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Just in: 2023 polls: lmo State Labour Party Candidate assassinated 

As the wave of assassination and bloody attacks continue to ravage lmo State, again some gunmen on Friday morning assassinated Christopher Elehu, the...

Senate President, Lawan, hails President Buhari at 80

Senate President Ahmad Lawan has joined well-meaning Nigerians and other citizens to felicitate President Muhammadu Buhari as he clocks 80 years tomorrow. Lawan,...

Nigerian Army swells Major-General rank by 52 officers

No fewer than 122 senior Army officers have been promoted to the ranks of Brigadier-General and Major-General, according to the Nigerian Army Council....

Nigeria’s energy transition plan, recipe for renewed violence — Spaces for Change Executive Director

The Executive Director, Spaces for Change (S4C), Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, says the neglect of oil-producing communities in the Energy Transition Plan (ETP) will be...

Moving train crushes woman in broken-down car at rail crossing in Abuja

A moving train has crushed a middle-age woman in her broken-down car at a rail crossing along the Chikakore axis in the Kubwa...

N7.65bn fraud: Orji Uzor Kalu not discharged yet, EFCC Chair Bawa

The Chairman Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, said in Abuja that the Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu,...

Just in: Nigeria’s Envoy to Spain, Demola Seriki, exits

Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Spain, Mr Demola Rasaq Seriki, is dead. He died in the wee-hours of Thursday (today), December 15,...

Egypt President El Sisi seeks US help to end Nile dam dispute with Ethiopia

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El Sisi has asked to US to help persuade Ethiopia to enter a legally binding agreement on the operation...

2023 polls: Politicians trying to manufacture BVAS machines, INEC alleges

The desperate moves by some unscrupulous politicians to manufacture the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines to enable them hack into INEC’s server...

FEC approves Executive Bill on whistle blowers, rues 2016 policy has lost its bite

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday scrutinized and approved a bill on whistleblowers policy to be transmitted to the National Assembly for...

US-Africa Leader’s Summit:US commits $55 billion to Africa

The US on Tuesday welcomed dozens of African leaders to a summit aimed at strengthening partnerships across the continent. Persecondnews.com gathered that one of...

U.S – Africa Leader’s Summit in Washington: Official Schedule of Events

During the Russia – Africa Leader’s summit in Sochi, in 2019, leaders from the continent were feted at a seaside resort where a...

Bernard Arnault passes Elon Musk to become world’s richest person

Elon Musk has lost his crown as the world’s richest man amid a broad collapse in Tesla’s value and as he wades deeper...

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters, Abuja, on fire

The Defence Headquarters at Garki area of Abuja has been destroyed by fire. The fire which started late afternoon affected the second floor...

Again, dare-devil men torch lmo State INEC headquarters, three killed by police

More than 20 gunmen in the wee-hours of Monday launched another devastating attack on the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)...

90-year-old wins 2022 Gani Fawehinmi Impact, Integrity Award

A nonagenarian, Pa Muibi Shonubi, has emerged the winner of the 2022 Gani Fawehinmi Outstanding Integrity Award (OIA) from among the three persons...