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Trump threatens protesters with ‘vicious dogs’ and ‘ominous weapons’

  Instead of quelling some of the outrage expressed by demonstrators near the White House who were protesting the killing of George Floyd,...

Revealed: Ex-NNPC GMD, Baru, died of COVID-19

  The late Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, may have died of COVID-19, Persecondnews has...

Grief: NNPC announces death of ex-GMD, Baru, at 60

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the passing on of Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, its immediate past Group Managing Director. Aged...

Governance: Buhari to Nigerians: We are your servants, not masters

  “Elected officials are servants, not masters. They govern at your discretion. The authority is yours to grant – and it is yours...

President Donald Trump announces US will pull out of World Health Organization

  Speaking at a press conference Friday, President Donald Trump announced the United States will pull out of the World Health Organization. Trump...

Tambuwal says met Buhari to protect ‘Sokoto State’

  Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State said Friday his meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari was driven by his responsibility to protect the state. Tambuwal...

Banditry poses threat to food production in Northwest, alerts  El-Rufai

      Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, says banditry in the Northwest area of the country poses a serious threat to food...

We must hand over to next generation, says founding pastor of UK church as he inaugurates successors

    A famed pastor of a growing Christian organisation in the United Kingdom, SPAC Nation, Nigerian-born Tobi Adegboyega, has stepped down from...

Fatal cutlass attack on boy: Judge to Pastor: You must die by hanging

  The Scriptural law of who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword is the fate of an enraged pastor,...

COVID-19 : CBN reduces MPR from 13.5% to 12.5%

  In a bid to stimulate the economy post-COVID-19, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)’S Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has announced the reduction...

Covid-19: FG moves to improve sanitary condition, access to clean water

  As part of multi-level and integrated approach to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government says it is improving  access...

Spikes in non-COVID-19 deaths due to fear of virus by hospitals, says  PTF

  Alarmed by the continued refusal of health institutions to treat non-COVID-19 patients for the virus fear, the Presidential Task Force on Coronavirus...

Escape of Covid-19 Patient in Abia Sparks Fear of Further Infection

    The coronavirus flare-up in Nigeria may spread again after a patient escaped from a holding facility in Abia state, complicating efforts...

COVID-19 :FG plans to use schools,hostels as patients isolation centres

  Faced with dearth of facilities for COVID-19 patients, the Federal Government says it will resort to the use of hotels and schools...

AfDB Probe: Obasanjo cries foul, says bank may be hijacked by foreign interests

  Adesina has performed creditably Unimpressed by the insistence of the U.S. on an independent investigation into some allegations against the President of...

English Premier League cleared to resume season June 17

  The Premier League season is set to restart on 17 June with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal,...