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Monthly N250bn subsidy robs Nigeria of N3trn revenue annually from NNPC Ltd, says Finance Minister
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) is incapacitated to remit about N3 trillion yearly into the Federation Account because of...
Hard times: Father, mother sell two daughters for N700,000 to settle debts
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 40-year-old man has been apprehended by operatives of the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Nigeria Security and...
New National Carrier — Air Nigeria — for inauguration April 2022, says Aviation Minister
Nigeria’s new national carrier, Air Nigeria, will debut by April 2022, according to the Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika. The new national...
N4.9bn laundering charge: Femi Fani-Kayode in EFCC net
Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation and new arrival in the All Progressives Congress (APC), has again been “invited” by the Economic...
CBN retains benchmark interest rate at 11.5%
The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Tuesday retained the monetary policy rate (MPR), which measures interest rate,...
Oil prices near $80 as US set to release 50mn barrels of oil to ease energy costs
Oil prices steadied near $80 a barrel on Tuesday after the United States announced plans to release up to 50 million barrels of...
Baba Suwe Dead: Nigeria’s ace actor and comedian passes on at 63
Nollywood ace actor, Alhaji King Babatunde Ayinla Nurudeen Olasunkanmi Omidina, a.k.a Baba Suwe, Nigeria’s celebrated veteran comic actor, is dead. His death has...
Water truck crashes into Max Air plane at Abuja airport
A water bowser truck collided with a Max Air jet on Sunday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe airport, Persecondnews.com gathered. The truck during approach hit...
President Biden to host US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington, DC
President Joe Biden will welcome leaders from across the African continent to Washington,DC capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit next year,...
Global health tops agenda as G7 foreign ministers meet in Liverpool
Global health, human rights and economic resilience after the Covid-19 pandemic will top agenda as G7 foreign and development ministers gather in...
3 passengers injured as gun goes off by accident at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
A gun accidentally went off after being discovered at an X-ray checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday, Persecondnews.com gathered. Dozens of passengers went...
Incredible! Federal Government pays professors N416,000 monthly salary, ASUU Chairman says
Nigerian professors and other academics especially those on the employ of the Federal Government and states are poorly paid, the Academic Staff...
Ogun Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniran, quits
The Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Akingbolahan Adeniran, has quit his job. The news of his resignation dominated...
