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For the umpteenth time, Wike jets out of Nigeria after Friday’s explosive media chat

Again, Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike, has travelled to London after he addressed a televised “explosive” media chat on Friday at the Government House,...

Alleged assault on policewoman: MKO Abiola’s widow and lawyer, Prof. Duke-Abiola, remanded in prison

For allegedly assaulting a policewoman, Prof. Zainab Duke-Abiola, lawyer and human rights activist and one of the widows of Chief MKO Abiola, was...

Worship4Change to raise N75m for orphans, children with special needs, others

  Worship4Change, a leading non-profit organization in Nigeria, will On October 3, 2022 stage a benefit concert, tagged, “Green Worship 5.0”. The concert...

Just in: 5 people trapped, 2 rescued as another three-storey building collapses in Lagos

Another building has collapsed in Lagos metropolis, this time a three-storey building at Oyesonuga Street on Isolo Road in Mushin. At least, five...

RCCG pastor bags two years in jail for issuing $1.6m dud cheque

Guilt-racked Ayodeji Oluokun, a Pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), City of David Parish, Victoria Island, Lagos, has been convicted...

UNGA 77: Gambari, governors, others laud Buhari’s avowed commitment to credible, fair elections in 2023

The Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, some state governors and ministers on Nigeria’s delegation to the United Nations 77th...

Just in: Senate confirms Ariwoola as Chief Justice of Nigeria

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Persecondnews reports that the Senate...

Breaking: Call off your strike, court orders ASUU

The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Wednesday directed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their year-long ongoing strike. Justice...

We won’t participate in Atiku’s campaign until Ayu resigns, say Wike, others

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and other aggrieved stalwarts of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have pulled out of the campaign Council...

N5.28trn owed by states: Lagos State leads them all with N797.3 bn

Of the N5.281 trillion owed by the states in the country, Lagos State has topped the list of highly indebted states with about...

INEC’s list: Senate President Lawan dropped, Shekarau, Akpabio’s senatorial candidacies confirmed

INEC has published the final list of National Assembly candidates for the 2023 national elections. With the omission, Lawan might have lost his...

Update on INEC list of the 18 presidential candidates and their running mates cleared for 2023 polls

They are: Imumolen Christopher – Accord Party (AP) Al-Mustapha Hamza – Action Alliance (AA) Sowore Omoyele – African Action Congress (AAC) Kachikwu Dumebi...

Dangote Sugar upscales its CSR schemes in Adamawa, Nasarawa

Living up to its billing, a member of Dangote Group — the Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) — has scaled up its Corporate...

Heritage Bank, Gail Sickle Initiative collaborate to rescue sickle cell patients

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS), Heritage Bank Plc has increased the level of its support and intervention for the public...

Dismissed DSS officer turned robber, nine others nabbed over bullion van robbery

A dismissed officer from Department of State Services (DSS), Prosper Israel, has been busted for allegedly attacking and robbing a bank’s bullion van...