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Cross River, Kogi’s intransigence on COVID-19: Buhari to intervene, says PTF

      President Muhammadu Buhari will take a decision over the seeming “intransigence’’of  Kogi and Cross River States in the COVID-19 fight,...

Umar to Buhari: Nigeria dangerously polarized, sliding into crisis over lopsided appointments.

    faults Service Chiefs’ appointments     In what appears like a nudge, President Muhammadu Buhari has been cautioned that Nigeria under...

Oil Minister, Sylva, congratulates nine-member NNPC board

  Following the reconstitution of the Board of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Minister of State for Petroleum and Alternate Chairman of...

Revealed: Ex-NNPC GMD, Baru, died of COVID-19

  The late Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr Maikanti Kachalla Baru, may have died of COVID-19, Persecondnews has...

Governance: Buhari to Nigerians: We are your servants, not masters

  “Elected officials are servants, not masters. They govern at your discretion. The authority is yours to grant – and it is yours...

Banditry poses threat to food production in Northwest, alerts  El-Rufai

      Kaduna State Gov. Nasir El-Rufai, says banditry in the Northwest area of the country poses a serious threat to food...

AfDB Probe: Obasanjo cries foul, says bank may be hijacked by foreign interests

  Adesina has performed creditably Unimpressed by the insistence of the U.S. on an independent investigation into some allegations against the President of...

English Premier League cleared to resume season June 17

  The Premier League season is set to restart on 17 June with Aston Villa v Sheffield United and Manchester City v Arsenal,...

Alleged corruption at AfDB : I’m unperturbed, innocent, says Dr Adesina

        In spite of spirited efforts in some quarters to tarnish his reputation and prejudice the bank’s governance procedures, the...

COVID-19: Invest in inclusive education for Nigerian children, Presidential Aide urges stakeholders

      Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals (SSAP-SDGs), says it is imperative for...

I will not annul Kyari’s visitors’ appointments, memos, other commitments – Pres. Buhari

    The Presidency has reacted to some media reports speculating that President Muhammadu Buhari had annulled memos and appointments signed off by...

Post-COVID-19 lockdown: Airlines to raise fares by 45 per cent — FAAN

                A 45 percent increase in air fares will be charged by airlines when flight operations...

WHO suspends trials of hydroxychloroquine, citing safety

    The World Health Organization announced Monday a “temporary pause” on the inclusion of an anti-malarial drug. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said...

New Study: No evidence hydroxychloroquine treats covid-19

  A large observational study involving 96,000 patients in the United States of America shows no evidence that an antimalarial drug treats the coronavirus....

COVID-19: Rwanda deploys Robots to screen, deliver food, medications to patients

    In a bold step to reduce contacts between medics and patients in the fight against Coronavirus,  Rwandan Government says it has...

COVID-19 realities ‘ll form part of legislative agenda, Gbajabiamila

    The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, said on Tuesday that the 9th National Assembly would re-work its...