Tinted glass permit: Police to train enforcement officers, ICT analysts on issuance
In a bid to improve national security and curb criminal activities facilitated by the misuse of tinted glass, the Nigeria Police Force says...
Just in: Labour Party’s National Chairman, Abure, Arrested
The National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has been nabbed by the Police. He was apprehended in Benin City,...
Tackling food inflation: FG gives 36 governors special intervention fund of N30bln each, says Akpabio
In a bid to address the skyrocketing cost of living in each state of the federation, the Federal Government, through the Federal Inland...
Economic hardship: FG set to restart direct cash transfers to 15m households
The Federal Government has concluded plans to restart direct cash transfers to the poorest and most vulnerable Nigerians. This follows the hardship that...
Senate to FG: Discard electricity subsidy removal for now
The Senate has urged the Federal Government to refrain from removing the electricity subsidy amid the ongoing hardships in the country. The Senate’s...
Economic hardship: Elumelu to partner MOFI to boost economy
Nigerian philanthropist and Chairman of Heirs Holdings Group, Mr. Tony Elumelu, has expressed readiness to partner with and support the Ministry of Finance...
Eschew negative tendencies capable of destroying Nigeria’s reputation, NIPR President urges Nigerians
The President of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), Dr. Ike Neliaku, has called on Nigerians to shun negative attitudes capable of...
FG Uncovers 32 Routes for Smuggling Food Out of Nigeria
The Federal Government says it has uncovered 32 routes through which food items are smuggled out of Nigeria. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who disclosed...
Danger alert! Deadly drug, ‘Kush’, laced with crushed human bones, formalin, others, now in circulation — Dr Ajidahun
A resident doctor and health influencer, Dr. Olusina Ajidahun, has raised an alarm over the emergence of a new dangerous psychoactive substance known...
Gunmen abduct corpse, family members in Enugu, demand N50m ransom
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the corpse of one Mr. Ugwuanyi Israel, along with family members conveying the deceased from Lagos...
Nigeria’s power situation worsens as stakeholders blame frequent grid collapses, gas shortage
States across the country and the Federal Capital Territory are currently experiencing another pang of power outages as the searing heat from the...
Presidential Villa, EFCC, FIRS, 83 other MDAs risk total blackout over N47.1bln electricity debt
The Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has threatened to disconnect the electricity supply of 86 ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) over a staggering...
We’ll frustrate illegal sales, thefts at Ports – Police
In a bid to curb illegal activities at various ports and around the economic hubs in Nigeria, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has...
In Kaduna, again, bandits kill six, abduct ex-CBN director, brother, others
No fewer than 50 people, including a retired Director of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Zakariya Markus, and his brother, Monday...
Update: FG reopens popular Abuja store sealed over alleged hoarding, price fixing
The Federal Government has reopened a popular supermarket, Sahad Store, located in the Garki area of Abuja. Persecondnews reports that the store was...
Brave NAF officer foils ‘one chance’ robbery, rescues victims in Abuja
A serving officer of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Commodore John Ijudigal, has foiled a robbery attempt by ‘one-chance’ syndicate in Wuse,...
