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President Buhari attends Ghana’s 61st Independence anniversary celebrations

President Muhammadu Buhari will Monday depart for Accra, Ghana to attend the country’s 61st Independence Anniversary celebrations holding at the Independence Square on...

Buhari to finally visit Yobe, Zamfara

President Muhammadu Buhari will finally make his visit to some states that have witnessed terrorist attacks, communal clashes and criminal activities, according to...

Dangote donates N1.2 billion business school to BUK

The business educational development of Northern Nigeria took a new turn at the weekend when the renowned businessman, Aliko DANGOTE donated a N1.2...

Osinbajo: We are waiting on National Assembly for 2018 budget

Q: Revamping Nigeria’s education system. Vice President: If you will recall about a few months ago, I think it was in January, we had...

Buhari, 14 governors attend Ganduje, Ajimobi children’s wedding in Kano

At least a dozen governors, including President Muhammadu Buhari, was in Kano on Saturday, to grace the wedding ceremony of Fatima Ganduje and...

2019 presidency, Moghalu and prebendal politics

  By Sufuyan Ojeifo I received a verbal invitation on February 22, 2018 to attend a world press conference by former deputy governor of...

Our fragile media freedom: Are Journalists and Journalism under attack in Nigeria?

By Victoria Ayuwei, PerSecond News Twenty-three years after the crackdown on the media and the pro-democracy movements during the Military regime, Nigeria seems to...

In A Turnaround, Pastor Sam Adeyemi Declares the Practice of Tithing Has Expired, No Christian Should Be Forced to Pay

Pastor Sam Adeyemi, a world-renowned prosperity preacher and leader of the Daystar Christian Centre, who in the past taught that tithing was a requirement...

I Made No Money From Oscar-Nominated Performance- Mary J. Blige

Just because Mary J. Blige has two Oscar nominations doesn’t mean that translates into coins. She claims that despite her history-making role in...

In Pictures: Jennifer Eliogu performing at the Per Second News ‘Celebration of Philanthropy’

Dignitaries, guests were treated to a live performance by actress and singer Jennifer Eliogu in an exclusive display at the Southern Sun hotel, Ikoyi,...

Whitney Houston Did Not Die From Drugs- Bobby Brown

In a very revealing interview music star Bobby Brown was asked about the death of his ex-wife, Whitney Houston. Surprisingly, he admits that despite drugs...

No more widespread disappearance of fertilizer trucks under my watch- Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has applauded the successes of the Presidential Fertilizer Initiative, which according to him has ended the dark days of fertilizer...

12 Star-performer hacks for Nigerian professionals

The vicissitudes of work throw different things at us. Some get to the workplace and find their rhythm or get direction for their...

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...