Tanzania’s President’s death: VP Samia Hassan takes over as Tanzania’s first female president
Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan will take over from today as Tanzania’s new president, following the death of President John Magufuli on Wednesday....
Tanzanian President Magufuli dies in office at 61
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died, according to the country’s Presidency. Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan who announced on Wednesday, said Magufuli was...
World Economic Forum names 2 Nigerians, 9 African youths as Young Global Leaders, to get Aliko Dangote Fellowship
Eleven young enterprising Africans, among them two Nigerians, who have been named Young Global Leaders (YGL) by the World Economic Forum (WEF)...
Dana Air boasts of only 6 planes with average age of 28 years
Dana Airlines Limited, also known with the call sign name of Danaco was founded in 2007 but started operations in 2008. The...
Abducted Two Female Students Of Olabisi Onabanjo Varsity in Ogun freed
By Boye Ajayi The two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, kidnapped on Sunday have been rescued by the...
BREAKING: NNPC GMD Mele Kyari conferred with the Fellowship of Nigerian Mining & Geosciences Society.
The Nigerian Mining And Geosciences Society has conferred a Professional Fellowship Award on the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroluem...
Nigeria faces serious economic crisis unless it stops its reliance on fossil fuels, says WTO DG, Okonjo-Iweala
The Director General of World Trade Organization, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has warned that Nigeria might run into a serious economic crisis in...
Uganda’s Bobi Wine, presidential candidate and opposition leader, arrested
Reports from Uganda say security forces have arrested the country’s main opposition leader and January 2021 presidential election candidate, Robert Ssentamu a.k.a...
Burna Boy, Whizkid’s Grammy Awards excite Federal Goverment, congratulates duo
“Awards also represented a global endorsement for the Afrobeat genre of music that has propelled Nigeria’s increasing dominance of the music world”...
Plane misses runway, lands on grass at Lagos airport.
A private jet Dornier aircraft mistakenly touched down in the grass, missed the runway and careened close to off limits zone....
Administering Nigerian football amid allegations of maladministration, corruption is challenging — NFF Vice-President, Barr. Seyi Akinwumi
By Boye Ajayi Amid unwarranted allegations of mal-administration, unsubstantiated corruption claims, financial challenges and COVID-19 pandemic, Barr. Seyi Akinwumi, the 1st...
SERAP to Buhari: Don’t borrow N895bn from Nigerians’ dormant accounts
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh ““The move to borrow Nigerians’ money amounts to unlawful expropriation, as it is neither proportionate nor necessary, especially...
Boxing legend, Marvin Hagler, is dead
By Boye Ajayi Former undisputed middleweight world champion, Marvin Hagler, has been confirmed dead, reports Persecondnews. The boxing champion died at the...
Chinese national escapes domestic servants’ attack in Lagos, forced to transfer huge sums to their accounts
A Chinese national living in Lagos has escaped death by a hair’s breadth when two of his domestics held him hostage in...
