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Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed joins battle front to fight rebels

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has reportedly joined the front line where government forces are battling rebels from the Tigray region, Persecondnews.com gathered. Mr Abiy,...

Monthly N250bn subsidy robs Nigeria of N3trn revenue annually from NNPC Ltd, says Finance Minister

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) is incapacitated to remit about N3 trillion yearly into the Federation Account because of...

ICTN contract scandal latest: Another civil society group petitions VP Osinbajo, ICPC, wants project investigated

  The smoke of the fraudulent multi-billion dollar International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) contract perpetrated at the Federal Ministry of Transportation is still...

FG to replace fuel subsidy with N5,000 monthly transport grant to poor Nigerians in 2022 – Minister

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has disclosed that the federal government...

Oil prices near $80 as US set to release 50mn barrels of oil to ease energy costs

Oil prices steadied near $80 a barrel on Tuesday after the United States announced plans to release up to 50 million barrels of...

#EndSARS Report: Lai Mohammed spits fire, calls it triumph of fake news, intimidation of silent majority by a vociferous lynch mob

  In what appears like a preemptive action, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday flipped his lid and...

Looted N6trn NDDC funds: Again SERAP drags Buhari to court, wants names of suspected looters published

    President Muhammadu Buhari has been sued at the lawcourt for his alleged failure to publish the names of those indicted in the...

3 passengers injured as gun goes off by accident at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

A gun accidentally went off after being discovered at an X-ray checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Saturday, Persecondnews.com gathered. Dozens of passengers went...

U.S. Pres. Biden in hospital for routine colonoscopy, transfers power to VP Harris

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris pose for a photo as they ride in the Presidential limousine from Emory University in...

U.S advocacy groups criticize Biden administration for removing Nigeria from top religious freedom violators list

  Top U.S federal religious freedom advisory panel and Religious freedom advocacy groups are criticizing the Biden administration for removing Nigeria from the U.S....

U.S. President Biden directs FTC to wade into high cost of gasoline, punish any wrongdoing by oil and gas companies

  I do not accept hard-working Americans paying more for gas because of anti-competitive or otherwise potentially illegal conduct, he declares   “I...

Nigerian Professors

Incredible! Federal Government pays professors N416,000 monthly salary, ASUU Chairman says

  Nigerian professors and other academics especially those on the employ of the Federal Government and states are poorly paid, the Academic Staff...

#EndSARS Lekki plaza massacre disinformation: Resign Now ! ex-NAN MD tells Information Minister, Lai Mohammed

  A scathing condemnation from a newspaper publisher and former Managing Director of NAN News Agency of Nigeria), Mr Bayo Onanuga, has greeted the...

Ogun State Attorney general

Ogun Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniran, quits

  The Ogun State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Akingbolahan Adeniran, has quit his job. The news of his resignation dominated...

Africa Continental Free Trade Area will emerge world’s largest free trade area soon — AfDB President, Adesina

With over 50 countries harmonizing tariffs, rules and standards, the Africa Continental Free Trade Area will soon become the largest free trade area...

FG to clamp down on COVID-19 vaccination certificate racketeers, prosecute them

…promised to vaccinate 50% of Nigerians by end of January 2022   The Federal Government says it will soon clamp down on COVID-19...