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2023 Presidential race: Ogun leads the pack in APC

By Ayodele Akinsola With the political rat races gathering momentum across the geopolitical zones of the country, not less than four Ogun State...

Nigeria must be recognized as an important partner in Africa, say UK MPs

By Femi Soneye The UK’s Foreign Affairs Committee has described Nigeria as the “forefront of change” in Africa in its new report, Lagos...

Just in: Two of PDP’s 17 presidential aspirants disqualified

The People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) Presidential Screening Committee has disqualified two of its aspirants. According to the party, the disqualified candidates, whose names...

Tennis star Boris Becker jailed for two and a half years for breaking bankruptcy rules

A three-time Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for flouting the terms of his...

Air Lease Corp set to lose $802.4 million for leased planes trapped in Russia

Air Lease Corp is about to write off a whooping $802.4 million for leased aircraft trapped in Russia, Persecondnews.com gathered from the American aircraft...

$148,000 romance scam: FG extradicts Adedunmola Gbadegesin to U.S.

For allegedly defrauding an American woman of over $148,000 in a “romance scam”, a Nigerian, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, has been extradited to the United...

ASUU three-month strike: NLC threatens FG with 3-day warning strike

Unimpressed with the shoddy handling of the three-month old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)...

Tony Elumelu at an American entrepreneurship forum, links youth unemployment to extremism, insecurity in Africa

Africa’s leading philanthropist, investor and founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony O. Elumelu, has identified youth unemployment as one of the major...

Russia-Ukraine war: Nigeria’s ties with both countries still intact, open Russia’s offer to absorb Nigerian students

As the Russia-Ukraine war continues unabated and  Nigeria’s abstaining from voting to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Nigerian...

Insecurity: Serving NYSC member, Stephanie Terungwa, murdered in cold blood in Abuja, body dismembered

Bandits appear to be on the loose in the Federal Capital Territory as another hapless Nigerian, this time, a female Youth Service Corps...

31 days in terrorists’ den: Pregnant abductee on ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train delivered of baby

The yet-to-be rescued heavily pregnant abductee on ill- fated Abuja-Kaduna train after spending 31 days has been delivered of a baby in the...

Rescue-Chibok-girls-campaign: I didn’t stop campaign even as NPA MD, Bala Usman replies critics

Contrary to insinuations in some quarters, Hadiza Bala Usman, the immediate past Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and founder of...

Senate passes bill banning payment of ransom to kidnappers

The Senate on Wednesday passed the amendment of the Terrorism (Prevention) Act 2013, prohibiting the payment of ransom to kidnappers in the country....

2023: Group gives Jonathan 7-day ultimatum to obtain APC card

The Youths Network for Nigeria Union (YNNU) has given former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan a seven-day ultimatum to obtain the membership card of...

2023: I won’t resign, Presidential aspirant, Ngige, dares APC

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said he will not resign despite the new guidelines released by the leadership of...

2023: NDLEA boss suggests drug integrity test for politicians before primaries

The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen Buba Marwa , has requested that officials of...