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71 students duped in fake US conference; visas revoked by embassy
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he United States Embassy has expressed worry over the unrelenting attitude of applicants to patronize visa vendors, which end up packaging them with...
At least 2 heads of state expected at 4th Tony Elumelu Foundation’s 4th annual largest gathering of African entrepreneurs
By Ruth Olurounbi, Business Editor, Abuja More than 5,000 entrepreneurs, global investors, leaders from the African public and private sectors as well...
NUJ urge Nigeria Police to honour press freedom, release journalist
The Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Tuesday night urged the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Kpotum Idris, to respect the freedom of the...
Apart Monthly Allocation To Police, State Governors Spent N2 Trillion on Police Operations Nationwide
By Opeoluwa Abegunde Governors of the 36 states on Tuesday said it expended more than N2 trillion in augmenting police operations nationwide in the...
Acting President Orders Immediate Overhaul of notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS
….Directs investigation on alleged violations of the squad By Opeoluwa Abegunde In apparent bid to breathe life into the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),...
Nigeria’s July oil production rose by 70,000 barrels, OPEC says
As global output averaged 32.3 million barrels By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria’s oil output rose by as much as 70,000 barrels...
75 -Year-Old Elderly Man Stabbed to Death Inside his House in Brutal and Horrific Attack
Warning: Graphic Content. Viewer discretion is advised The body of an apparent stabbing victim was discovered in an Amuwo-Odofin apartment in Lagos Saturday,...
CBN survey finds Nigerian businesses expectant of naira appreciation this month
As firms expect inflation rates to decline A new Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) survey report released on Friday has found that...
Bauchi Bye-Election Candidate Says ‘Buhari for Life President’ Reason for Senate Bid
The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in today’s Bauchi South Senatorial District bye-election, Lawal-Yahaya Gumau, is more committed to legislation that...
Loaded guns, PVCs and massive wads of cash found at Abuja home of sacked DSS DG
An arsenal of loaded weapons – including an Uzi sub-machine gun – hundreds of assault rifles and a vast quantity of PVCs and...
Only two-thirds of Senators present at a meeting is needed to impeach Saraki – Sagay
The Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Itse Sagay (SAN), on Thursday said that Senate President Bukola Saraki, can be impeached by two-thirds...
In 2017: 21,476 Nigerians overstayed their visas in the U.S
A total of 21,476 Nigerians have overstayed their visas to the United States within the last one year, Per Second News gathered in Washington...
Lagos likely to be thrown in darkness as NUEE, Ikeja Electric spat over sack of 40 members
Nigerians in the country’s most populous city, Lagos state, are likely to experience an extended period of darkness due to an ongoing spat...
Social media on fire over sack, arrest of DG DSS
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]cting President Prof Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday threw the social media world into a frenzy with a statement sacking the Director-General of the Department...
Government shutdown looming, Senate leader warns
The federal republic of Nigeria is facing a government shutdown should the National Assembly decline to reconvene to strike a deal over approval...
Heat wave could be behind Swiss crash of vintage plane that killed 20 in the Alps
A record heatwave across Europe that sent temperatures in Switzerland as high as 94 may have caused the crash of a vintage propeller plane that...
