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BREAKING: NEMA alerts of leakage in gas pipeline in Ikeja, tells people, motorists to avoid the area
Following a pipeline gas leakage in the heart of Ikeja, Lagos State capital, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has asked motorists...
Update: Ikoyi skyscraper collapse: 40 people still trapped as families storm scene for loved ones — official
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh More than 45 people are still trapped in the rubbles of the collapsed 21-floor Ikoyi skyscraper, while four dead...
NNPC spokesman tells Nigerians to stop panic-buying, says there isn’t a shortage of petroleum products
The Group general manager of the NNPC’s public affairs division, Mr. Garba Deen Muhammad Tuesday demanded Nigerians stop panic-buying fuel when they...
Yahoo pulls out of China due to increased challenging legal, business environment
Yahoo has pulled out of China, citing an ” increasingly challenging business and legal environment”. “In recognition of the increasingly challenging business...
Tottenham appoint Antonio Conte as manager
Tottenham Hotspur have appointed Antonio Conte as their new manager after the Italian signed a contract to the summer of 2023 with...
UN, Tony Elumelu Foundation launch new initiative targeting 100m African youths for empowerment by 2030
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A new initiative, Generation Unlimited (GenU) Sahel, has been unveiled by the United Nations in partnership with the Tony...
51-year-old man with Covid-19 dies on flight from Turkey to Germany
A 51-year-old man died on a Pegasus Airlines flight from Turkey to Germany last month had coronavirus, according to officials in Germany....
Dozens unaccounted for in 20-storey building collapse in Lagos
Rescue crews in Ikoyi, Lagos began the daunting task of searching through tons of rubble for victims and anyone who may...
Cop26: We are digging our own graves’ with climate change, says UN Sec Gen Guterres
The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that Humans are “digging our own graves” through climate change and by “brutalising biodiversity”....
Biden pledge to return the US to JCPOA
United States President Joe Biden has pledged to return the US to full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). President...
2023: Buhari, Tinubu in hour-long closed-door meeting in Aso Rock
The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Sunday stormed the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a closed-door meeting...
BREAKING: Facebook announces name change to Meta
Driven by the need to represent a future beyond just its “troubled” social network, Facebook chief, Mark Zuckerberg, on Thursday announced a...
U.S. citizen and his Nigerian accomplice, both pilots, convicted of trafficking multi-ton loads of cocaine on board an aircraft
Two men — Jean-Claude Okongo Landji and Jibril Adamu – have been convicted of conspiring to traffic five kilograms and more of...
CBN alerts of fraudsters, fake eNaira social media handles
Barely three days after the launch of the eNaira, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has uncovered the activities of...
Breaking news: Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira, launch: 200,000 wallets downloaded in 24 hours
Barely 24 hours after Nigeria’s digital currency eNaira was unveiled by the Federal Government, Nigerians have downloaded almost 200,000 wallets. Persecondnews findings...
Gunmen blast Oyo prisons wall, free 837 inmates, 262 recaptured
Following the blasting of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Oyo, Oyo State, on Friday night, no fewer than 837 awaiting trial inmates...
