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In far away Addis Ababa, Obasanjo backs Buhari’s govt over border closure

  Kunle Akinsola   In a rare gesture, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has thrown his weight behind the closure of Nigeria’s borders, describing...

EFCC arrests controller, doctor of Kirikiri Maximum Prison over $1m scam

  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested a Deputy Controller of Kirikiri Maximum Prison, Emmanuel Oluwaniyi, and the head of...

NDDC and the danger of executive complacency

    By Femi Anjorin   The reports coming the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) in the last few weeks have been embarrassing,...

Winners’ Chapel headquarters’ pastor/accountant, woman face $90, 000, N4.5m theft charge

    …remanded in Kirikiri, Lagos   A pastor serving in Faith Tabernacle, headquarters of Living Faith Church worldwide, Ota in Ogun, Afolabi...

World Transparency Body Lauds NNPC’s Monthly Financial Reports Publication

  Impressed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)’s  regular publication of its financial reports, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has urged...

FG unveils national sexual offenders’ register

  In a move to clamp down on offenders, Nigeria’s first national sexual offenders’ register has been launched with the database of those...

ORIGINAL: Unsealed Court Documents Reveal Allegations Against Air Peace CEO

  36 pages of unsealed court documents obtained by Per Second News reveal details of Mr Allen Onyema’s alleged fraud and money laundering...

Amal Clooney Call for Sowore’s Release

    The Clooney Foundation for Justice, on Friday issued a statement demanding Omoyele Sowore be freed on bail.   The plight of...

Onyema denies U.S fraud and money laundering charges

  The Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema has rejected a series of criminal charges filed against him the US Department of Justice,...

Death penalty hate speech bill: UN, UK react

  The United Nations and the United Kingdom have reacted to the death penalty clause being proposed by the Senate’s Hate Speech Bill....

After 100 days in custody, Sowore slams N500m suit against DSS for rights violation

After more than 100 days in custody, Omoyele Sowore, the Convener of #RevolutionNow movement and publisher of SaharaReporters, has slammed a N500 million...

FEC approves £500m loan for Bank of Industry

The Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved to source a 500 million Euro loan from external creditors,...

NNPC to Automate Corporation’s Downstream Facilities

  The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has stated that the corporation was poised to...

Hate speech bill: Respect views of Nigerians, Governors tells NASS

  The Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), has advised the National Assembly to hold a public hearing on the hate speech bill, to ensure...

Mother of 5 dumps day-old baby in septic tank in Ogun, nabbed by police

….l don’t need the gift, no means of taking care of him   A 30-year old mother of five, Risikatu Olabintan who dumped...