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N23.3bn fraud: EFCC re-arraigns ex- Finance Minister, Bashir Yaguda

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a former Finance Minister, Bashir Yaguda and four others before an FCT High Court...

Miscreant gangs take over FCT’s Mpape tourism site — PSN check

Vagrants have taken advantage of the failure of the FCT Administration to develop the Mpape tourism site to retake and occupy the area....

Protest rocks Abuja over six Council Chairmen tenure elongation, refusal to swear in new ones

Protest has continued to trail the suspension of the inauguration of newly elected six area council chairmen in the Federal Capital Territory. Supporters...

Saudi Aramco’s quarterly profit up 81% to $40bn

  The world’s largest oil producing company, said first-quarter net profit surged about 82 per cent on higher oil prices as well as...

Fiendish woman FRSC official impounds school bus in Lagos, children left to roast all-day 

    School children under-6 were on Friday abused and subjected to all forms of physical and mental torture by an overzealous official...

Resignation: Ngige mutters to Buhari: Mr. President we politicians thank you for teaching us “something”

“Finally, Mr. President, before I come down (resign), I want to also thank you for the certificate of compliance which your office had...

Emefiele, in closed-door meeting with Pres. Buhari, says he will make news soon

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, after emerging from a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday,...

Disgraced former mayor of London’s Tower Hamlets re-elected in greatest political comeback

A disgraced mayor banned from office for five years for corruption has been re-elected to his old position after what his party described...

Declare Buhari’s pardon for jailed ex-Govs Dariye, Nyame illegal, violation of oath of office, SERAP tells court

“SERAP wants the court declaration that the exercise of the power of prerogative of mercy to grant pardon to Mr Dariye and Mr...

£2.5 billion Chelsea sale ‘expected to be complete’ in May with Todd Boehly group

Chelsea are expected to have new owners in place by the end of May after the Premier League club said that terms have...

Emmanuel Macron inaugurated for second five-year term as French president

Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday after his triumph in the recently concluded French presidential elections. He promised first...

Tennis star Boris Becker jailed for two and a half years for breaking bankruptcy rules

A three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for flouting the terms of his...

Air Lease Corp set to lose $802.4 million for leased planes trapped in Russia

Air Lease Corp is about to write off a whooping $802.4 million for leased aircraft trapped in Russia, Persecondnews.com gathered from the American aircraft...

Powerful explosion at Afghanistan Mosque kills at least 10 people

At least 10 people were killed after a blast ripped through a mosque in Kabul on Friday, amid a string of similar attacks...

Tony Elumelu at an American entrepreneurship forum, links youth unemployment to extremism, insecurity in Africa

Africa’s leading philanthropist, investor and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has identified youth unemployment as one of the major...

Senate passes bill banning payment of ransom to kidnappers

The Senate on Wednesday passed the amendment of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013, prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country....