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NNPC Ltd Board: Uphold corporate governance, transparency, Buhari tells members

The Board of the newly incorporated Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd has got a presidential directive on ensuring strict compliance with corporate...

Lagos-Lekki Deep Seaport ready in few months,  80 percent completed

    The Lekki Deep Seaport will be delivered on schedule as construction work has reached about 80 percent. The project, according to...

Septuagenarian Pres. Buhari says spending long hours in office taking toll on him

    …so, really it is a lot of hard work, but I asked for it and I cannot complain      ...

2023: Opposition might take over power if APC’s lingering crisis is unresolved – Buhari

    With storms of protests and wrangling sweeping the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) barely a year to 2023 polls, President Muhammadu...

NFF confirms Odion Ighalo will miss AFCON

  The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that striker Odion Ighalo will not be available for the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations...

Electoral Act Amendment Bill: You can’t dictate to people, give them options,  Buhari insists

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   President Muhammadu Buhari has promised to assent to the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill if the...

2023: I will keep my anointed successor to my chest for now, says Buhari

As several chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) jostle for the nation’s number one position, President Muhammadu Buhari may have shocked...

At last, FG bows to pressure, designates  bandits terrorists

    Bowing to pressure and good reason, the Federal Government on Wednesday declared rampaging bandits across the country as terrorists.   Persecondnews...

Buhari forecloses reprieve for IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, insists he should defend himself in court

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday foreclosed any reprieve soon for the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, saying...

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Sylvester Oromoni update: LASG clears five students, staff as autopsy rules out murder

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Five students and five staff of Dowen College, accused of being involved in the death of 12-year-old...

Nigerian judiciary in dire straits in 2021

    By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   In 2021, the nation’s judiciary — the court and its officers — was on the flip...

Pres. Buhari assenting padded 2022 budget, but rejecting Electoral Bill: Gov. Wike’s stinger

  A tart reaction from Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike has trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s assenting the “padded and unimplementable 2022 budget” and rejecting...

17 months to go: Buhari names Ass. Prof. Doyin Salami, his Chief Economic Adviser

Barely 17 months to exit office, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has announced the appointment of Dr Doyin Salami, as his Chief Economic Adviser....

2022 federal budget: Buhari to spend N2.3bn on local, foreign trips, Osinbajo N777m

  Ostensibly in pursuit of his diplomatic shuttle and foreign investment drive across the world, President Muhammadu Buhari is to spend about N2.3...

Tofa

MKO Abiola’s poll challenger, Bashir Tofa, 1993 NRC Presidential Candidate, dies

  The 1993 June 12 Presidential Candidate of the defunct National Republican Convention (NRC), Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, from Kano, has passed on....

2021 in review: the good, the ugly, the tragedies

  Like every other year in Nigeria, the year 2021 was not turmoil-free; it has its ups and downs. As Nigerians put the...