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COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa

Facebook (Meta) shares sink 12% further as daily user decrease

  Meta shares slumped 12.18 per cent extending losses for the third day after its record plunge last week, Per Second News gathered....

NFF names Amuneke Super Eagles Chief Coach, Eguavoen Technical Adviser

      The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has announced the appointment of a former coach of Tanzania, Emmanuel Amuneke as the Chief...

Shun ethnic, religious politics, Vice-President Osinbajo tells professionals in politics

    As the nation inches towards the 2023 polls, professionals in politics should shun the temptation for ethnic, religious politics and other...

Rent Bill: Senate proposes 3-month jail term, N1m fine for landlords who demand advance payments

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Nigerian Senate on Monday proposed a bill seeking a three-month jail term or N1 million fine...

FG takes delivery of EU-donated 2m doses of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     The Federal Government said on Monday that it has taken delivery of two million doses of...

What Is Nigeria’s Government For? Financial Times’ Article That Got Buhari’s Govt Talking

  By David Pilling On the British Airways flight between London and Nigeria’s administrative capital of Abuja, one of the airline’s most profitable...

Senegal declares public holiday to celebrate Nations cup title

President  Macky Sallowed has declared Monday a public holiday to celebrate the national football team’s first Africa Cup of Nations title following their...

The world is now a safer place, says Israel PM

Israel Prime minister Naftali Bennett has said “The world is now a safer place thanks to the courageous operation of the US forces,...

SERAP to Buhari: Rescind approval for security agencies to access people’s personal details via NIN-SIM linkage 

      President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to use his good offices to urgently review and rescind the approval for security...

Nigeria’s unbridled population growth, a liability, now world’s poverty centre, says expert

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Worried by Nigeria’s ever rising population to become world’s 5th biggest population, an economist and Chief Executive...

Council of Igbo States in Americas (CISA) elects Engr. James Umekwe President, pledges Igbo cultural heritage advancement  

    Engr. James Ogbuka Umekwe has been elected the President of the Council of Igbo States in Americas (CISA) to pilot the...

Osinbajo, Gowon, Jonathan, governors bid ex-Nigerian leader, Shonekan, farewell in Lagos

    Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) on Friday led Nigerians from all walks of life including former Head of State, retired Gen. Yakubu...

Legal profession bigwigs, SANs, politicians converge in Osun to discuss, “The Laws of God and the Laws of Man at the Intersection of Justice’’  

    Senior lawyers and politicians will converge on Ere-Ijesa, in Osun State to discuss a lecture topic, “The Laws of God and...

Africa records 1.1m new cancer cases  annually – WHO

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2022 World Cancer Day,...

In 2021, Nigeria loses $4bn to oil thieves, threat to nation’s corporate existence, economy — Elumelu

    Nigeria lost about $4 billion to oil thieves in the three quarters of 2021 and such funds are being use to...