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Walter Carrington, ex-US Ambassador to Nigeria, bids the world good bye at 91

    A one-time United States Ambassador to Nigeria,  Mr Walter Carrington, is dead. His wife, Arese, a Nigerian, announced on Wednesday: “It is with...

FG approves N8.49bn for COVID-19 items to strengthen NCDC testing and diagnostic capacities

  The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N8.49 billion for the procurement of 12 items to enhance the testing and diaégnostic capacities of...

Uniting Unilorin and Friends Forum announces death of member

  Transition to glory.  Like a butterfly gracing a garden, adding colour and spreading joy with its flutters… our dear sister and friend,...

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad Appears to Have Low Blood Pressure Attack on Live TV

    Syrian President Bashar Al Assad suffered low blood pressure for a few minutes while delivering a speech to parliament before resuming...

My boxer-wife has turned me to punching bag, says hubby seeking divorce 

  A spineless husband, Gbade Olaniyi, whose wife treats with disdain and disrespect, has asked the court to sever his relationship with the...

Just in: Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama, defeats COVID-19

  After 24 days, COVID-19 afflicted Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, has recovered from the virus. Persecondnews recalls that the minister...

Joe Biden Names Kamala Harris as VP pick

  Former  U.S Vice President Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris of California to join him on the Democratic ticket, fulfilling his...

FG inaugurates Gas Transportation Network Code to engender domestic use, economic development

  In a bid to enhance the use of gas as a catalyst for national economic development, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...

Buruji Kashamu (1958 -2020) By Reuben Abati 

        Then let them laugh and rejoice in our man’s ill-luck. Alive perhaps they felt no need of him, but...

Stepfather, friend, gang-rape 15-year-old stepdaughter, cool their feet in prison

A 50-year-old man and stepfather, Paul Nnadi, and his friend, Ayobamidele Olaiya, are to spend the next 37 days in prison pending legal advice for their...

Beyond the sacking of  Service Chiefs

By Victor Mayomi Public Service is a thankless job. The Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs should therefore be comforted by this...

PTF spanks Edo APC rally, Kashamu funeral organizers for violating COVID-19 protocols

The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic says it is outraged by the non-compliance with COVID-19 protocols at the All Progressives Congress Benin...

COVID-19: No tests, no reported cases in 85 council areas in 20 states yet — PTF

  Apprehensive of imminent danger, the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic has disclosed that 85 local government areas in 20 states have...

World Mask Week: Masks, others only options against COVID-19 spread without vaccine, says Minister

  As Nigeria joined the rest of the world to commemorate World Mask Week which began on August 7, the Minister of Health,...

Insurgency: Buhari says state governments, people should appreciate troops sacrifices

  In spite of the inability of the military to win the nearly 10-year-old insurgency war in the Northern part of the country,...

Tackle causes of insurgency, North-East governors tell FG

  In a bid to successfully  fight the seemingly intractable insurgency in the North East, the governors in the zone on Monday called on...