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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...

NNPC hits N1.95 trn revenue mark in petrol sales, others in one year

        The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) generated about ₦1.95 trillion revenue from the sales of white products between October...

Ooni of Ife, Govs. Makinde, Akeredolu confer with Pres. Buhari on insecurity in Southwest

  The Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja 11, Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde and his Ondo counterpart, Mr Rotimi...

Violators of COVID-19 protocols now face six months in jail, says FG

  Any Nigerian or foreign nationals who violates the COVID-19 protocols now risks six months imprisonment, the Federal Government said on Wednesday. With...

Be patriotic, loyal to the nation, Buhari tells service chiefs at maiden meeting

  Aftermath of their appointments on Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday interacted with the newly appointed Service Chiefs and urged them to...

Just in: Pres. Buhari in closed-door meeting with new Service Chiefs

  Barely 12 hours after their appointments, the new four Service Chiefs are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa,...

My exploits: l have raped 50 women using charms, robbed over 100 houses, says bricklayer-robbery suspect

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 46-year-old bricklayer, Shina Adaramola, has confessed to robbing about 100 houses and raping at least 50 women. Adaramola,...

Breaking: At last, Buhari boots out Service Chiefs, names replacements

  After several calls for their sack, the nation’s Service Chiefs have “thrown in the towel. According to a Presidency statement, the Service...