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Just in: Two sons of Chief Justice Tanko, emerge APC, PDP candidates in Bauchi National Assembly primaries

The family of the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Ibrahim Tanko, appears to be embracing the two main political parties in the...

CBN’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme disbursement hits N1.01trn in May 2022

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has distributed a total of N1.01 trillion to over 4.2 million smallholder farmers under the...

Buhari to APC governors, party leadership: Allow me to choose my successor

As the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) draws nearer, President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the party and the governors to...

I was beaten black and blue, N100m ransom to secure our release, says Methodist Church Prelate

The Prelate of Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu Uche on Tuesday gave a gory detailed account of his ordeal in the...

African Union chairman fears ‘catastrophic’ food crisis from Ukraine war

  Macky Sall, chairman of the African Union and president of Senegal, has revealed a worrying food crisis  saying “the worst may be...

BREAKING: N2.9bn fraud: Ex-Imo Gov. Okorocha gets reprieve

...to remain in EFCC custody untill bail conditions are fulfilled

Breaking: Methodist Church Prelate, bishop, chaplain breath air of freedom

After about 12 hours, abducted Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu-Uche, and the Bishop of Owerri, the Rt. Rev....

Okorocha to cool his heels in custody, hires four SANs

Rochas Okorocha, former lmo Governor and APC presidential aspirant, was on Monday remanded in EFCC custody untill May 31 pending the hearing of...

Ex-lmo Gov. Okorocha hauled up in court over N2.9bn corruption charges

Few days after his arrest from his Abuja residence, former Imo Governor and presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha, was on Monday, brought before a...

Southeast kidnappers go haywire again, seize head of Methodist Church in Nigeria, bishop, assistant in Abia

Insecurity in the Southeast has again claimed a senior Christian cleric, the head of Methodist Church in Nigeria, Prelate Samuel Kanu Uche, who...

Just in: Accountant-General’s probe: EFCC reveals another stolen N90bn

As the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) continues investigation into the snitching of N80 billion by the suspended Accountant-General of the...

EFFC links ex-Zamfara Gov. Yari to AGF’s N84bn fraud, busted

  One of the suspected accomplices in the N84 billion fraud for which the detained Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, is being...

Ogboru, defecting from APC, wins Delta APGA gov ticket

After about 19 years in Delta State political space, Chief Great Ovedje Ogboru, who dumped APC recently, has again secured the governorship ticket...

Osinbajo like Awolowo, his in-law, walking the tight presidential rope

The luminosity of the solar-powered streetlights had welcomed Persecondnews team to the serener Ikenne, a congenial atmosphere pervading the entire town, home to...

PDP’s Atiku, for the 4th time, wins presidential primary, promises to reunite Nigerians

Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar on Saturday night trounced other presidential aspirants on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with a wide...

Political catastrophe: Cross River Gov. Ayade loses APC senatorial ticket

In Cross River State APC Senatorial primary election on Saturday, it was a woeful tale of how the might, timber and “iroko” fell...