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N40bn: Court affirms SERAP’s right to stop ‘double pay, pensions for Akpabio, Amaechi, Saraki, others’

The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “sufficient interest to bring its suit to...

DSS Arrest Student for Converting From Islam to Christianity

Detectives from the Department of State Security Services, DSS, have allegedly arrested a university student in Nasarawa state for converting from Islam to...

Thousands of US women in protest slams Trump, encourage voting

Demonstrators from Los Angeles to New York marched in support of female empowerment and denounced President Donald Trump’s views on immigration, abortion, LGBT...

The $321m Abacha loot: Much ado for nothing

By Sufuyan Ojeifo Nigeria must have had a swell Christmas if the provision of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Swiss...

Fulani herdsmen on a farmland

Herdsmen on rampage: When will Mr. President bite the bullet?

”The warnings pile up, the distress signals have turned into a prolonged howl of despair and rage. The answer is not to be...

U.S government shutdown may affect visa applicants across the globe

The U.S Embassy in Nigeria and across the globe might be closing down due to the government shutdown, Per Second News gathered. U.S...

Student shoots principal dead

The principal of one of the leading schools in India’s Haryana’s Yamunanagar was on Saturday shot dead by a Class 12 student in...

Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Dabiri-Erewa, Others Hail Appointment of Abubakar As New NIA DG Despite Furor

President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of Mr Ahmed Rufai Abubakar as the new director general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA),  has provoked chorus of outrage...

A new blood test can detect eight different cancers in their early stage

Scientists have developed a noninvasive blood test that can detect signs of eight types of cancerlong before any symptoms of the disease arise....

New study shows how Nigerian students use alcohol to boost brainpower in exams

  Its no secret that Nigerians love alcohol.  The Nigerian Breweries (NB) in its published Q2 2017 results announced that sales grew by 12%...

Why I stand with Buhari By Femi Adesina

These are very difficult times in our country. Sad, mournful and dolorous times, as the New Year opened with killings in Rivers, Kaduna,...

Tracking Down Terrorist Financing: Osinbajo inaugurates nine – man sanctions committee

As Nigeria war on terror nears its sixth year, efforts to dismantle terrorist financial networks remain an essential part of the Buhari administration’s...

Buhari rejects ethnic bias allegations, says I got a paltry 198,000 votes from SE, yet they have 4 ministers

[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Muhammadu Buhari has forcefully rejected accusations that he has ethnic bias views. “Seven states of the North are only represented in my...

Boko Haram strike again in Adamawa kills 5

The reinvigorated Military and law enforcement agents presence in the Northeast received another major blow Thursday as militants suspected to be Boko Haram killed...

Amosun says Ogun is Nigeria’s religious capital

The Ogun State Governor, Ibikunle Amosun on Friday said that the state is the religious capital of Nigeria. “As a matter of fact...

Calabar Carnival: How Heritage Bank’s partnerships is making Nigeria tourism destination in Africa

The enormous richness and diversity of Nigeria’s culture has always been considered as strong reason why tourism should be a primary foreign exchange...