Dacha Update: Search for kidnapped girls extended to neighbouring countries
The ongoing search for the 110 girls who were abducted from the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, has...
N40bn: SERAP to Gov Yari: ‘Make clear commitment to abolish double pay, pensions laws’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged “the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari to emulate the example...
Power Generation: NNPC fast-tracks seven critical gas projects
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has identified Seven Critical Gas Development Projects (7CGDP) scheduled to deliver about 3.4billion standard cubic feet of...
DSS detains Daily Independent’s Abuja Bureau Chief
The Department of State Services, which arrested and detained Tony Ezimakor, the Independent Newspapers’ Abuja Bureau Chief, on Wednesday, has held on to...
Chibok and Dapchi girls: The whoredom of karma
By Sufuyan Ojeifo “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, and second, as farce.” -Karl Marx On Monday, February 19, 2018, Boko Haram insurgents...
GTBank Supports The Attempt Of A Nigerian To Break The Guinness World Record Via ‘YouREAD Initiative’
YouREAD Initiative, one of CSR programmes of GTBank launched in 2017 to rekindle the interest in reading, has given her support to a...
Woman burned when her mobile phone catches fire mid-flight
A passenger was burned when her cell phone caught fire onboard a Canadian domestic flight on Thursday morning, officials said. The incident occurred...
Buhari’s son back in Abuja after medical treatment abroad
Yusuf Buhari returned to Nigeria after a month-long medical treatment abroad. “We thank God for the return of our son Yusuf today after...
China development bank, UBA sign letter of intent for $100 million loan deal to support SMEs Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a pan-African banking group and China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development finance institution, on February...
Trump’s aide Hope Hicks resigns
Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump’s longest-serving aides, is resigning as the US president’s communications director, the White House said Wednesday. “Hope is...
Nigeria reports record high Lassa fever cases with 317
Health authorities say a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has reached a record high and there are suspected cases in neighboring Benin as...
Herdmen/Farmers Clash: Buhari blames Lake Chad shrinkage
President Muhammadu Buhari has called for an immediate action plan by African leaders and the international community to arrest the shrinkage of...
FirstBank CEO, Adesola named African Banker of the Year
Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, the Managing Director/CEO of First Bank of Nigeria Limited & Subsidiaries, has been named the African Banker of the Year...
Buhari re-appoints Segun Awolowo NEPC boss
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the re-appointment of Mr Olusegun Awolowo as Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC)....
Ndoma-Egba on Elumelu: He’s a gift to Africa, an inspiration to the World
Chairman governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Wednesday said Entrepreneur and business man Tony Elumelu is a...
Elumelu Receives 2017 Philanthropist of the Year Award
Chairman of Heirs Holdings Limited Mr Tony Elumelu received the Per Second News 2017 ‘Philanthropist of the Year’ award Wednesday at a breakfast...
