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Arik Air: The Boeing 747-8 Customer That Never Was
By Linnea Ahlgren Once upon a time, the final customer of the passenger 747-8 was to be Nigerian carrier Arik Air....
Humongous national resources committed to debt servicing worrisome, distressing, says National Consultative Front
A pan-Nigeria political movement, National Consultative Front (NCFront), youth wing, says it is worried about that 97 per cent of the nation’s revenue...
Just in: NBA leadership bows to pressure, rescinds Gov. el-Rufai’ s IV as conference speaker
Outraged by members reactions, the leadership of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) says it has withdrawn its invitation to Kaduna State Gov....
NBA 60TH Conference: Lawyers spurn El-Rufai as key speaker
Ahead of the 60th Annual Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) Conference, a group of lawyers have kicked the nomination of Kaduna State Gov. Nasir...
lnternational flights resume August 29, says Aviation Minister
Barring any last minute hitch, international flights will resume in Nigeria on August 29, the Federal Government announced on Monday. The Minister of Aviation,...
COVID-19: FG to NANS: Varsities will reopen when nation is on safe mode
The Federal Government says schools including tertiary institutions will reopen as soon as it is safe to stave off the spread...
Plan to scrap Amnesty Programme: Don’t wake sleeping lion, Clark cautions FG
Elder statesman, Chief Edwin Clark, has cautioned the Federal Government not to scrap the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), for ex-militants, saying it rupture...
Nigeria: World Bank to give 36 states pills for speedy economic recovery
In a bid mitigate the crushing effect of COVID-19 pandemic on businesses and individual taxpayers and ensure the speedy recovery of economies of...
Foreign loans: FG says we borrow for Infrastructure development
The Federal Government said on Saturday assured Nigerians that the loans it borrowed from China and other sources were being effectively utilised...
SPDC appeals judgment for its asset sale
SPDC says it has filed an appeal and an application for a stay of execution of enforcement of the purported sale of interests...
Nigerian lawmaker murdered, wives, toddler abducted
A lawmaker, Musa Mante Baraza, has been felled by assassins’ bullet at his Bauchi State home. Baraza, a member representing Dass constituency in...
NCDC to governors: Prioritise COVID-19 tests in 85 LGAs not yet covered
State governors have been urged to prioritise COVID-19 tests in the 85 Local Government Areas in 20 states left out of testing for...
Hate Speech Law: Nigeria joins 15 other countries with harsher penalties for offenders
Nigeria has joined the ranks of 15 other countries with draconian laws to punish Hate Speech and for insulting the president. The...
Just in: Crisis rocks the nation’s “university of first choice’’, Unilag, over “sack’’ of VC
As the Senate of the University of Lagos meets to discuss the abrupt removal of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, security officials...
How Amb Walter Carrington was harassed by security, verbally assaulted by Abacha’s Minister, Wada Nas, 27 years ago – a Per Second News timeline
His comment that Nigeria may not attain its potential with bad leaders following annulment of Abiola’s election triggered Wada’s reaction His last...
BIOGRAPHY: The heroic life of Ambassador Walter Carrington
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Senegal and Nigeria) Ambassador Walter Charles Carrington was born on July 24, 1930, in New York...
