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Tanzania withdraws from UN refugee programme

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has announced his country will pull out of the UN’s “comprehensive refugee response framework”, which provides lasting solutions for...

PAMO University Gets a Big Boost With N500 Million Grant From Rivers Government

The PAMO University of Medical Sciences (PUMS), Port Harcourt, the first indigenous private university located in the state have received a N500 million boost...

God’s Assignment Comes With Hardships, Says Star Singer Mary J. Blige

Mary J. Blige believes she has to live through some painful life moments because of the assignment that God has on her life....

Police, DSS invitation: Meddlesome interloper, bullying – IBB Spokesman Afegbua

By Amos Dunia, Persecond News   Abuja – Spokesman of former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Mr. Kassim Afegbua on Friday described the...

Buhari is right to appoint Tinubu to try mend political fences ahead of 2019 elections-Senate Leader

  The Senate Majority Leader Ahmed Lawan on Friday hailed the appointment of Alhaji Bola Tinubu to reconcile aggrieved All Progressive Congress (APC), members,...

NNPC intensifies clampdown on illegal petrol hawkers

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Friday said that it has stepped up efforts to clamp down on illegal petrol hawkers across the...

Britain advised by Commonwealth leader to set up post-Brexit trading zone with Nigeria

Britain must embrace free trade with Nigeria after Brexit as its rapidly growing population “loves British products” and wants to buy “everything” from UK...

Keystone Bank Partners Edo State Government On Waste Management

Mr. Obeahon Ohiwerei, MD/CEO, Keystone Bank Limited, His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki during the presentation of sweepers’...

Aare Ona Kakanfo says ‘enough is enough’, we’ll defend ourselves if attacked by herdsmen

Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, said there is far too much tolerance of herdsmen extremism in Yorubaland and promised to step up...

Of drowning men and national security by Reuben Abati

Jimoh Moshood, the current Police Public Relations officer in Abuja is probably the most unprofessional occupier of that office since 1999.  His lack...

Gambia rejoins Commonwealth after 5 years

The Gambia rejoins the Commonwealth family Wednesday, almost five years after leaving it. Ambassador Francis Blain presented Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland with his...

FG Drops Lufthansa as adviser on national carrier establishment

The federal government has cancelled a N341 million naira contract with Lufthansa as advisors for the establishment of a national carrier and replaced...

FG appoints StanbicIBTC, Citi bank, others to handle $2.5 billion Eurobond

The Buhari administration Wednesday announced the reappointment of a consortium of banks including Citi Group,  Standard Chartered, StanbicIBTC, Whitten-Case and African Practice to...

Former NFF Secretary Austin Mgbolu is dead

Reports reaching Per Second News indicates that former Nigerian Football Federation spokesperson, Austin Mgbolu, is dead. Mgbolu died Wednesday at his Abuja residence....

Buhari’s executive order designed to attract genuine investors- Dambazau

Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari  signed an executive order on Monday directing the...