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NNPC intensifies clampdown on illegal petrol hawkers

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Friday said that it has stepped up efforts to clamp down on illegal petrol hawkers across the...

Britain advised by Commonwealth leader to set up post-Brexit trading zone with Nigeria

Britain must embrace free trade with Nigeria after Brexit as its rapidly growing population “loves British products” and wants to buy “everything” from UK...

U.S Judge Sentence 7 Nigerians to Prison For Money Laundering Scheme that Targeted American Victims

A federal judge in Austin, Texas, sentenced three Nigerian men on Friday for a money laundering scheme involving millions of dollars, according to...

Aare Ona Kakanfo says ‘enough is enough’, we’ll defend ourselves if attacked by herdsmen

Gani Adams, Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, said there is far too much tolerance of herdsmen extremism in Yorubaland and promised to step up...

No Forceful acquisition of land for herdsmen ranching, says VP Osinbajo

The federal government has decided that there shall not be any forceful acquisition of land for the herdsmen colony plans of the Buhari...

Of drowning men and national security by Reuben Abati

Jimoh Moshood, the current Police Public Relations officer in Abuja is probably the most unprofessional occupier of that office since 1999.  His lack...

Former NFF Secretary Austin Mgbolu is dead

Reports reaching Per Second News indicates that former Nigerian Football Federation spokesperson, Austin Mgbolu, is dead. Mgbolu died Wednesday at his Abuja residence....

Buhari’s executive order designed to attract genuine investors- Dambazau

Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari  signed an executive order on Monday directing the...

TRAGEDY: After 18-years wait for children, woman delivers twin and dies

A couple  who felt on top of the world last week when they got their first children, a pair of twins, were dealt...

You’re Wrong In Declaring Me Wanted: IBB Spokesman Afegbua Tells Police

By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – Spokesman to former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Mr. Kassim Afegbua has challenged the Nigeria Police...

Senate directs PTAD to recall sacked directors

The Senate has directed the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) to recall and reinstate as contract staff five directors sacked by the directorate...

Buhari asks Tinubu to settle escalating feud in the APC party

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday as part of on-going efforts to improve cohesion within the All Progressives Congress (APC), has designated Asiwaju Bola Ahmed...

What exactly is Babangida saying? by Reuben Abati 

The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly issued...

Kano Trip: ‘It’s not about politics’ says VP Osinbajo

Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo Monday said that his trip over the week-end to Kano was to attend the wedding ceremony of his Personal...

Kechi Okwuchi, Sosoliso crash survivor on ‘Thank You’ visit to SPDC

There were emotional scenes as Miss Kechi Okwuchi, a survivor of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash that claimed many lives visited The Shell...