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Emefiele not sacked – CBN
The Central bank of Nigeria (CBN) has denied rumours of the purported sack of its Governor, Godwin Emefiele. This is coming after social...
Peter Obi withdraws from Presidential race, dumps PDP
Former governor of Anambra and PDP Presidential aspirant, Mr Peter Obi, has announced his withdrawal from the 2023 presidential race. The aspirant also...
2023: Non-signing of Electoral Act by Buhari in favour of aspirants — PDP presidential aspirant
The withholding of assent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the amendment of the Electoral Act 2022 is in favor of political aspirants across...
Texas school mass shooting: Death toll rises to 20
At least, 18 pupils and two adults have been confirmed dead in the horrendous mass shooting at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde,...
Inflation: CBN raises monetary policy rate to 13 per cent
To curb the rising inflation rate in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday raised the Monetary Policy Rate to...
Just in: Ex-Imo Gov. Okorocha’s Abuja residence under EFCC siege
In a tactical strike to arrest him, the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have swooped on the Abuja residence...
We will waste Abuja-Kaduna train abductees unless our demands are met, threaten terrorists
With the time ticking, restive terrorists who attacked and kidnapped passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train two months ago, have threatened to kill all...
BREAKING: ln one fell swoop, Rivers Gov. Wike sacks commissioners, other cabinet members
Just a year to the end of his tenure, Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike, has sent packing members of the State Executive Council...
Anambra not haven for murderers, says Gov. Soludo
As tension continues to heighten in Anambra State as a result of the incessant killings by “unknown gunmen”, grief-stricken state governor, Prof. Chukwuma...
2023: APC sets new date for screening of presidential candidates
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced a new date for the screening of the party’s presidential candidates ahead of the 2023 election....
Again, APC shifts presidential aspirants’ screening
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again postponed indefinitely, the screening exercise for its presidential aspirants earlier scheduled to commence today, Monday, May...
774 councils’ autonomy gets judicial stamp as court bars governors from tampering with their funds
A landmark judgment was delivered on Monday in Abuja barring state governors from controlling and disbursing local government funds across the country. Persecondnews...
Latest Anambra killings: Mother, her four children, two others wiped out
Barely two days after a lawmaker was beheaded, another horrendous incident has occurred in Anambra State with the killing of seven persons including...
SERAP raps INEC over unpunished vote-buying, unpublished parties’ account since 2015
Living up to its billing, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prosecute vote...
ExxonMobil reverses Omo-Ojo, veteran image-maker’s sack three years after
After three years of his sack by Mobil Producing Nigeria Unlimited, reprieve has come the way of a veteran image-maker, Ernest Omo-Ojo, following...
Ogunwest APC Senatorial primary: ex-Minister, Senators, others spoil for fight over foisting Lagos Sen. Adeola on them
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