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  Subsidy removal: Petrol marketers now to fix pump price
  
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  In line with the new pricing regime for petrol, marketers are now free to fix the price of the commodity, the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency...
  
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  Senate President Lawan leads Senate delegation on solidarity visit to Kalu
  
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  Senate President Lawan leads Senate delegation on solidarity visit to Kalu after his release from Kuje Correctional Facility on Thursday
  
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  Nigeria nominates Okonjo-Iweala for DG, World Trade Organization
  
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  Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former Minister of Finance, has been nominated for election as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by President...
  
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  Police nab three dare-devil siblings for kidnap, murder of widow
  
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  Three bloodthirsty siblings, who allegedly kidnapped and gruesomely murdered a 55-year old mother of five in Abuja and bolted to Imo State, are now...
  
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  Senate Probe Panel Indicts Akpabio Over NDDC N500m Project Scam
  
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  The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Sen. Godswill Akpabio, may have soiled his hands in a N500 million Niger Delta Development Commission's project fraud as...
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Octogenarian ex-Ondo State Gov. Olomilua dies

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Elderstateman and one-time Governor of the old Ondo State, Evangelist Bamidele Olomilua, has passed on. The 80 years old breathed his last at his country home, Ikere Ekiti in Ekiti State Thursday morning. Persecondnews recalls that Olumilua was elected governor in the botched...

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Hidden pandemic of domestic violence alongside COVID-19 by Patricia Scotland

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By Patricia Scotland, Commonwealth Secretary-General Waking up to screams, thuds, angry shouting and the sickening sound of someone crashing into a wall, a table, a door. This is the cruel reality of many children and young people across our Commonwealth. As...

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The NCDC reports there are now 11,166 coronavirus cases in Nigeria

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The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) on Wednesday reported at least 348 new cases of coronavirus in Nigeria. Breakdown of cases 348 new cases of #COVID19; Lagos-163 FCT-76 Ebonyi-23 Rivers-21 Delta-8 Nasarawa-8 Niger-8 Enugu-6 Bauchi-5 Edo-5 Ekiti-5 Ondo-5 Gombe-5 Benue-4 Ogun-2...

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Majek Fashek: An archetypal musician, song writer, ace guitarist, says Information Minister

PER SECOND NEWS - June 3, 2020 0

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has expressed deep condolences over the passing on of Makej Fashek, saying he will be remembered for his timeless songs. The groundbreaking album, 'Prisoner of Conscience', which featured timeless songs like 'Send Down The Rain',...

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Budgetary cuts in health, education: SERAP reports Buhari, NASS to UN

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The anti-corruption and good governance crusaders, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked three United Nations special rapporteurs to prevail on the Federal Government and the National Assembly to immediately reverse the disproportionate and discriminatory budgetary cuts to education and...

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Crime

Reprieve as ICPC withdraws N1.1b fraud charge against ex-Customs boss, Dikko

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After about two years of evading trial, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Inde Dikko and two others were let off the hook on Wednesday as the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) withdrew the...

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Hunger Games – The Socioeconomic Divide and the Response to Disease Outbreaks

PER SECOND NEWS - June 3, 2020 0

By Dr Adaeze Oreh The global count of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has since passed the six million mark, close to half a million families have lost at least one member to the virus and numbers are escalating even in...

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Looking beyond COVID-19: Developing Nigeria’s healthcare system

PER SECOND NEWS - June 3, 2020 0

By Daniel Obaseki The current COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm and shaken the health systems worldwide. Nations that apparently had advanced and sophisticated health systems have struggled to deal with this pandemic. Current morbidity and mortality figures...

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Information Minister inaugurates committee on audience measurement in advertising, wants robust system

PER SECOND NEWS - June 2, 2020 0

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday charged the newly inaugurated committee on advertising to develop a framework that will catalyze a robust audience measurement system that meets global standards. Mohammed said it should also support...

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Alleged impropriety: Buhari meets Adesina, AfDB President

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President Muhammadu Buhari today met with the President of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Adesina has been at the centre of allegations of impropriety at the Abidjan-based financial institution. PerSecondNews recalls that the bank’s...

