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Breaking: Supreme Court confirms PDP’s Adeleke as Osun Governor

Sen. Ademola Adeleke was on Tuesday affirmed by the Supreme Court as the governor of Osun State. Delivering judgment, a five-member panel of...

Just in: Over 100 passengers escape death as MaxAir plane crash lands In Abuja

Scores of passengers escaped deaths on Sunday by hairsbreadth when Max Air aircraft crash-landed at the Nnamdi Azikwe Airport Abuja. As the plane crash...

Elephant that killed 11 villagers captured in Kerala

Forest officials in India’s southern state of Kerala have captured a wild elephant that killed at least 11 people over five years as...

Two years after inauguration, Pres. Buhari launches “Agenda 2050”

Nigeria’s “Agenda 2050” conceived to make the country a high-income economy by the year 2050 has been launched by President Muhammadu Buhari. The...

Senate probes NIS over corruption, delayed issuance, renewal of international passports

The Senate has directed its Committee on Interior to investigate the delay in the issuance and renewal of passports by the Nigeria Immigration...

NNPCL GCEO Mele Kyari Receives Outstanding Employer of The Year 2022 Award from TUC

The NNPCL has won an Outstanding Employer of the Year award (2022) from the Trade Union Congress (TUC).     The Trade Union...

Leaky toilets jammed Delta plane’s controls shutting down the autopilot during flight to New York

Water leaking from the lavatories of a Delta Airlines plane knocked out its autopilot system and left pilots with limited control of the...

As reported by Persecondnews, 2023 Population Census fixed for May has been postponed 

The 2023 Population and Housing Census scheduled to hold from May 3 to May 7 has been postponed indefinitely, the Minister of Information...

Alleged $2.4bn illegal crude oil sale to China: What you need to know about the subtle, close-knit plot to fleece Nigeria of millions of dollars of its crude oil through blackmail, intimidation

The prosecution of the petitioners which started in 2019 suffered setbacks due to a series of adjournments caused by the absence of the...

Plans to rehabilitate Tincan, Apapa, other ports underway, says NPA boss, Bello-Koko

The Managing Director/CEO of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, has disclosed that plans are underway to rehabilitate the ports across the...

President Biden, 80, officially declares he’s running for second-term

US President Joseph Biden Tuesday officially announced he will seek a second term as president of the United States in 2024 election. At...

Lack of funds, logistics, insecurity may force postponement of May 3 population census – PSN investigation

The 2023 population and housing census scheduled for between May 3 and May 5 may have run into logistic hitches as funds required...

Weight loss can put Type 2 diabetes in remission ‘for at least five years’

By Neil Murphy Losing weight can put Type 2 diabetes in remission for at least five years, new data suggests. Figures from the...

Judicial meddlesomeness in NNPCL’s board’s chairmanship: Threat to company’s stability, corporate governance, investment drive

By Dele Akinsola The judicial pronouncement of a Federal High Court in Abuja, “annulling’ ‘a presidential nomination and appointment of the non-executive Chairman...

Some restaurants lacing their foods with drugs, health expert raises alarm

A Neuropsychiatrist, Dr. Ifedilichukwu Uchendu, has disclosed that some restaurants in Nigeria are now lacing their foods with drugs to get patrons addicted...

Appointment, remuneration, tenures of NNPC Ltd GCEO, CFO are in order — NUPENG, PENGASSAN

Following the controversy trailing the appointments, remuneration and tenures of the Group Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian...