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Trump, Daughter host two escaped Chibok girls at the White House
President Donald Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, hosted two of the Chibok schoolgirls who escaped the clutches of Boko Haram in 2014 at...
Christians, Muslims Cannot Work Together, Says Sick Boko Haram Leader
Per Second News—The calamitous terror group Boko Haram has claimed it had abducted 10 Nigerian policewomen in new video released Wednesday. In an...
Court grants SERAP permission for judicial review of spending of Paris Club refunds
Per Second News—- A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos last Friday granted Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) leave “to apply...
Jonathan, former PDP ministers seek to unify party
Former president Goodluck Jonathan Monday says he hopes the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pull things together, calling on Nigerians to pray and work...
Adeleke: Aregbesola an ‘ungrateful traitor’
The younger brother of the late Senator Isiaka Adeleke, who has now emerged as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the...
Wike dissolves Cabinet
Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike Saturday, dissolved the State Executive Council. In a statement signed by the governor’s Special Assistant on Electronic...
Confession: I received N6.5m from Evans, says Army Corporal
Lance Corporal Victor Chukwunonso has confessed during investigations that he has been receiving money from suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeje George Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Victor Chukwunonso...
The history, significance, of Eid-el-Fitr
Eid el-Fitr, which is expected to begin on Sunday marks the end of Ramadan or Ramzan, the holy month of fasting. Prophet Muhammad...
Railway Contract: FG Paid $356m To Dormant Firm For Job Not Done
By Amos Dunia, Per Second News, Abuja Anti-graft agencies of the Federal Government has commenced investigation into how a Nigerian company, ‘Lingo Nigeria’...
Canada to Chair 2017 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting
Canada’s Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau, will chair the 2017 Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meeting (CFMM) in Washington, D.C., this October. The CFMM will...
Omokore’s attempt to dismiss N1.6billion fraud case fails
Mr Jide Omokore, a business ally of former Petroleum minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke has his hope to quash a $1.6billion fraud charge against him...
Acting President Says Taraba Attacks Masterminds Will be Punished
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has condemned the horrific attack that has left dozens dead and about 120 houses burnt in simultaneous attacks carried out...
Progressive Governors Appeal For Calm, Condemn Divisive Rhetoric After Threat to Nigeria’s Unity
The Progressive Governors Forum of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Friday promoted all-inclusive government, for the development of policies and programs that improve...
Supreme Court sacks PDP Senator Danladi
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on Friday, ordered Sen.Sani Abubakar Danladi, representing Taraba North Senatorial District, to vacate his seat and refund all...
Former minister Jumoke Akinjide, remanded in prison over N650m fraud
Former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Jumoke Akinjide, have been remanded in prison by Justice J.O Abdul-Malik of the...
