 inmates in Nigerian prisons to face hangman’s noose – Official

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says more than 3,298 inmates across the custodial centers (prisons) in the country are on the death rows....

Appointment, remuneration, tenures of NNPC Ltd GCEO, CFO are in order — NUPENG, PENGASSAN

Following the controversy trailing the appointments, remuneration and tenures of the Group Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian...

Adamawa guber poll hubbub: IG of Police removes Adamawa Police Commissioner

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the Police Commissioner on election duty in Adamawa State, Mr Mohammed Barde,...

Investigate, prosecute Adamawa REC for declaring APC’s Binani gov.-elect, INEC writes IGP, SGF

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has asked the Inspector General of Police, Mr Usman Baba Alkali, to investigate its Resident Electoral Commissioner...

Aviation workers’ warning strike disrupts flight operations across Nigeria

Workers at airports across the country have made good their threat to embark on a walkout, leaving many passengers stranded. Persecondnews reports that...

Confusion as INEC headquarters disowns its Adamawa Commissioner for declaring Sen. Binani winner of guber poll

  The Independent National Electoral Commission has disowned and distanced itself from the declaration of the All Progressives Congress candidate, Sen. Aishatu Binani,...

Buhari’s ex-Minister, Sylva, picks APC’s ticket for Bayelsa guber poll in November

The immediate past Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, has won the Bayelsa State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary...

INEC, EFCC hire SANs, 16 other lawyers to prosecute 2023 electoral offenders

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) have jointly hired a team of 18 lawyers to...

Insurgency: 2,295 teachers killed in 13 years, 6,800 children’s rights violated in Northeast — UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Nigeria, Christian Munduate, on Friday lamented that no fewer than 2,295 teachers have been killed...

FG to install luggage scanners worth N495m in Abuja, Kaduna, Kano railway station

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the provision and installation of baggage scanners in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano railway stations. The...

Seven-storey building crumbles in Lagos Island, many feared dead

Another multi-storey building has collapsed in Lagos with several people trapped. The building still under construction collapsed at Banana Island in the Ikoyi...

May 29: Nothing must stop Tinubu’s inauguration as President, Northern elders warn

A Coalition of Northern Elders have warned that nothing must stop the inauguration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the next President of Nigeria...

One-time Anambra Governor, Chinwoke Mbadinuju, bids the world farewell

  A former Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chinwoke Mbadinuju, a.k.a Odera is dead. He passed on peacefully at the age of 78...