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3 million Americans carry a handgun with them daily: study
[dropcap]R[/dropcap]oughly 3 million Americans carry loaded handguns with them every day, primarily for protection, according to a new analysis of a national survey...
The devil is keeping millions enslaved in Nigeria with “lies, cowardice and corruption, says abducted priest
“I would like to stay here, because the devil is defeated by staying here, the devil is cowardly, he wants us to be...
Evans Pleads Not Guilty To Kidnap Charges
[dropcap]N[/dropcap]otorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans, on Thursday entered a not guilty plea to a two-count amended charge of conspiracy and kidnapping at an...
Your past does not determine your future- Osinbajo
[dropcap]F[/dropcap]irst, let me say to the 2017 cohorts of the Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurship programme, that it is a very special pleasure to meet...
Presidency dismisses ‘false’ reports about $25 NNPC oil contracts
The presidency has insisted that reports about $25 billion worth of oil contract allegedly awarded by the NNPC or missing $25 billion are both...
Italian priest kidnapped in Edo state
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]n Italian priest has been kidnapped by gunmen in Benin City, church officials have said. Maurizio Pallu was snatched on Thursday in broad...
VIDEO: Nigeria Woman Dies After Being Rushed off Ethiopia Airlines flight ET 500
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]ideo footage has emerged showing a Nigerian woman who had a medical emergency on an Ethiopian Airlines flight ET 500. The passenger died Wednesday...
FG urges international community to designate IPOB as terrorist organization
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has urged the international community to step up its support for Nigeria by designating the Indigenous...
NNPC: Osinbajo makes important clarification about presidential approvals
[dropcap]V[/dropcap]ice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, on Thursday revealed that the approvals he granted to the NNPC while he was Acting President were for financing...
Emirates flight diverted after child passenger dies
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] Munich-bound flight from Dubai had to make an emergency landing after a child passenger onboard died, Per Second News gathered. The plane...
Nigeria first African side to qualify for 2018 World Cup
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ubstitute Alex Iwobi propelled the Super Eagles to the 2018 World Cup with a late strike that earned the Nigerian team a 1-0...
Buhari appoints Aishah Ahmad new CBN deputy governor
President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday presented Mrs Aishah Ahmad to the Senate for confirmation as Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)....
Giant python attacks Indonesian man before being eaten
A giant python attacked an Indonesian man, nearly severing his arm, before hungry villagers chopped up the reptile and ate it, a police...
Health workers end strike, warn of escalation if demands not met
[dropcap]S[/dropcap]triking health workers under the auspices of the Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) on Tuesday finally suspended its 13- day old strike after making...
Catalonia has ‘won the right’ to independence
Catalonia’s leader Carles Puigdemont said the region won the right to break away from Spain, with his government claiming on Monday that 90...
Austria bans burqa
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]ustria on Sunday becomes the fifth European country to ban wearing full face veils such as the burqa and niqab in public, a...
