Swiss to return $321 million in stolen funds to Nigeria
REUTERS—-Switzerland will return to Nigeria around $321 million in assets seized from the family of former military ruler Sani Abacha via a deal...
Yemen’s former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh assassinated by Al Houthi militia
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] video by Yemen’s Al Houthi militants showed the slain body of the country’s former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh. Officials from various sides,...
U.S Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban
The Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six...
FG Will Sustain Made-in-Nigeria Patronage Campaign – Minister
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the Federal Government will intensify and sustain the campaign for the patronage...
Okorocha swears in sister as Happiness commissioner
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has sworn in 28 new commissioners and 27 Transition Committee Chairmen for the 27 local government councils...
Libya: “No brother in the jungle” By Reuben Abati
Arab countries have a tradition of slavery dating back to centuries. This has persisted despite the existence of international conventions and legal frameworks...
MRA Inducts Standards Organisation of Nigeria into ‘FOI Hall of Shame’
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) was today named by Media Rights Agenda (MRA) as this week’s inductee into its Freedom of Information...
FirstGem is One!
Positioning for Business and Financial Success Something is brewing ladies! As we move into the new year, it is time to challenge you...
NNPC To Nigerians: Don’t panic, no plan to increase petrol price
The Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Ndu Ughamadu, has said there was absolutely no plan by the Federal...
SERAP to Buhari: refer corruption in the privatisation process to EFCC, ICPC
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari requesting him to use his “good offices and...
When the Way Out of Boko Haram Is an Ancient Slave Route
Philip Obaji Jr MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—At a bus station here in the capital of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, 17-year-old Abba got set for a...
Minister appoints Zubair as acting SEC DG
The Federal Government has appointed Dr. Abdul Zubair as the acting Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission with immediate effect, according to...
Terror Attack Alert: FG assures of Adequate Security Measures in FCT
The Federal Government has assured of adequate security measures to thwart any possible terror attack in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and elsewhere...
IBB Expresses Fears Over Attempts To Purchase PDP Chairmanship Position
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), on Sunday took a cursory look at the...
Atiku Formerly Joins PDP
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who recently dumped the governing All Progressives Congress (APC), on Sunday...
The political duplicity in Mariam Ali’s defection to APC
By Sufuyan Ojeifo The gale of defections in the nation’s political circles is not unexpected, given the nature of politics in our country....
