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Ashiru pledges ‘continuity’ and stability…visits Ogun APC leaders

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]tunba Bimbo Ashiru has pledged continuity during his visit to the  leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Ogun State. “I have been part of...

FG vow to severely punish officials responsible for Osborne Tower scandal

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said all those found culpable in the Osborne Towers scandal will be made to account and appropriately...

SERAP demands immediate explanation from Buhari over $1bn withdrawal

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) on Sunday said president Buhari owes the Nigerian people an immediate explanation” for its secret  decision to withdraw the...

Nigeria military rescues 4 Chinese nationals from pirates in fierce battle

A Nigerian military official says four abducted Chinese nationals have been rescued after a gun battle with sea pirates. Army spokesman Maj. Ojo...

Dancing Nigeria Policewoman Becomes a viral Sensation

By Victoria Ayuwei, Per Second News As tensions deepen in some parts of Nigeria about SARS, a police woman has shown that police...

Murder: Military Court Sentences Soldier To Death, Others To Jail Terms For Killing 5 Civilians

By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – The General Court Martial (GOC), sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State has sentenced an Army personnel, Lance Corporal...

Horror as train cuts school bus in two, killing four children in France

At least four children were killed and 19 people injured, seven seriously, on Thursday when a train crashed into a school bus at...

Address health challenges that women face – Aisha Buhari urges stakeholders, privileged Nigerians

Wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, has called on stakeholders and well-to-do Nigerians to put in their best to help resolve serious...

Saraki to face trial on three charges, says Appeal Court

A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice Tinuade Akomolafe-Wilson Tuesday unanimously ordered  the Senate President to return to the...

After decades of back and forth, FG hands over State house in Marina to Lagos government

The Federal Government has completed the handing over of the State House, Marina to the Lagos State Government on Tuesday after over 20...

Plane With 92 Deported Somalis Returns to U.S After Anti-Trump Protest Erupted in Mogadishu

Ninety-two undocumented immigrants who were en route to Somalia after being deported on Thursday from the U.S were rerouted back to America after their...

Appeal Court Issues Landmark Decision: EFCC lacks powers to prosecute serving judges

The Lagos Division of the Court of Appeal Monday issued a landmark decision that serves to curtail the excesses of the Economic and Financial...

Okorocha says he is ‘considering’ running for president

Imo governor Rochas Okorocha is pondering a 2023 presidential campaign, the controversial politician said Saturday. “If you recall, I said but for Buhari,...

A frolic on the Red Sea By Femi Adesina

It was a gust of chilly wind that said Akwaaba (welcome, in Ghanaian language) to me in the Jordanian city of Aqaba, that...