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U.S. citizen and his Nigerian accomplice, both pilots, convicted of trafficking multi-ton loads of cocaine on board an aircraft
Two men — Jean-Claude Okongo Landji and Jibril Adamu – have been convicted of conspiring to traffic five kilograms and more of...
Inequalities, unfair policies responsible for growing unrests by the people, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has attributed the growing social unrest globally to inequalities and unfair policies that exclude majority from opportunities for participation....
Breaking news: Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira, launch: 200,000 wallets downloaded in 24 hours
Barely 24 hours after Nigeria’s digital currency eNaira was unveiled by the Federal Government, Nigerians have downloaded almost 200,000 wallets. Persecondnews findings...
Kanu: UN queries Nigerian Govt over his “illegal rendition” from Kenya to Nigeria, alleged torture in custody
The United Nations has expressed serious concern over what it called reported illegal rendition of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of...
Gombe Reps attack Sen. Goje, say activities subversive, anti-people
The heat has been turned on Senator Danjuma Goje, a former Gombe governor, for his alleged plot to subvert a bill passed...
Nigeria’s digital currency, eNaira, debuts, the first in Africa
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Monday launched the much anticipated eNaira digital currency, after it was postponed from the Oct....
Just in: Another military putsch in Sudan, soldiers sack transitional government
A coup by the Sudanese military has now fully unraveled after it announced the dissolution of the transitional government headed by prime...
Gunmen blast Oyo prisons wall, free 837 inmates, 262 recaptured
Following the blasting of the Nigeria Correctional Service in Oyo, Oyo State, on Friday night, no fewer than 837 awaiting trial inmates...
Days after terrorists’ attack, Abuja-Kaduna Train Service restored
“I think what is significant is that the repair was done by our own Nigerian engineers and completed in record time” “By...
Justice Minister’s terrorism allegation : Igboho replies, says l’m a businessman, not a terrorist
“Malami is only operating at the realm of conjectures and challenged him to come out with facts to prove his allegations” “Igboho...
NCC warns android phone users against new damaging malware, “Flubot”
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh “The malware is circulated through Short Message Service (SMS) and can snoop “on incoming notifications, initiate calls, read...
Nnamdi Kanu’s instigated, fueled IPOB violence, #EndSARS to kill security operatives, destroy properties — FG
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Federal Government has alleged that the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, is...
Borno Govt announces closure of all IDP camps in Maiduguri by Dec. 31
Citing what it called improved security situation, Borno Government says latest by December 31, 2021, all internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in...
Federal Government, CBN mull devaluation of the Naira, says Finance Minister
The plan by the Federal Government to devalue the naira came to the fore on Friday as the Minister of Finance,...
Many hospitals in Nigeria transfusing expired blood to patients, DG, Blood Commission reveals
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Director-General of the Nigeria Blood Services Commission, Dr Omale Joseph, has alleged that many hospitals in the...
Internet scams, money laundering: Eight Nigerians nabbed in Cape Town, South Africa, face 20 years in prison, $500,000 fine
“They were charged in Trenton City federal court in New Jersey even as the U.S. authorities await their extradition” “In Cape Town,...
