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Buhari sends warning to Nigeria Police, says unprofessional conduct won’t be condoned.

President Muhammadu Buhari has issued a dire warning to members of the Nigerian Police against all unprofessional conducts such as illegal detentions, extrajudicial...

Farmers sticking with Buhari, donate N1.77bn to campaign

The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), and Fertilizers Producers and Suppliers Association of Nigeria (FEPSAN) Wednesday night donated the sum of N1.77...

Presidency, APC Plotting To Use Security Agencies To Forcefully Remove Saraki From Office – PDP

…Condemns clampdown on Civil Society activists, others By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday alerted of what...

Woman who tracked Nigerian Dad after 40 years devastated as he passed away two weeks to reunion

A woman who tracked down her father after nearly 40 years, was left devastated after he died two weeks before Long Lost Family’s...

Amnesty International has deviated from core values, says Nigerian Army as group blames FG for 3,000 deaths.

The Nigerian Army has denied accusations of Amnesty International that it was, together with the Federal Government, an accomplice in the death of...

Alleged money laundering: Ex-Skye Bank Chairman, MD get N50m bail

Alleged money laundering: Ex-Skye Bank Chairman, MD get N50m bailBy Edwina Ajuma Ogiri, Persecond News Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court...

Nigeria bans 39 public servants from traveling abroad as crackdown on corruption widens

The Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Funds (SPIPRPP), revealed that it has submitted names of 39 alleged treasury looters to...

After denial, Diamond, Access bank announce merger

Diamond Bank has confirmed that is its being acquired by Access Bank, following weeks of speculations and denials. The bank, in a written...

Nigeria capital importation shrinks 31% in 2018

Nigeria’s capital importation declined by as much as 31.1% year-on-year and 48.2 percent quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) in Q3’18 to $2.9 billion, the lowest since...

2019: Elections will determine Nigeria’s fate – Clark

Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) leader, Chief Chief Edwin Clark, has said the 2019 elections will likely determine the fate of the country...

N800bn Subsidy Claim: Buhari’s enemies plotting to return fuel queues, Marafa warns

All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Kabiru Marafa, representing Zamfara Central, has warned that if marketers are not paid the outstanding of N800 billion,...

Dozie’s Diamond Bank now acquired by Access Bank

Access Bank is said to have officially acquired Diamond Bank, although no official statement has been released confirming this development at the time...

Military lifts UNICEF suspension hours after accusing staff of spying for Boko Haram

The Nigerian military on Friday lifted a suspension of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund activities in the northeast, hours after it was...

Nigeria’s Military suspends UNICEF work, alleges ‘clandestine’ activity

Nigeria’s military on Friday suspended the activities of UNICEF in the extremist-threatened northeast, accusing the U.N. agency of “training selected persons for clandestine...

We will all have to tighten our belts, as economy is in bad shape, says Yari

The chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara state, has said President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday told them that the...

Magu denies buying luxury homes in highbrow Maitama

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, has denied reports that he bought two luxury homes in Maitama,Abuja....