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Subsidy removal: Petrol marketers now to fix pump price

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Senate President Lawan leads Senate delegation on solidarity visit to Kalu

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Senate President Lawan leads Senate delegation on solidarity visit to Kalu after his release from Kuje Correctional Facility on Thursday

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Tragedy: DPO, seven other policemen, women killed in Kogi

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Armed robbers struck at a branch of a first generation bank in lsanlu, Kogi State, on Thursday leaving a trail of murders of nine people including...

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Nigeria nominates Okonjo-Iweala for DG, World Trade Organization

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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's former Minister of Finance, has been nominated for election as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by President...

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Crime

Police nab three dare-devil siblings for kidnap, murder of widow

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Three bloodthirsty siblings, who allegedly kidnapped and gruesomely murdered a 55-year old mother of five in Abuja and bolted to Imo State, are now...

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COVID-19 LIVE UPDATE

World 6,714,314

World

Confirmed: 6,714,314

Active: 3,059,635

Recovered: 3,261,271

Death: 393,408
USA 1,924,189

USA

Confirmed: 1,924,189

Active: 1,101,758

Recovered: 712,252

Death: 110,179
Brazil 615,870

Brazil

Confirmed: 615,870

Active: 306,834

Recovered: 274,997

Death: 34,039
Russia 441,108

Russia

Confirmed: 441,108

Active: 231,101

Recovered: 204,623

Death: 5,384
Spain 287,740

Spain

Confirmed: 287,740

Active: 260,607

Recovered: ?

Death: 27,133
UK 281,661

UK

Confirmed: 281,661

Active: 241,757

Recovered: ?

Death: 39,904
Italy 234,013

Italy

Confirmed: 234,013

Active: 38,429

Recovered: 161,895

Death: 33,689
India 227,029

India

Confirmed: 227,029

Active: 111,204

Recovered: 109,462

Death: 6,363
Germany 184,923

Germany

Confirmed: 184,923

Active: 7,687

Recovered: 168,500

Death: 8,736
Turkey 167,410

Turkey

Confirmed: 167,410

Active: 31,002

Recovered: 131,778

Death: 4,630
France 152,444

France

Confirmed: 152,444

Active: 53,403

Recovered: 69,976

Death: 29,065
Mexico 105,680

Mexico

Confirmed: 105,680

Active: 17,687

Recovered: 75,448

Death: 12,545
Canada 93,726

Canada

Confirmed: 93,726

Active: 34,350

Recovered: 51,739

Death: 7,637
Saudi Arabia 93,157

Saudi Arabia

Confirmed: 93,157

Active: 23,581

Recovered: 68,965

Death: 611
China 83,027

China

Confirmed: 83,027

Active: 66

Recovered: 78,327

Death: 4,634
Netherlands 46,942

Netherlands

Confirmed: 46,942

Active: 40,952

Recovered: ?

Death: 5,990
Sweden 41,883

Sweden

Confirmed: 41,883

Active: 37,321

Recovered: ?

Death: 4,562
South Africa 40,792

South Africa

Confirmed: 40,792

Active: 18,633

Recovered: 21,311

Death: 848
Singapore 37,183

Singapore

Confirmed: 37,183

Active: 13,255

Recovered: 23,904

Death: 24
UAE 37,018

UAE

Confirmed: 37,018

Active: 17,173

Recovered: 19,572

Death: 273
Switzerland 30,913

Switzerland

Confirmed: 30,913

Active: 392

Recovered: 28,600

Death: 1,921
Egypt 29,767

Egypt

Confirmed: 29,767

Active: 20,885

Recovered: 7,756

Death: 1,126
Ireland 25,142

Ireland

Confirmed: 25,142

Active: 780

Recovered: 22,698

Death: 1,664
Japan 17,018

Japan

Confirmed: 17,018

Active: 1,248

Recovered: 14,867

Death: 903
Nigeria 11,516

Nigeria

Confirmed: 11,516

Active: 7,658

Recovered: 3,535

Death: 323
Ghana 8,885

Ghana

Confirmed: 8,885

Active: 5,658

Recovered: 3,189

Death: 38
Morocco 8,003

Morocco

Confirmed: 8,003

Active: 600

Recovered: 7,195

Death: 208
Australia 7,247

Australia

Confirmed: 7,247

Active: 464

Recovered: 6,681

Death: 102
Senegal 4,021

Senegal

Confirmed: 4,021

Active: 1,814

Recovered: 2,162

Death: 45
Kenya 2,340

Kenya

Confirmed: 2,340

Active: 1,670

Recovered: 592

Death: 78