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Buhari approves N42.68bn to Nigerian Airways ex-workers, ASUU 

By Ruth Olurounbi President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the release of N42.68 billion to Nigerian Airways and universities workers, days after members of...

Nigeria to spend $3.5m to counts its poor people 

As NBS begins national poverty survey next week By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria will spend an estimated $3.5 million to conduct the  Nigerian Living...

Per Second News Business Editor Awarded WSCIJ Fellowship

Per Second News’ Business Editor, Miss Ruth Olurounbi, has been selected to take part in the 2018 Report Women! Female Reporters’ Leadership Programme...

Nigeria made N783.59bn from VATs, e-payment receipts, Fowler says

By Ruth Olurounbi Nigeria’s Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has generated N783.59 billion in in Valued Added Tax as well as e-stamp duties...

NNPC asks NUPENG, PENGASSAN to suspend strike over Chevron dispute 

By Ruth Olurounbi Following threat of a strike action by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and the Petroleum...

Efe Kimono, wife of Ras Kimono Dead

Barely a month after the dub master Ras Kimono was buried, his wife Efe Kimono died this morning according to family sources. She...

INEC declares re-run in Osun elections, says inconclusive

Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, pulled off a stunning upset in heavily APC state of Osun, forcing the election...

Buhari a liability, not a leader says Tambuwal

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential aspirant, and governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, on Saturday issued scathing rebukes to President Muhammadu Buhari....

‘I need more time to account for spending on water projects’, minister tells court

The Minister of Water Resources Engr. Suleiman Adamu has told the Federal High Court in Lagos to “grant the Ministry more time within...

Okorocha says son-in-law ‘the best candidate’ for Imo state

Governor Rochas Okorocha has championed son-in-law Ache Nwosu as the APC’s “best candidate” for  governor of Imo, brushing aside suggestions he is not...

US, EU mission wants free, fair elections in Osun state

THE European Union Observer Mission said INEC should undo past wrongs by a free, fair and credible election in Osun state. Mr David...

CBN sells $317.52m, 58.40m CNY into Retail SMIS

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday sold a total of $317.52 million and an additional 58.40 million Chinese Yuan into the retail...

Passenger removed from plane for head-butting flight attendant

A Delta flight from Salt Lake City, Utah to Orlando, Florida was forced to make an emergency landing in Oklahoma City Friday morning,...

Passengers Bleed From Ears and Nose After Airline Forgets to Pressurize Cabin

Passengers on Jet Airways Flight 697 from Mumbai to Jaipur, India, recently had a terrifying experience after the flight crew forgot to pressurize...

Polaris bank takes over Skye bank

The Central bank on Friday revoked the license of Skye bank.  A bridge bank called Polaris will now takeover, Per Second News gathered....

NNPC to IGP Idris: We have no hidden $470m in banks, our accounts known to Presidency

In a fiercely defiant statement on Friday, the Management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, denied ‘misplaced’ allegations by the Nigerian Police that...