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UN Secretary-General, Guterres in Aso Rock, meets with Buhari

The United Nations Secretary-General, Mr Antonio Guterres, has departed Borno State for the Presidential Viila, Abuja, and he is currently meeting with President...

Just in: Ekiti Gov. Fayemi joins the bandwagon, declares for President

The number of presidential aspirants on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is increasing by the day with the jumping...

Crime fighting: IGP inaugurates upgraded Police Crime and Incident Database Centre

By Sam Ogbeifun As part of strategies of facilitating easy identification of suspects and crime location, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali...

Eleven months after Twitter suspension, Buhari tweets at Sallah

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday used the occasion of Eid-el-Fitr to tweet for the first time since the country lifted the ban his...

Worsening insecurity: Nigeria loses army couple to gunmen, Army mourns

The Nigerian army has confirmed that Sergeant A. M. Linus and his soldier-wife were killed and beheaded by gunmen in Imo State while...

Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project: Russia, OPEC, others to invest — Sylva

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Russia and others have showed interest in the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project, according to the...

Eid-el-Fitri: IGP deploys choppers, officers to surveil soft targets in FCT

By Sam Ogbeifun Muslim faithful massed at the various prayer grounds in Abuja to observe the Eid-el-Fitri amidst tight security as promised by...

Buhari at Sallah, urges prayers to God for national security

By Sam Ogbeifun President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday joined other Muslim faithful at Mambilla Barracks, Abuja to observe the Eid-el-Fitri prayers with a...

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...