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We are ready to help Nigeria identify sponsors of terrorism, says U.S.

  “This truly is an opportunity to bring together the capabilities on the human side and what the A-29 brings to the nation,...

Just in: Former Governor, servant face trial for alleged trespass, mischief and theft

For allegedly ordering a man to break the padlock of a shop in Gwagwalada Main Market, Abuja, where goods worth over N3.55 million...

Dangote’s $2bn 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity petrochemical plant in Lagos to produce 77 grades of Polypropylene — Official

  With a 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity, Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki on Island is to produce 77...

Buhari to Nigerians: Let’s cast asunder those seeking to divide us for financial, political gains

  “But to achieve success, our communities must unite against these horrific attacks. Retributive violence is not the answer” “While these troubled communities...

COVID-19: Emirates extends suspension of Nigerian flights until Sept. 5

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As part of measures to curtail the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Dubai-based carrier, Emirates Airlines, has extended...

Just In: intractable banditry: Senator’s son, a pilot, killed

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Banditry has taken a turn for the worst in Kaduna with the son of Senator Bala Na Allah...

Buhari lauds Nigeria’s 5.01 per cent GDP growth in Q2 2021

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the recent report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), showing a third...

FG disburses N24bn to Katsina, Yobe, Ebonyi, FCT for ranching 

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To facilitate cattle ranching in some states, the Federal Government says it has given three states and the Federal...

Buhari excited about another feat by 44-year-old NNPC, announces N287bn as its 2020 profit-after-tax

  Another first, landmark achievement has been recorded by the Buhari administration, this time in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under the...

Gov. Ortom’s outbursts, retired Commodore Olawunmi’s expose: Channels TV queried, presenters summoned by NBC

Channels Television presenters have been summoned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing interviews critical of President Muhammadu Buhari. Persecondnews recalls that...

Insecurity: Zamfara Governor to Buhari: Declare  state of emergency now in the North

Overwhelmed by the intractable security challenges in the Northern part of the country, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle, has called on the Buhari administration...

Federal lawmakers at an interactive session, laud NNPC’s Kyari, say “You Have Made Our Day”

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday received accolades from the House of...

Just in: DSTV to pay FG N900bn as tax backlog, Tax Appeal Tribunal orders

  Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, is to pay 50 per cent of N1.8 trillion tax backlog to the...

Plateau massacre: Gov. Lalong storms Aso Rock, says perpetrators will be prosecuted

  “For over six years now, we have been enjoying peace in Plateau State, so anybody that wants to take Plateau back to...

Daredevil tenant kills landlord with stone over electricity bill 

In what appeared like a daredevilry act, a tenant has let loose his anger on his landlord fatally, who had asked him for his...

School children kidnapping most thriving, lucrative industry in Nigeria, fast impoverishing ransom-paying parents

  Amid a rash of abductions in the Northwest Nigeria put at 1,000 students and pupils since December 2020, parents of abductees have...