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Just in: Lagos Sunday night three-storey building collapse: Death toll rises to five
Late Sunday night three-storey building collapse in Lagos has so far claimed five lives including a mother and her son. Several other occupants...
Indian national commits suicide in his Lagos office
The serenity of Ilupeju area of Lagos was disrupted with the shattering news of an Indian national, Devendra Singh, hanging himself in his...
ASUU strike: NANS to APC, PDP: You must kill us to stage your presidential conventions in Abuja
"Let me say without mincing words, the two major political parties should forget any political gathering in Abuja who elsewhere except there is...
FCT in the throes of kidnappers, “one chance” robbers, bandits
With the rise in cases of kidnapping, ritual killing, one chance robbers across the country, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), residents in...
2023 Presidential race: Ogun leads the pack in APC
By Ayodele Akinsola With the political rat races gathering momentum across the geopolitical zones of the country, not less than four Ogun State...
Nigeria must be recognized as an important partner in Africa, say UK MPs
By Femi Soneye The UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee has described Nigeria as the “forefront of change” in Africa in its new report, Lagos...
Just in: Two of PDP’s 17 presidential aspirants disqualified
The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee has disqualified two of its aspirants. According to the party, the disqualified candidates, whose names...
Air Lease Corp set to lose $802.4 million for leased planes trapped in Russia
Air Lease Corp is about to write off a whooping $802.4 million for leased aircraft trapped in Russia, Persecondnews.com gathered from the American aircraft...
ASUU three-month strike: NLC threatens FG with 3-day warning strike
Unimpressed with the shoddy handling of the three-month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)...
Tony Elumelu at an American entrepreneurship forum, links youth unemployment to extremism, insecurity in Africa
Africa’s leading philanthropist, investor and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has identified youth unemployment as one of the major...
Russia-Ukraine war: Nigeria’s ties with both countries still intact, open Russia’s offer to absorb Nigerian students
As the Russia-Ukraine war continues unabated and Nigeria’s abstaining from voting to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Nigerian...
Insecurity: Serving NYSC member, Stephanie Terungwa, murdered in cold blood in Abuja, body dismembered
Bandits appear to be on the loose in the Federal Capital Territory as another hapless Nigerian, this time, a female Youth Service Corps...
31 days in terrorists’ den: Pregnant abductee on ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train delivered of baby
The yet-to-be rescued heavily pregnant abductee on ill- fated Abuja-Kaduna train after spending 31 days has been delivered of a baby in the...
Rescue-Chibok-girls-campaign: I didn’t stop campaign even as NPA MD, Bala Usman replies critics
Contrary to insinuations in some quarters, Hadiza Bala Usman, the immediate past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and founder of...
Senate passes bill banning payment of ransom to kidnappers
The Senate on Wednesday passed the amendment of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013, prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country....
2023: Group gives Jonathan 7-day ultimatum to obtain APC card
The Youths Network for Nigeria Union (YNNU) has given former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan a seven-day ultimatum to obtain the membership card of...
