Water scarcity can fuel conflicts around the world, UN warns
The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has warned that water scarcity can fuel conflicts around the world and also pose...
Just in: Two Nasarawa varsity students die, several others injured in palliative-sharing stampede
A stampede at the convocation square of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) has claimed the lives of at least two students. Persecondnews gathered...
Nigeria ranks as 102nd World’s happiest country – Report
Nigeria has ranked as the 102nd happiest nation in the world out of 143 countries, the World Happiness Report released on Wednesday disclosed....
Reps extend 2023 supplementary budget implementation by two months
The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking an extension of the 2023 supplementary budget. This comes after President Bola Tinubu had...
Goods worth millions of naira destroyed as fire guts popular Idumota market in Lagos
An early morning fire on Wednesday destroyed goods worth millions of Naira, razing some shops in the Nnamdi Azikiwe and Docemo sections of...
Senate Increases FCT 2024 Budget To ₦1.3trn
The Senate has increased the 2024 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) budget to about ₦1.3 trillion after the bill scaled third reading. Persecondnews reports...
Police Present N1.6bln To Families Of Deceased Officers
No fewer than 727 families of deceased police personnel have received financial support from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The Force revealed that...
Again, Nnamdi Kanu denied bail as court orders accelerated hearing
Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday denied the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi...
Delta Military Killings: Flags To Fly At Half-Mast, Begins Three-Day Mourning
Nigeria’s Armed Forces have begun a three-day national mourning for the 17 soldiers killed by angry youths in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government...
Release data of Nigerian users to EFCC, court orders Binance
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the cryptocurrency trading platform, Binance Holdings Limited, to provide the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
Child, maternal mortality: Rotary International donates $2m to Nigeria
In a bid to tackle the pressing issue of child and maternal mortality in Nigeria, Rotary International has allocated $2 million for dedicated...
NDLEA Nab Hairstylist, Dispatch Rider For Allegedly Selling Drug-Laced Chin-Chin To Students, At Parties
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has detained a 20-year-old hair stylist named Josephine Odunu and a 30-year-old dispatch rider named Edesemi...
Delta military killings: ‘Cowardly’ perpetrators won’t go unpunished, says Tinubu
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killings of some Army officers and troops at Okuama, Delta State, on March 14. This is as...
Nigeria’s inflation hits 31.70% in February – NBS
Nigeria’s inflation rate rose to 31.70 percent in February 2024 from 29.90 percent recorded in January 2024, the National Bureau of Statistics said...
Telcoms, banks, media hit as undersea cable damage causes internet outages in Nigeria, West, South Africa
Following damage to the international underwater cables that provide them with connectivity, Nigerian banks and telecommunications companies are experiencing internet outages. The damage...
Food production: CBN donates 2.15m bags of fertilizer to Fed. Ministry of Agriculture
In a bid to boost food production across the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) says it has handed over N100 billion...
