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Nigeria Mass Abduction Seen as Copycat Attack
By Joe Parkinson, Drew Hinshaw and Mbenga Akingbule. WSJ DAPCHI, Nigeria—As evening prayers resounded across this northeastern Nigerian town last month, camouflage-clad jihadists drove up...
‘Declare herdsmen attacks as terrorist acts,’ SERAP urges UN Security Council
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the UN Security Council and its members urging them to: “Urgently...
United States Government Flags-Off Insecticide Treated Bed Nets Distribution in Nasarawa State
The U.S. Government through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) jointly implemented by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Centers...
Shell, Eni negligent on Nigeria oil spills
Amnesty International on Friday accused international oil majors Shell and Eni of negligence when addressing spills in Nigeria. Describing their actions as “serious...
Bishop Oyedepo prays, decrees peace on Plateau over Fulani herdsmen attacks
Dr David Oyedepo, the President and Founder, Living Faith Church Worldwide known as Winners has decreed peace on Plateau the midlle belt of...
Kachikwu: Modular refineries can’t solve petrol supply deficit
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, has said contrary to the believe in certain quarters, the proposed modular refineries in the...
Defying NLC Warning, FG Approves Nigeria Signing ACFTA in Rwanda
The Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has approved the framework agreement for establishing African Continental Free...
UPDATED:Buhari taking consultations on sacking IGP Idris
President Muhammadu Buhari is considering sacking the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, Per Second News gathered Wednesday. The president’s allies and close aides have...
No more barriers for investors says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said with the launch of Focus Labs for the nation’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), the...
Sahara Reporters Publisher, activist declares intention to contest 2019 presidential Election
Mr Omoyele Sowore, an activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters an online newspaper, has announced his intention to contest the 2019 presidential elections. “It...
National Assembly has the constitutional powers to reorder sequence of elections
By Adum Ter Alex INTRODUCTION The very renowned and revered Prof. Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is...
UK government to build N350m prison in Lagos
The UK is to build a £700,000 (N350M) jail in Nigeria so it can deport Nigerian criminals and free up places in British...
Appeal court reserves judgment on Kashamu’s extradition to the U.S
The Court of Appeal, has reserved its decision on Buruji Kasha’s extradition to the United States. The Senator representing Ogun East, in 2015, secured two separate...
Independence Day Bomb Plotters Sentenced; Alleged Mastermind Gets Life
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced Charles Okah and his co-defendant, Obi Nwabueze, to life imprisonment for masterminding the bomb...
Former DMO boss says 45 percent of funds for basic education in Nigeria misused
The immediate past Director General of Nigeria’s Debt Management Office, DMO, Dr. Abraham Nwankwo, on Monday said that 40 – 45 percent of funds meant...
Our fragile media freedom: Are Journalists and Journalism under attack in Nigeria?
By Victoria Ayuwei, PerSecond News Twenty-three years after the crackdown on the media and the pro-democracy movements during the Military regime, Nigeria seems to...
