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The Day in Pictures: Vice President Osinbajo at NIPSS
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]ice President Yemi Osinbajo, addressing the audience during the Graduation Ceremony of National Institute of Policy & Strategic Studies, NIPSS, Senior Executive Course...
Nigeria’s kleptocrats have a toxic love affair with London’s expensive real estate
Corrupt Nigerian government officials are increasingly exploiting weaknesses in the international financial system to launder and conceal their ill-gotten gains, often via high-end...
Egypt’s president vows forceful response after deadly Mosque attack
Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah Al Sisi has vowed to respond forcefully after attackers killed at least 235 worshippers in a packed mosque in...
Group Accuses former Bayelsa governor Sylva of sponsoring smear campaign against NDDC leadership
Former governor of Bayelsa state, Timbre Sylva, is behind an audacious plot to further impoverish the people of the Niger-Delta for his own...
Nigerians Urgently Want PDP Back – Mrs Ciroma
By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – Former Minister of Women Affairs and one of the leading aspirants to the position of Deputy...
Zimbabwe’s president in-waiting returns
Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa made a triumphant return Wednesday, telling cheering supporters that the country is witnessing “a new, unfolding democracy.” “I...
Suicide bomber kills 50 in Mubi Mosque
A suicide bomber killed at least 50 people at a mosque in northeastern Nigeria on Tuesday, the biggest mass killing this year in...
Trump Family Business Is Way Smaller Than The President Has Touted
By Mary Papenfuss U.S President Donald Trump has an inflated view of his assets. The president’s family business is worth about one-tenth of...
The Day in Pictures: Welder fixes Nigeria Police Rifle
The picture shows how lack of equipment, resources is hampering Nigeria police in fight against crime. The picture have become a viral phenomenon, spurring...
SERAP, pensioners seek ECOWAS Court intervention over unpaid pensions, salaries
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Federal Civil Service Pensioners Association, and Association of Retired Local Government Staff and Primary School Teachers in...
Zimbabwe army stops crowd marching on Mugabe’s home
Zimbabwe soldiers blocked thousands of protesters as they tried to march on embattled President Robert Mugabe’s official residence in Harare on Saturday, said...
Da Vinci art work depicting Jesus Christ sells for $450m in auction record
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 500-year-old work of art — believed to be by Leonardo da Vinci and depicting Jesus Christ — sold in New York on...
Breaking: Female suicide bombers kill 10 amid rise in Borno violence
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]our suicide bombers struck Wednesday in the Muna Garage district of Maiduguri, killing at least 10 and injuring dozens more. “We have so far...
Anambra: Buhari returns to the Campaign Trail
President Muhammadu Buhari returned to the campaign trail Wednesday in Awka, where he was campaigning for Tony Nwoye as his party APC’s candidate...
TRAGIC!!! Over $20b missing from NNPC since 1999
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) of failing to remit over $20.2bn since the return...
The worst of times, the best of times by Reuben Abati
“I just love this country, I won’t lie” “What have you seen again that has suddenly turned you into a gushing patriot?” “I...
