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Breaking: Two men arrested at Lekki Toll Plaza, hauled into Lagos State Task Force Black Maria

  Persecondnews reports that scores of battle-ready, heavily armed police and other security agents had taken over the plaza as early as 5.00...

Lithuanian airlines lease two Airbus A320-232 of 17.8 and 14 years old to Nigeria’s Aero Contractors

  By Victoria Ayuwei   Heston airlines, a Lithuanian based carrier, has sealed a deal with Nigeria’s Aero Contractors for the lease of...

All 21 passengers survive plane crash outside Houston, Texas

  All 21 passengers survived a plane crash Tuesday morning outside Houston. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-87 aircraft went down in a field in...

Nigerian IT workers emigrate to U.K in droves

    By Victoria Ayuwei   Nigerian banks, IT firms and communications companies are losing their skilled professionals at an alarming rate in...

Lai Mohammed stole N100m from my campaign funds, alleges Kwara Governor

“The stolen money remains a sore issue between us” — governor “He is biting the fingers that fed him” — Mohammed Like a...

Violent parallel APC State Congress in Ogun as Gov. Abiodun, Amosun battle for party’s soul

      The rivalry between governor, Dapo Abiodun and his predecessor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun was reenacted on Saturday as both factions of...

Nigerians to Femi Adesina: Your descent to this low, rating Buhari better than Azikiwe, Awolowo, Aminu Kano others, is heartbreaking 

  “While some Nigerians said Nigeria is a business conglomerate, not a country and the man (Adesina) is protecting his area of interest,...

Husband is person of interest in Kenyan runner found stabbed to death – Police

  Kenyan distance runner Agnes Tirop, a two-times World Championship bronze medallist, was found stabbed to death at her home,  Kenya Athletics announced...

Aspirin lowers risk of COVID-19 – New findings

Aspirin could protect the lungs of COVID-19 patients and minimize the need for mechanical ventilation, according to new research at the George Washington...

Anambra Nov. 6 gov. poll: Supreme Court clears last hurdle for APGA’s Prof. Soludo

  “The court’s five-member panel led by Justice Mary Odili also affirmed Mr Victor Oye as the National Chairman of the party” The...

Just in: Barely 24 days to Anambra guber polls, Deputy Governor defects to APC, received by Buhari at Aso Rock

  Ahead of the November 6 Anambra governorship polls, the State Deputy Governor, Mr Nkem Okeke, has ditched the All Progressives Grand Alliance...

Cargo ships diverted from UK port over shortage of truck drivers

  Maersk, the world’s largest cargo company, has re-routed its vessels away from Felixstowe, a port in Suffolk, England, after they were waiting...

Rumpus at Calabar airport as Nigerian airline landed without passengers’ luggage

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Anger was let loose at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar as passengers on an Abuja-Calabar flight landed without...

Nigeria Military free over 150 hostages

In one of the largest liberations of kidnap victims, at least 180 people, including babies, have been freed in Nigeria’s troubled north,  Zamfara...

You are guilty as charged! Court jails Faisal, son of ex-Pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, 24 years

  Faisal Maina, son of the ex-Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, is to spend the next 24 years in jail...

WHO recommends use of malaria vaccine for children

By Olufemi Soneye The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the widespread use of the RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S) malaria vaccine among children in sub-Saharan...