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FG Drops Lufthansa as adviser on national carrier establishment

The federal government has cancelled a N341 million naira contract with Lufthansa as advisors for the establishment of a national carrier and replaced...

FG appoints StanbicIBTC, Citi bank, others to handle $2.5 billion Eurobond

The Buhari administration Wednesday announced the reappointment of a consortium of banks including Citi Group,  Standard Chartered, StanbicIBTC, Whitten-Case and African Practice to...

Former NFF Secretary Austin Mgbolu is dead

Reports reaching Per Second News indicates that former Nigerian Football Federation spokesperson, Austin Mgbolu, is dead. Mgbolu died Wednesday at his Abuja residence....

Buhari’s executive order designed to attract genuine investors- Dambazau

Turning back to the economic populism that helped drive his election campaign, President Muhammadu Buhari  signed an executive order on Monday directing the...

BUA set to build 220-bed specialist hospital in Kano

The BUA Foundation plans to construct a 220-bed specialist hospital in Kano, which when completed will put an end to foreign medical tourism...

You’re Wrong In Declaring Me Wanted: IBB Spokesman Afegbua Tells Police

By Amos Dunia, Persecond News Abuja – Spokesman to former military President, General Ibrahim Babangida, Mr. Kassim Afegbua has challenged the Nigeria Police...

Senate directs PTAD to recall sacked directors

The Senate has directed the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) to recall and reinstate as contract staff five directors sacked by the directorate...

What exactly is Babangida saying? by Reuben Abati 

The drama, the controversy, the confusion, the double entendre, attended by seeming cowardice, that grew around a statement, perhaps the statements, purportedly issued...

Kechi Okwuchi, Sosoliso crash survivor on ‘Thank You’ visit to SPDC

There were emotional scenes as Miss Kechi Okwuchi, a survivor of the 2005 Sosoliso plane crash that claimed many lives visited The Shell...

USAID Provides Additional $89 Million in New Assistance to Nigeria

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Monday announced $89 million in additional development assistance to Nigeria to continue its support for development...

Metuh carried to court on a stretcher

Former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party ( PDP ), Olisa Metuh was brought to court Monday on a stretcher. Metuh was in...

Nigeria 0 Morocco 4: Hadraf shines as host humbles toothless Eagles in CHAN final

Zakaria Hadraf brace capped a dominant Moroccan performance by beating home based Eagles 4-0 Sunday, winning  the 2018 Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) title in...

VP Osinbajo at Alma Mater, Igbobi College, Lagos

VP Osinbajo graces the Annual Merit Award Luncheon of ICOBA to mark the 86th anniversary of Igbobi College, his Alma Mater, held at the...

Former Temptations’ Lead Singer Dennis Edwards Dead At 74

One of the voices that carried the legendary Temptations has passed away. Dennis Edwards has died. Edwards replaced David Ruffin as the lead...

SERAP drags FG, Cameroon to African Commission over illegal return of refugees, asylum seekers

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has petitioned the Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights requesting “the urgent intervention...

Under Buhari Administration So Far, Monthly Job Creation Has Continued – Minister

Since President Muhammadu Buhari took office, the unemployment rate has slowly edged down with millions of jobs created, according to the administration. ”In...