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Breaking: Celebrated Olympic boxer, Jerry Okorodudu, dies

The 64-year-old celebrated Olympic boxer, Jeremiah Okorodudu, is dead. The ace boxer died at a Lagos Hospital while awaiting amputation surgery, Persecondnews gathered....

Missing or alleged misappropriation of 13% derivation fund: Probe ex-Gov. Okowa now, Delta communities tell EFCC

Immediate past Governor of Delta State, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has been hauled up before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the...

Eid-el-Kabir: FG suspends work on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for six days

In a bid to ease vehicular movements and reduce gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the Federal Government says it...

Nigeria yet to pay N18m awarded to us by ECOWAS Court in 2017, says Actress Njemanze in PSN exclusive interview

In 2017, an ECOWAS Court sitting in Abuja gave a landmark judgment in favour of actress and activist, Dorothy Njemanze and two others...

Just in: Mass Communication expert, Prof. Lai Oso, dies in auto crash

Journalism profession and the academia have been thrown into mourning following the death of Prof. Lai Oso, a former Dean, School of Communication...

Calabar Cruise Boat Accident: Gov. Otu orders investigation, commends Navy, villagers for prompt intervention

Cross River State Governor, Sen. Bassey Otu, has ordered investigation into the cruise boat mishap involving 14 medical students at the popular Marina...

NPA to public, security agencies, NUJ, NGE: Beware of blackmail, smear campaign against management, officials

The public, security agencies, the Nigeria Union of Journalists and the Nigeria Guild of Editors have been alerted to a calculated, well-funded and...

97,000 passports uncollected nationwide, Lagos accounts for 48,500, says NIS

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says in spite of the surge in the number of Nigerians travelling abroad, over 97,000 passports have not...

Search for Titanic ends in tragedy as five explorers die in implosion

The United States Coast Guard announced yesterday that it believed the five passengers who disappeared while attempting to explore the Titanic shipwreck were...

NPA rehabilitates decade-long dilapidated Apapa water works

Relief has come for Apapa residents in Lagos as the Mohammed Bello Koko-led management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has resuscitated the...

I will pursue excellence, professionalism, accountability, pledges Acting Police IG, Egbetokun

Mr Kayode Egbetokun, the Acting Inspector General of Police, has urged Nigerians and stakeholders to partner with the police in its re-modernization and...

New Police IG, Egbetokun, assumes office at Force headquarters, Abuja, amid jubilation

New Police IG, Egbetokun, assumes office at Force headquarters, Abuja, amid jubilation Twenty- four hours after he was appointed, the Acting Inspector General...