Just in: Amid opposition, tax reform bills scale second reading in Senate
The Senate on Thursday passed the tax reform bills for the second reading following a heated debate among the lawmakers. Persecondnews recalls that...
Just in: Reps confirm Gen. Oluyede as Chief of Army Staff
The House of Representatives confirmed Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as the substantive Chief of Army Staff on Thursday following a successful screening by the...
Insecurity: FCTA taskforce raids ‘One Chance’ robbery hotspots in Abuja, scores arrested
In a bid to curb crime and enhance security in the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) Taskforce on City Sanitation...
APGA leadership dispute: Supreme Court affirms Ezeokenwa as national chairman
The Supreme Court has finally laid to rest the leadership dispute in the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) as it affirmed Sly Ezeokenwa...
Senate in rowdy session over tax reform bills
Wednesday’s Senate plenary session was thrown into a chaotic situation following a heated debate that erupted over the contentious Tax Reform Bills. The...
Breaking: Alleged N110 bln fraud: Ex-Kogi Gov. Bello, two others to cool their heels in custody until Dec.10
Justice Maryann Anenih of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has remanded Yahaya Bello, the immediate past Governor of Kogi State, and two other...
Just in: EFCC opposes ex-Kogi Gov. Bello’s bail application
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked Justice Maryann Anenih of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory to reject...
Just in: Alleged N110bln fraud: Yahaya Bello arraigned, enters ‘not-guilty’ plea
Yahaya Bello, a former governor of Kogi State, who was arraigned in court on Wednesday, has pleaded not guilty to a 16-count charge...
Alleged N110bn fraud: At last, Ex-Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello brought to court
Yahaya Bello, a former Kogi governor, was on Wednesday morning hauled up to a Federal High Court in Abuja by the Economic and...
One-Chance Cab Robbery: FCT Police to impound vehicles without number plates – CP
In a move to curb the rising cases of one-chance cab robbery incidents in the Federal Capital Territory, Police Commissioner Tunji Disu has...
Tinubu writes Senate, seeks Oluyede’s confirmation as Chief of Army Staff
President Bola Tinubu has urged the Senate to confirm Lt.-Gen. Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede’s appointment as the substantive Chief of Army Staff. Tinubu’s letter...
Misconduct, dereliction of duties: Ebonyi Gov. suspends two commissioners for three months
Ebonyi Gov. Francis Nwifuru has suspended the Commissioner for Health, Dr. Moses Ekuma, and his Housing and Urban Development counterpart, Mr. Francis Ori,...
Just in: 1.6m of 2m Nigerians living with HIV currently receiving treatment nationwide—NACA DG
Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Director General, Dr. Temitope Ilori, announced that at least 1.6 million of the two...
Africa tops global femicide table, Americas, Oceania follow closely – UN report
Latest report from the United Nations Women and UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) shows that Africa had the highest rates of...
Updated: Driver narrowly escapes death as container falls on car in Lagos, the 7th in 2024
A driver was rescued by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) after a 40-foot container fell on his Toyota Camry with the...
Oyedepo’s jet, others require clearance to depart from private airstrips—Aviation Minister Keyamo
The Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo (SAN), has said that private jets, including that of Bishop David Oyedepo, the...
