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Chatham House, London: INEC boss, Yakubu, promises Nigeria, friends of Nigeria free, fair, inclusive 2023 polls
``On the use of Bi-modal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) for the polls, Yakubu assured that it would work perfectly during the elections as...
Protest erupts in Niger community over terrorists’ killing of Catholic priest
Pandemonium broke out on Tuesday in Kaffinkoro town in Paikoro council area of Niger State where a Catholic priest was shot and burnt...
Murdered Lagos lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, interred in Lagos
Twenty-three days after she was shot dead by the police, Lagos lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, was on Tuesday buried in Ikoyi, Lagos. Raheem’s...
China’s Population Falls For First Time Since 1961
By Tosin Deba China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years with the national birth rate hitting a record low...
Breaking: Murder of Lagos female lawyer: ASP Vandi pleads not guilty
The Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Drambi Vandi, who allegedly shot dead Lagos lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day in Ajah area...
Osinbajo visits Liberia ahead of Buhari’s trip to Mauritania
Ahead of President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to Mauritania later today, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) is departing Abuja for Monrovia, Liberia, to attend...
Buhari’s ally, Pastor Bakare spits fire, urges Nigerians to reject Tinubu’s politics of entitlement at the polls
"This is the moment for a new breed of leaders to emerge; a new breed of leaders that can situate themselves between polarising...
Just in: NDLEA busts drug kingpins escorted by “fake security agents”, impounds N5bn tramadol
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives, in a covert operation in Lagos at the weekend, busted a warehouse at Amuwo Odofin,...
60,000 covid related deaths recorded in China since early December
China has recorded nearly 60,000 coronavirus-related deaths since restrictions were lifted in early December, Persecondnews.com gathered Sunday. The Chinese national health authority after repeated...
42-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami charged with murder of Japan’s ex-PM Shinzo Abe
A man has been charged with murder by Japanese prosecutors after the assassination of former Japanese PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe, Per Second News gathered....
Breaking: Lagos Access Bank branch in Lagos gutted by fire
A branch of Access Bank at Oluwaga in Ipaja, a Lagos suburb, on Saturday evening went up in flames. A video of the...
Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s daughter’s 16-year-old marriage has hit the rocks
Inuwa, Persecondnews reports, had accused her of breaking into his house in his absence and stealing some vital landed property documents, SUVs, other...
Ex-Minister Alphonsus Nwosu renounces membership of PDP BoT
A former Health Minister in the ex- President Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Prof Alphonsus Nwosu, has resigned as the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), BoT...
Google launches new portal for Nigeria’s 2023 elections
In support of the upcoming 2023 Presidential elections, Google has unveiled a new portal — the Nigeria Elections Trends Hub. The platform is...
Osun Gov. Adeleke visits Pres. Buhari, lauds his commitment to free, fair polls
Osun Governor Ademola Adeleke of the People’s Democratic Party on Friday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Villa, commending him for deepening the...
Nigerian woman jailed for stealing £20,000 from vulnerable residents in UK
For stealing about £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents in the United Kingdom, a Nigerian woman care home worker, Abiola Akinremi, 41,...
