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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...
My boxer-wife has turned me to punching bag, says hubby seeking divorce
A spineless husband, Gbade Olaniyi, whose wife treats with disdain and disrespect, has asked the court to sever his relationship with the...
FG inaugurates Gas Transportation Network Code to engender domestic use, economic development
In a bid to enhance the use of gas as a catalyst for national economic development, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
Buruji Kashamu (1958 -2020) By Reuben Abati
Then let them laugh and rejoice in our man’s ill-luck. Alive perhaps they felt no need of him, but...
Tackle causes of insurgency, North-East governors tell FG
In a bid to successfully fight the seemingly intractable insurgency in the North East, the governors in the zone on Monday called on...
