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Groom dies in tragic fire hours after wedding

Hours after he got married, an Afghani groom in his 20s died in a fire that gutted the flat where he and his bride...

UN urged to act on ‘slaughter’ of Benue residents

In a letter addressed to United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) urged UN to take...

Was Super Eagles Uchenna Okafor’s Death A Suicide or Not? Family Seeks Answers in 7th Year Anniversary

Today marks the 7th anniversary of the death of Super Eagles star, Uchenna Okafor, who was found dead in his Little Elm home,...

Days after brutal attack, Herdsmen strike again at Benue, killing nine persons

[dropcap]A[/dropcap]t least nine persons were killed in Logo Local Government area of Benue state in the early hours of Saturday in a fresh...

Philippe Coutinho: Liverpool agree £142m deal with Barcelona for Brazil midfielder

Liverpool have agreed a £142m deal with Barcelona for Brazil midfielder Philippe Coutinho in what will be the second most expensive transfer of...

Two planes filled with passengers collide on runway during take-off

One Kuwait airplane won’t be leaving New York anytime soon: two airplanes collided at the JFK International airport on Saturday, damaging the aircraft....

Fire and Fury: 15 damaging excerpts from the tell-all book about Donald Trump

The following are excerpts from “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” an incendiary new book by Michael Wolff which was rushed...

Dakuku a resilient, loyal, patriot and humble servant- Ameachi

Minister of Transportation Rotimi Amaechi has said that he forged bond with the Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA),...

Elumelu named 2017 ‘Philanthropist of the year’

Mr Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman of Heirs Holdings and founder Tony Elumelu Foundation, (TEF) has been named Per Second News 2017 “philanthropist of...

Why Trump tries hard to block release of book ‘fire and fury

Trump’s lawyers moved to prevent the release of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” – an exposé by author and political...

Liverpool’s Salah wins African Player of the Year award

Prolific Liverpool scorer Mohamed Salah was named African Player of the Year in Ghanaian capital Accra on Thursday the first Egyptian to win...

Governor Obaseki’s arrest of BUA staff highlights impunity, disregard for court order

The BUA group Thursday faulted governor Godwin Obaseki’s gestapo-style forceful shutdown of a mining site operated by BUA, despite a subsisting court pronouncement that the...

Baru says 4,501 trucks loaded with fuel disappeared in December with 148, 533 million litres

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Maikanti Baru, has said that the nation lost about 148,533000 million litres of...

Airline pilot leaves cockpit, ‘slaps’ co-pilot following mid-air fight 

It is very common among us to crack jokes about what would happen if no one is flying the flight we are in....

Nigeria Police attack NAN reporter in Kaduna as Buhari declares open dry port

  Journalists in Nigeria had enjoyed some level of serenity in the execution of their professional duties without fear of intimidation, until the...

In Nigeria, U.K based journalist Daniel Elombah gives account of his arrest

I was abducted by SARS My name is Daniel Elombah, a UK based lawyer and publisher. On the 1st day of January 2018,...