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NBA election: Yakubu Maikyau (SAN) takes over from Olumide Akpata as 36th President
Lawyers under the aegis of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) have elected a new President at their elections conducted at the weekend. He...
US-based Nigerian teenage girl engages in philanthropy, donates tons of clothes, other items to the vulnerable in Abuja
Driven by the need to promote social good and human welfare particularly among the vulnerable, a 19-year-old US-based Nigerian girl, Michelle Ayomide Soneye,...
Sri Lanka’s president blocked at airport as he tries to flee
Immigration officers refused to go to the VIP suite to stamp his passport, while he insisted he would not go through the public...
Loan utilization, repayment: NIRSAL embarks on monitoring of beneficiaries in six states
As part of its post-Credit Risk Guarantee (CRG) issuance activities, the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) Plc has embarked...
Again, gunmen attack Christian cleric’s family, kill two sons, abduct only daughter
As the attacks on Christians and the church continue unabated, again some gunmen have invaded the home of a cleric, Reverend Daniel Umaru...
Buhari’s convoy attacked in home state, Kastina
President Muhammadu Buhari’s convoy of the Advance Team of security guards, protocol and media officers was on Tuesday attacked by yet-to-be apprehended...
Carbon reduction: Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority seals $50m joint venture deal with Vitol
As part of the country’s commitment to reducing carbon emissions, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority has sealed a deal with Vitol on a...
N322m laundering charge: Nigerian Senator jailed
After defecting from PDP to APC in 2021 ostensibly for a safe haven, serving Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, is to spend the next seven...
Nigeria to exit petrol importation soon, says Wunti, NAPIMS boss
He said rather than trying to replace hydrocarbons in Nigeria’s energy transition, the nation’s focus is on how hydrocarbons are delivered in a clean,...
Sri Lankan students demand government resign as economic hardship grows
The country's foreign reserves are nearly gone and it is unable to import food, fuel, cooking gas and medicines. A lack of fuel...
Britain approves extradition of Julian Assange to US
The WikiLeaks founder has been at the centre of a protracted legal fight for more than a decade. Next week marks 10 years...
NAPIMS GGM, Wunti, in New York, throws Nigeria’s huge gas reserves of 450 QBTU at investors
``It will unlock a lot of investment and therefore the investing communities are very much cordially invited to this investment destination in Africa,’’...
Rapist kills woman, child at riverside for resisting rape
A rapist, who murdered a nursing mother by the riverside, where she went to bathe with her child, has been apprehended by the...
Nigerian man shoots wife, mother-in-law before killing himself in Texas
A Nigerian man estranged from his family showed up at home in Texas on Thursday and fatally shot his wife, his mother-in-law before...
Inflation in U.K, Germany and other OECD countries soar to 9.2%
Inflation soared to 9.2 per cent in OECD countries in April, driven by a rise in the cost of services and food, Persecondnews.com gathered...
Bandits Attack Kuje Again, Abduct 18 year old Son, Injure Father
Bandits have again struck in Kuje Town, headquarters of Kuje Area Council of the FCT Kuje and Abaji Local Councils of the federal...
