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Just in: Pastor, wife allegedly arrested on arrival at Abuja airport

Apostle Tomi Arayomi of the Restoring Isaachers Generation (RIG) and his wife, Prophet Tahmar Arayomi have been reportedly arrested on arrival at the...

Breaking: Audacious gunmen kidnap State’s Ex-Deputy Governor 

A former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, Prof. Onje Gye-wado, has been kidnapped by gunmen. Persecondnews gathered that Gye-wado, who served during the Gov....

Obasanjo to Elite: Rescue Nigeria from the precipice

This, he said, will help to assuage and pacify the aggrieved and the youths for national peace and cohesion.

Leaked audio call between Oyedepo and I is fake, Obi declares, threatens legal action

Labour Party’s Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to the purported conversational audio clip between him and Bishop David Oyedepo, founder of...

Organ harvesting: Ex-Pres. Obasanjo writes UK govt, pleads for clemency for Ekweremadu, wife

Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo has risen to the occasion by writing to the United Kingdom government to temper justice with mercy in...

Buhari leaving office on a sour note, policies have impoverished Nigerians, says Prof. Soyinka

Nobel laureate and literary icon, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has expressed some reservations about President Muhammadu Buhari’s disobedience and disrespect towards the country’s Supreme...

Just in: NDLEA, Customs sign MoU to cripple drug cartels in Nigeria

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, retired Big.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa said in Abuja on Tuesday that...

Treason allegation against me malicious, fictitious, Obi tells Lai Mohammed

The Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Mr Peter Obi, has reacted to the treason label by the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai...

FG to Peter Obi: You have committed treason

For allegedly inciting people to violence over the outcome of the February 25 Presidential poll, the Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai...

Delta post-poll crisis: Deputy Senate President Omo-Agege expelled from APC

In a post-poll squabbling, Deputy Senate President Ovie Omo-Agege has been shown the exit door in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta...

Ailing Ondo Gov. Akeredolu hands over to Deputy Gov. Aiyedatiwa

Ailing Ondo State Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Monday handed over the reins of power to the Deputy Governorship, Mr Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa. Akeredolu,...

Drug trafficking: Self-styled end-time Prophetess, celebrity couple declared wanted by NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared a prophetess and a celebrity couple wanted for recruiting under age girls into drug...

Just in: Prof. Alkali, NNPP Chairman, resigns 

After leading his party to record some success in the 2023 polls, the National Chairman of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Prof....

Interview with Peter Obi’s running mate, Baba-Ahmed: NBC slams Channels TV with N5m fine

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has imposed a fine of N5 million on Channels Television over alleged violation of the broadcasting law or...

Less than two months to end of Gov. Ikpeazu’s tenure, court freezes Abia State Government accounts

A Federal High Court in Apo, Abuja, granted an order freezing all the accounts of the state government domiciled in the financial institutions....

We have uncovered plot to scuttle transfer of power to President-elect, Tinubu — DSS

The Department of State Service (DSS) spokesperson, Dr Peter Afunaya, on Wednesday in Abuja, said they have uncovered plans by some politicians to...