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HEDA Unveils Compendium of 100 High-Profile Corrupt People in Nigeria

“Cost of corruption stares us in the face everyday when we see children out of school, bad roads and other infrastructure that we...

D’Banj off ICPC’s hook, granted bail on personal recognizance

After two days in custody, popular Nigerian pop star, Daniel Oladapo, a.k.a D’Banj has been released. The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related...

2023: Nigeria is in dire need of deliverer, not leader — Bishop Oyedepo

Ahead of the 2023 presidential poll, a strong voice has emerged from the church in Nigeria that the country does not need leader...

Another attack in Anambra as four newborn babies snatched at gunpoint in hospital invasion

Anambra, one of the five Southeast states in Nigeria, has recorded yet another horrendous attack with the seizure of four newborn babies by...

Allegations of mass abortion in Northeast: Cooked, concocted — Army Chief Irabor

The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Eluonye Irabor, has debunked a foreign media report of mass abortion programme by the Nigerian Army...

FG recovers N120bn from crime proceeds, deploys it into critical infrastructure — Lai Mohammed

More than N120 billion was realized as proceeds from criminal financial operations since the Act on Proceeds of Crime Recovery Management came into...

Abuja kidnapping: We have rescued three victims, recovered arms — Police

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it has rescued three Kubwa residents abducted on Tuesday night by some gunmen. It said it...

Insecurity: Gunmen strike in Abuja, kill one, abduct NYSC member, others 

Kubwa, a suburb of the Metropolitan area of Abuja, was on Tuesday night attacked by some gunmen, killing a man and abducting unspecified...

World Bank report says debt-service payments killing poor countries, debt overhang $9trn as at 2021

The World Bank has disclosed that the external debt of developing countries – low as well as middle-income economies – has accumulated to...

CBN’s Naira redesign: A political flip-flop or fiscal game changer to rescue the currency?

Kingsly Moghalu ``The move by the CBN is also a way to withdraw currency from circulation, an unorthodox way of tightening the money...

Tinubu at Chatham House, UK: Protest by Nigerians, placards shock him

Some Nigerians living in UK on Monday staged a protest at Chatham House, venue of the lecture by APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu....

Eight months after, NRC resumes Abuja-Kaduna train services amid loss of N1.4bn 

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday resumed shuttle services on the Kaduna-Abuja route after about eight months it suspended operations. Persecondnews correspondent,...

Impunity reigns in Delta State as Gov. Okowa demolishes petrol station, owner hauls him to court

The illegal demolition of a gas and petrol station by the Delta State Government in August this year has been challenged in court...

Governors slam Buhari, says you have turned Nigeria into killing field 

For assailing the Nigeria Governors Forum for being responsible for mass poverty in the country, the governors have hit President Muhammadu Buhari hard,...

Vehicle in Adamawa Governor’s convoy crashes, kills four people 

A fatal accident involving the convoy of Adamawa Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has claimed four lives with five other people sustaining various degrees...

Buhari to governors: Stop stealing local government funds, says it’s despicable, terrible

Less than days after President Muhammadu Buhari raked about seeming indifference of governors to the welfare of people in their states, he has...