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Update: Suspended DCP Abba Kyari declared wanted by NDLEA over cocaine deal

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared the suspended head of the Police...

Ethiopian national carts home 7th Lagos City Marathon $30,000 cash prize

      At exactly 8:03am on Saturday, Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu crossed the finish line of the Access Bank Lagos City...

Methanol-blended petrol: Are NNPC, NMDPRA to blame? 

     By Ayo Akinsola   Following the discovery of Methanol-blended petrol otherwise known as Off Spec fuel by the Nigerian National Petroleum...

Beleaguered Mali Govt moves to end crippling sanctions as ECOWAS urges more action

    By Paul Ejime   The beleaguered military-dominated Interim Government in Mali has set up Dialogue Mechanisms towards ending the ECOWAS and...

Former mayor of Kabul becomes refugee in US after fleeing Taliban

Former Kabul mayor Fazal Karim Aimaq had seen more than his share of turbulence during decades of war, but nothing prepared him for...

Breaking: Nigeria’s Supreme Court voids Buhari’s Executive Order 10, says it’s unconstitutional, unlawful

    The 2021 Executive Order 10 on the funding and autonomy of state judiciary and legislature issued by President Muhammadu Buhari has...

House of Representatives member remanded over alleged N185m fraud

    A House of Representatives member, Gabriel Zock (APC — Kachia Kagarko, Kaduna State) is now cooling his heels in custody for...

COVID-19: CBN says over N3trn loans disbursed to revive economy, create jobs

        By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     To facilitate economic recovery and generate employment opportunities in the wake of the...

Insurgency will end in my tenure, says Gov. Zulum 

    Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has said insurgency will end during the life of his administration.   “God willing, insurgency...

2023: Buhari warns diplomats not to interfere in Nigerian politics

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As the 2023 general elections draw closer, President Muhammadu Buhari has warned diplomats against interfering in...

Exposed: Adulterated petrol: Oando, MRS, others imported commodity, not NNPC, says Kyari

    NNPC threatens sanctions against the erring companies As the nation grapples with contaminated petrol which has resulted in scarcity in virtually...

FG grants 286 foreign nationals Nigerian citizenships

  No fewer than 286 foreign nationals of the 600 who have applied for Nigerian citizenships, have been granted by the Federal Government....

Declare national war on ritual killings, Reps tell

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh     Worried by the ritual killings that have assumed a national dimension, the House of Representatives...

Medical Tourism: 800,000 visit India for treatment in three years

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated medical tourism, but pent-up demand remains for affordable treatment in India. Persecondnews.com reports that over 800,000 foreigners visited India in...

Nigeria’s economy: Remove subsidy, raise VAT now, IMF tells FG

      Amid high inflation rate, grueling economic situation and high food and goods prices, the Buhari administration is under pressure to...

NNPC pushes out 1,661 petrol-laden trucks daily to tackle queues in Abuja, others

Discovery of petrol with methanol: NMDPRA withdraws product, increases supply nationwide

  The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) says it has intensified efforts at increasing the supply of petrol into the...