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Restore Uzokwe as Abia State CJ or face legal action, SERAP threatens Gov Ikpeazu
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State to “immediately withdraw his illegal appointment of Justice Obisike...
Africa needs fair trade, says VP Osinbajo in new Video from Davos
During an interactive session titled ” Stabilizing the Mediterranean” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Vice President Osinbajo said that Africa is...
Caught on Duty! Rare Candid Picture of VP Osinbajo’s Photographer in Davos, Switzerland
For close to two years, Novo Isioro have covered it all with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo: upheaval, tragedy, joy, anniversaries, global meetings and...
Ex-SGF Babachir Lawal detained by EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Wednesday detained a former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir David Lawal after being grilled...
NNPC concerned about porous borders, says petrol smuggling on the rise
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday expressed concerns about Nigeria’s porous borders and urged stepped-up efforts to beat back sustained nefarious activities of...
Locusts, Quelea and Grain eating birds invade farms in Nigeria- Minister
Minister of Agriculture, Audu Ogbeh, announced Wednesday that locusts and quella birds from neighbouring Niger Republic have invaded farms in parts of Borno...
Police arrests ‘prophet’ who preaches with beer in hand
Police in the Tanzanian capital Dadoma on Tuesday arrested a preacher who reportedly roams the streets preaching with a bottle of beer, according...
In clear terms, Okowa rejects cattle colonies in Delta
In bluntly clear language, Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, Tuesday questioned President Muhammadu Buhari’s ‘cattle colony’ policy for herdsmen, as he rejected the policy...
Aisha Buhari: The critic in the other room by Reuben Abati
Mrs Aisha M. Buhari, the wife of President Muhammadu Buhari is probably the most loved person in Nigeria today, especially by critics of...
Africa’s future prosperity rests on the creative energy of its youth, says Nobel Co-Laureate
The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize Co-Laureate, Ouided Bouchamaoui, has warned that Africa’s growing youth population could be a plus for Africa or a political...
Herdsmen Crisis: Nigerians Must Challenge Leaders With A United Voice – Sultan
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, on Thursday took a retrospective look at the killings...
Reason why herdsmen burnt my farmland – Falae
The former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae Sunday night revealed why suspected Fulani herdsmen burnt his farmland at...
Arsonists herdsmen set fire to Olu Falae’s farmland
Reports from Ondo state indicate that 5 hectares of oil plantation belonging to Chief Olu Falae has been set on fire by arsonists herdsmen....
Buhari wants free, fair, credible and transparent elections- Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status will determine if he will run for 2019 elections, said Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity,...
N40bn: Court affirms SERAP’s right to stop ‘double pay, pensions for Akpabio, Amaechi, Saraki, others’
The Federal High Court in Lagos has ruled that Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has “sufficient interest to bring its suit to...
Thousands of US women in protest slams Trump, encourage voting
Demonstrators from Los Angeles to New York marched in support of female empowerment and denounced President Donald Trump’s views on immigration, abortion, LGBT...
