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317 abducted schoolgirls finally let off the hook, says Zamfara governor

  Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara said on Tuesday that no ransom was paid to abductors of the 317 students of Government Girls...

Breaking: Nigeria takes delivery of COVID-19 vaccines March 2 — PTF Chair, Mustapha

  Barring any last-minute hitch, Nigeria’s allocation of 4 million doses of the COVAX vaccine will arrive on March 2, according to the...

No petrol price increase in March for now, says NNPC

  Contrary to speculations of imminent increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) in the country, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...

BREAKING: 317 kidnapped Zamfara schoolgirls breathe air of freedom

  The 317 girls of Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State, may have been released, Persecondnews learnt. The schoolgirls were on Sunday...

Child hostage taking: Soyinka blasts Buhari, says your government has failed

  Outraged by the latest abduction of hundreds of school girls in Zamfara State, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, on Saturday concluded that...

Ganduje’s Media Aide, Yakasai, given the boot for criticising Buhari

The Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Kano State, Mr Salihu Tanko Yakasai, has been sacked for criticising President Muhammadu Buhari’s...

42 Kagara abductees including 27 students regain freedom, Pres. Buhari lauds their release

    At last after days of speculation about their release, the 27 abducted students of Government Science Secondary School, Kagara, Niger State...

FG to CBN, SEC: Regulate Cryptocurrency, don’t prohibit

  “So it should be thoughtful and knowledge-based regulation not prohibition. The point I am making is that some of the exciting developments...

Tension heightens as another 300 school girls abducted In Zamfara

  By Boye Ajayi Barely two weeks after some Kagara students were kidnapped in Niger State, gunmen on Friday abducted about 300 school...

Nigeria to receive first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in few days, says FG

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, says the Federal Government is mobilizing...

Stakeholders want stock fish delisted from Forex restriction list

  Some stakeholders in the Seafood sector have called for the delisting of stock fish from the foreign exchange (FOREX) restrictions to foster...

COVID-19 vaccines: FG signs indemnification, can’t hold producers accountable for after-effect

  Ahead of taking delivery of COVID-19 vaccines, the Federal Goverment says it has signed an indemnification that will make it impossible to...

FG’s diversification of economy facilitates Nigeria’s exit from recession — Ahmed

    The Federal Government said on Wednesday that Nigeria’s exiting recession was an indication that its diversification of the economy was yielding...

Jihadists’ rocket-propelled grenades on Maiduguri: Death toll now 16

‌ Boko Haram jihadists have attacked Maiduguri, Borno State capital, killing 16 people, including nine children as death toll rises. The children were...

Breaking into sealed assets: Okorocha has broken the law, says lmo Governor

  “The government of Imo state sealed a property (belonging to Okorocha) and I think that if there is anything anybody consider that...

Highbrowed APC senator hoodwinks, spoofs Pres. Buhari on NDDC Board, mobilizes against Lauretta Onochie’s confirmation by Senate

…Nigerians have criticized Lauretta for her partisan tweets, querying her credentials for the job A Senator representing Delta State has thrown a spanner...