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Journalists Getting Ready For War Over El Rufai’s Hostility, Warns Kaduna State Government
The National Union of Journalists, NUJ, is bracing for conflict with the Kaduna state governor, Mallam El Rufai over his continued persecution of...
Adeosun Reverses Statement, Says Nigeria Will Keep Borrowing To Fund 2017 Budget
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Federal Government will continue to borrow to fund the budget for 2017, the finance ministry said in a statement on Thursday, after...
Supreme Court Sacks Sheriff, Authenticates Makarfi As PDP Chairman
By Amos Dunia, Persecond, Abuja – The leadership crisis that bedeviled the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), for over 14 months was on...
Photo: Another Truck Slides Off Apapa/Oshodi Expressway in Lagos
[dropcap] A[/dropcap] sand like material-laden truck fell in the Apapa, Oshodi expressway in Lagos, barely 24 hours after a container truck fell killing over...
Magu told UK not to give me visa, but fails says Patience Jonathan
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ame Patience Jonathan, the wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan, said the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr Ibrahim...
Group Warns: Buhari Administration’s Niger Delta Peace Process in Jeopardy
[dropcap]I[/dropcap]rate Niger Delta group, Voice of Niger Delta Youths (VNDY) will next week put the Buhari administration’s Niger Delta peace policy back in the spotlight...
Increased Security Concerns At Nigeria Airports After Med-View Stowaway Incident
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hat began as a survival story of a stowaway teenager has quickly evolved into a debate about the safety of our nation’s airports....
Good News For Passengers, As Emirates Air Expand Free Inflight Wifi Service
[dropcap]E[/dropcap]mirates airline has expanded its popular free inflight Wi-Fi service with generous rates for all flyers. The airline made significant investments in its...
Court Orders Buhari, Osinbajo To Reveal Names of Suspected Looters
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Federal High Court sitting in Lagos Wednesday ordered the Federal Government to “immediately release to Nigerians information about the names of high...
Reps Summon Jonathan To Explain Role In $1.3 billion Malabu Oil Block Scam
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] motion put forward by a national assembly adhoc committee to invitee former leader Goodluck Jonathan over the $120 billion Malabu scam sparked...
Sen Goje Tells Fashola To Do Nigeria A Favour And ‘Resign’
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Danjuma Goje, said the minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola would be doing...
Baru To NNPC Staff: Progress Made But Much Still To Accomplish In One-Year Anniversary Speech
…Secures $2Billion Discounts on Renegotiated Upstream Contracts [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has secured $2billion discounts in the last one year from...
Elumelu Urges DFIs to Support African Businesses
…Commends Afreximbank Chairman of Heirs Holdings and the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Mr Tony O Elumelu, challenged Development Finance Institutions, DFIs, over the weekend to...
Okupe Stuns PDP By Quitting, Says Party Can No Longer Bear Fruits
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP has been thrown into confusion as a prominent chieftain, Doyin Okupe Sunday quit the embattled political party. “It is...
Nigerian Doctor Opens Fire at New York Hospital, Killing One
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Nigerian born doctor Henry Bello opened fire at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital on Friday afternoon around 3 p.m., forcing patients and doctors to barricade...
Cameroon Forcibly Returns 887 vulnerable Nigerian Refugees
Per Second News—Cameroun authorities have forcibly deported vulnerable Nigerian refugees back to Banki town in northeast, Nigeria, in violation of Cameroun’s international obligations....
