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DSS detains Daily Independent’s Abuja Bureau Chief
The Department of State Services, which arrested and detained Tony Ezimakor, the Independent Newspapers’ Abuja Bureau Chief, on Wednesday, has held on to...
Chibok and Dapchi girls: The whoredom of karma
By Sufuyan Ojeifo “History repeats itself, first as tragedy, and second, as farce.” -Karl Marx On Monday, February 19, 2018, Boko Haram insurgents...
Woman burned when her mobile phone catches fire mid-flight
A passenger was burned when her cell phone caught fire onboard a Canadian domestic flight on Thursday morning, officials said. The incident occurred...
Buhari’s son back in Abuja after medical treatment abroad
Yusuf Buhari returned to Nigeria after a month-long medical treatment abroad. “We thank God for the return of our son Yusuf today after...
China development bank, UBA sign letter of intent for $100 million loan deal to support SMEs Africa
United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, a pan-African banking group and China Development Bank (CDB), the world’s largest development finance institution, on February...
Trump’s aide Hope Hicks resigns
Hope Hicks, one of Donald Trump’s longest-serving aides, is resigning as the US president’s communications director, the White House said Wednesday. “Hope is...
Nigeria reports record high Lassa fever cases with 317
Health authorities say a Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria has reached a record high and there are suspected cases in neighboring Benin as...
Ndoma-Egba on Elumelu: He’s a gift to Africa, an inspiration to the World
Chairman governing board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba Wednesday said Entrepreneur and business man Tony Elumelu is a...
Elumelu Receives 2017 Philanthropist of the Year Award
Chairman of Heirs Holdings Limited Mr Tony Elumelu received the Per Second News 2017 ‘Philanthropist of the Year’ award Wednesday at a breakfast...
SGF to board chairmen : Don’t interfere in day- to day operations of parastatals
The Federal Government has read riot act to boards chairmen and members of parastatals under the Office of the Secretary to the...
FG sets up committee to probe abduction of Dapchi girls
The Federal Government has set up a 12-member committee to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls...
Paying lip service to graft fight ridicules exercise – Itse Sagay
Chairman of PACAC, Prof. Itse Sagay Tuesday said paying lip service to the fight against corruption ridicules the whole exercise. “Fighting corruption cannot...
Dapchi 110: The tragedy of a nation By Reuben Abati
Karma is a bitch. Poetic justice is a bastard. Both have combined to wrong-foot the incumbent Buhari administration to make it look like...
With fresh momentum, Buhari urges party members to work for victory in 2019
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]resident Muhammadu Buhari has said he is aware of criticism of his administration’s slow pace of work, particularly, the delay in appointments to...
Transfer us out of Maiduguri, freed UNIMAID lecturers plead
President Muhamamdu Buhari Monday revealed why it took seven months for the three university of Maiduguri lecturers and eight months for the...
110 students missing from Dapchi, says FG
The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after...
