Nigeria

Security agents arrest Sowore, pro-democracy activists in widening crackdown

  Just a few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s New Year broadcast, the publisher of Saharareporters and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and others...

Full text of President Buhari’s New Year message

My fellow countrymen and women, First, I would like to thank and praise the Almighty who saw us through the year 2020 and...

UNICEF projects 21,000 babies will be given birth to in Nigeria on New Year Day 

      By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As 2021 rolls in, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has projected that an estimated 21,439 babies...

Stakeholders score Buhari’s agric policies low

    A video went viral in November 2020 about a hearing session organised by a committee of Nigeria’s legislative national assembly. Zaheera...

Nigeria teetering on the brink, nearly a failed state — London Financial Times

  Nigeria is on the brink of becoming a failed state, according to an international daily newspaper, Financial Times. The highly reverred newspaper, taking a...

We are now second-class citizens in our own country, laments Ijaw leader, Edwin Clark

  “What type of country to do we belong to? We produce all the resources in this country and for me to benefit...

Amnesty International applauds ICC’s probe of Nigerian military for alleged war crimes

    Amnesty International says the International Criminal Court’s decision to launch a probe into the alleged war crimes records of the Nigerian...

Nigeria unveils plan to receive 20m COVID-19 vaccines as rich countries hoard doses

  Nigeria has announced plans to receive 20 million Covid-19 vaccines early next year, according to the Executive Secretary, National Primary Health Care Development...

Technology transfer: Buhari inaugurates implementation committee on Nigeria-Czech MoU

    In a bid to facilitate a smooth transfer of technology from Czech Republic, the Federal Government on Thursday inaugurated the implementation...

Nigeria now 3rd most terrorised country — GTI 

  The Boko Haram insurgency  and Fulani extremism have placed Nigeria as the world’s third most terrorised country, according to a Global Terrorism...

Recession Blues By Reuben Abati 

      “My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?”  “E ku recession”  “Excuse me?”  “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba...

Just in: FIFA picks two Nigerian referees  for Women’s World Cup

  FIFA, the world football governing body,  has selected two Nigerian referees to officiate at the 2023 Women’s World Cup scheduled to be...

Nigeria suffering worst recession in living memory

  Nigeria’s economy shrank by by -2.48 percent in the third quarter of 2020, marking the biggest quarterly drop on record and plunging...

KLM plans to resume flights to Nigeria in December

  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines on Tuesday said it plans to resume flights to Nigeria in December, Per Second News gathered. Hello Nigeria!...

Tony Elumelu bags Belgium’s highest national honour

  The Kingdom of Belgium’s highest national honour has been conferred on Africa’s leading investor, philanthropist and UBA Chairman, Tony O. Elumelu. It is...

Sloppy  Super Eagles surrender 4-0 lead to draw Leone Stars 4-4 at home

  By Boye Ajayi It was an incredible, poor result for Super Eagles, who were leading their Sierra Leonean counterparts 4-0 to concead three...