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FG restates commitment to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty in the next decade

      Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Ikanade Agba, has assured Nigerians that the Federal Government is...

Per Second News Launches Reporters’ Center for Citizen Reporting And Engagement

  Per Second News, a transnational news medium, has unveiled a new app to empower citizens with tools to publicly document quality of...

Sahara Reporters’ defamation: Justice Minister, Malami, heads to court

  Embarrassed by Sahara Reporters’ defamatory publications, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) has given the...

Troops rescue kidnapped victims in Sokoto, Zamfara

      Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have rescued three kidnapped victims in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State and two...

COVID-19: Compel 36 governors to fund healthcare with security votes, SERAP urges court

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken the 36 state governors to court asking for an order to ccompel...

COVID-19: ECOWAS, WAHO donate $8m equipment, others to Nigeria

In aid of Nigeria’s COVID-19 response and fight, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the West African Health Organisation have...

Buhari breaks silence on Magu, says days of corrupt officials with halo on their heads are numbered 

      …remains our mantra and guiding principle     As the investigation of Mr lbrahim Magu continues, the Presidency on Saturday read...

Kyari to PPMC Board : Sustain energy sufficiency in Nigeria

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has urged the newly reconstituted Board of the Petroleum...

Nigerian women seek old ways of giving birth amid pandemic

  By Valentine Iwenwanne When Junaid Barakat’s waters broke just after midnight, instead of heading to a hospital she sought assistance from a...

Adulterous Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor, Gideon Bakare, sacked

Adulterous Redeemed Christian Church of God pastor, Gideon Bakare, has been stripped of the office of pastor for his moral depravity.  He has...

Corrupt politicians Must not celebrate over Magu’s ordeal

  Forces bent on putting a stop to the anti-corruption campaign are amalgamating forces to politicize and stampede the process of impartial investigation...

US commence formal exit from World Health Organisation

  The United States has formally initiated the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organisation, the UN announced on Tuesday. President Donald...

Magu should be above board as anti-graft czar, says Presidency 

  The probe of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, has further reinforced President Muhammadu Buhari’s...

Coronavirus pushing up child marriage in Afghanistan

  Aatifa, 16, had dreamt of becoming an accountant, but that dream was cut short nearly a month ago when she got pregnant...

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle say Commonwealth must right wrongs of colonialism

  Prince Harry and wife Meghan Markle in a new video gone viral encouraged Britain to acknowledge “the uncomfortable” past of the Commonwealth as...

Lagos boat tragedy: Seven bodies recovered as rescue operation ends

    Seven people have been confirmed dead in the Lagos boat mishap with 14 others rescued alive as the rescue operation ended...