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Abuja court unfreezes accounts linked with promoters of EndSARS protests
High Court in Abuja has unfrozen accounts linked with some promoters of the October 2020 #EndSARS protest that rocked the country to...
Northern governors: Open grazing unsustainable, unfashionable
A temporary headstart appears to have been achieved as the Northern States Governors’ Forum (NSGF) declared open grazing as unsustainable, unfashionable and...
Pres. Buhari can’t talk on “every matter” including herders’ crisis, says Femi Adesina
Mr Femi Adesina, the Presidential Adviser on Media and Publicity on Tuesday put up a stout defence for President Muhammadu Buhari’s reticence and...
Nigerians to pay more for petrol as crude oil price hits $60 per barrel, says Petroleum Minister
Nigerians will have to pay more for petrol as the current N162 pump price may be raised as crude oil price rises...
Unity, Peace of Nigeria Imperative, says VP Osinbajo
Worried by divisive tendencies among Nigerians, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged Nigerians to shun threats to the country’s unity and peace. According...
Nigeria receives 16m doses of COVID-19 vaccines
Contrary to some media reports, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says about 16 million AstraZeneca doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been received...
Herdsmen killings: ECOWAS Court reserves judgment in SERAP’s suit against Buhari administration
The suit filed by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) against the Federal Government for its failure to prevent, account for...
Reason behind Air Afrique Airlines Failure
The fact that Air Afrique airlines met an ignominious end is common knowledge. However, not a lot of people are familiar with...
Breaking: Buhari rewards Buratai, Olonisakin, other ex-Service Chiefs with ambassadorial jobs
Barely two weeks after their retirement, the five immediate past Service Chiefs have been nominated as non-career Ambassadors-designate. Well-meaning Nigerians, governors and...
Breaking: Retired IG-P Adamu gets 3-month tenure elongation
Mr Mohammed Adamu, who attained retirement age on February 1, 2021, has been given three months tenure extension as the Inspector-General of...
FG approves licence for 20 new universities, pushing the number to 190
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Abuja on Wednesday approved 20 new including nine private ones, pushing the number of universities in...
Insecurity: Gov. to FG: All citizens should be licensed to carry guns
Overwhelmed and frustrated by the deteriorating security situation in the state, Taraba Governor Darius Ishaku has asked Federal Government to grant all...
Just in: Ex-Information Minister, Tony Momoh, passes on
A veteran journalist, politician and former Minister of Information and Culture in the administration of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, is dead. Details shortly…..
Gov. Ganduje to Buhari: Put an end to herders-farmers crises, ban cattle movement across Nigeria
“There should be a law that will ban, otherwise we cannot control the conflicts between herdsmen and farmers and cannot control the...
Months after Persecondnews story, Buhari names new ADC, Lt.Col. Dodo
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Lt.-Col Yusuf Muktar Dodo, an Academy Adjutant of Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA), as his Aide-De-Camp (ADC). He...
Insurgency, banditry: Provide timely intelligence to security agencies, Buhari pleads with Nigerians
In a bid to win the war against insurgency, banditry and secure the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday made...
