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Safe Roads Drive: FG, FRSC, Stakeholders Launch Initiative to Tackle Vehicle Overloading

By Omoyeni Ojeifo The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has called for unified action across Nigeria’s transportation sector to curb vehicle overloading and...

FG Targets Online Safety with Regulated Internet Access for Under-16

By Omoyeni Ojeifo In a bid to protect Nigerian children from online threats, the Federal Government is planning regulated internet access for under-16...

Nigeria, APM Terminals Seal MoU on Badagry Deep Seaport 

By Samuel Akpan Nigeria has advanced plans for a new deepwater gateway following a Memorandum of Understanding signed by APM Terminals in Copenhagen...

Ordinary Nigerians Will Feel Reform Gains Soon, CBN Assures

Nigerians will soon feel better economic numbers in their pockets, CBN Governor Olayemi Cardoso has assured. He gave the assurance on Tuesday at...

Diversify, Tap Alternative Funding, Minister Tells Federal Varsities

By Omoyeni Ojeifo The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa, has directed public universities to give Directors of Advancement a minimum five-year...

FG Adopts Digital Tracking to Protect Genuine Graduates From Certificate Fraud

By Omoyeni Ojeifo As part of measures to curb certificate racketeering and restore confidence in Nigeria’s education system, the Federal Government is turning...

BREAKING: APC Set to Lose Formidable Force as Haske Moves to APM

The All Progressives Congress in Adamawa State is facing a major political setback as businessman and frontline governorship aspirant Abdulrahman Bashir Haske prepares...

SOS: Flood Cuts Off Dogongada Residents as Community Cries Out for Permanent Solution

By Omoyeni Ojeifo For residents of Dogongada community in Abuja’s Lokogoma area, the crisis did not end when the rain stopped. Heavy downpours...

BREAKING: Three-Storey Hotel Collapses In Abuja

A three-storey hotel building has collapsed in Wuse Zone 4, Abuja, just hours after officials of the FCT Administration’s Development Control Department sealed...

Obasanjo, Odumegwu-Ojukwu Accompany Exiled President Koroma Back to Sierra Leone

By Omoyeni Ojeifo Former Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma has officially returned home to Freetown after more than two years of exile...

Atiku’s Lobbyist Deletes Post Claiming Trump’s Presidential Appointment

By Per Second News Nigerian-born lobbyist Karl Okeke Von Batten has deleted the social-media post announcing that United States President Donald Trump appointed...

Atiku’s Lobbyist Appointed to Unpaid Students’ Honours Panel, Not White House Policymaking Position

Atiku Abubakar’s United States lobbyist, Nigerian born Karl Okeke Von Batten, was appointed to an unpaid education commission and not a White House...

Breaking: 43 Suspected Oil Thieves Suffocate to Death in Rivers; Several Missing

No fewer than 43 suspected oil thieves suffocated and several others remain missing following a toxic chemical inhalation incident in Okrika Local Government...

Breaking: Uber Pulls Out of Nigeria, Ending Local Operations

A global ride-hailing company, Uber, has announced plans to exit Nigeria, effective Wednesday, September 2, 2026. The development is coming after 12 years...

Nigeria’s Economy Surges 4.43%, Races Towards $1trn GDP Target

Nigeria’s economy recorded stronger growth in the second quarter of 2026, expanding by 4.43 per cent year-on-year and strengthening the Federal Government’s projection...

Fraud allegations: EFCC summons fugitive ex-Bayelsa Governor Timipre Sylva

Former Bayelsa State Governor Timipre Sylva is facing renewed heat from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), which issued a fresh summons...