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Market price: NNPCL not responsible for sudden raise in petrol pump price — Kyari

The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr Mele Kyari, said on Tuesday that the increase in...

Petrol pump price moves up to N617

Oil marketers on Tuesday increased petrol pump price shockingly from N537 per litre to N617 per litre, showing an additional N80 hike. The...

Nigerian Army busts Ghanaian, truck driver, impounds truck load of smuggled ammunition from Mali in Ogun

The troops of 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, operating in 81 Division area have intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled ammunition from...

APC National Chairman, Sen. Adamu, has resigned — Nze Duru, Deputy National Organising Secretary, confirms

“Our party’s constitution has provided adequately for a transition process in the leadership of the party. The Deputy National Chairman, North, will assume...

Over 25m “hungry Nigerians” to get reprieve as Ukraine builds grain terminal in Lekki, Lagos

Less than 24 hours after President Bola Tinubu declared state of emergency on the nation’s food sector, Ukrainian Ministry of Agrarian Policy and...

Narcotics: NDLEA busts importers, seizes 64,863kg of Nitrous Oxide in Lagos, Imo

Barely 24 hours after the Chairman of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, ordered a nationwide clamp down...

Whopping $18bn to be pumped into Nigeria’s oil and gas sector — Wunti

The Chief Upstream Investment Officer of the NNPCL Upstream Investment Management Services (NUMIS), Mr Bala Wunti said at the 22nd edition of the...

Three months after, suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Ari, faces trial July 12

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has filed a six-count charge against the suspended Adamawa Resident Electoral Commissioner, Barr. Hudu Yunusa...

Trademore estate residents protest planned demolition by FCTA

Trademore Estate residents on Monday in Abuja took to the streets, protesting the planned demolition of buildings on the estate by the Federal...

Unspeakable horror: Police van runs over handcuffed man severally

Youths on Friday went on rampage in Ekpoma, Edo State, over attempted murder by some policemen of a young man who was handcuffed,...

Eid-el-Kabir: FG suspends work on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway for six days

In a bid to ease vehicular movements and reduce gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway during the Eid-el-Kabir celebration, the Federal Government says it...

97,000 passports uncollected nationwide, Lagos accounts for 48,500, says NIS

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says in spite of the surge in the number of Nigerians travelling abroad, over 97,000 passports have not...

I will pursue excellence, professionalism, accountability, pledges Acting Police IG, Egbetokun

Mr Kayode Egbetokun, the Acting Inspector General of Police, has urged Nigerians and stakeholders to partner with the police in its re-modernization and...

Cross River Gov. Otu bans “Okada” (commercial motorcycles) in Calabar metropolis

In a bid to restore sanity and security to Calabar, the Cross River capital, Gov. Bassey Otu has slammed a total ban on...

Persecondnews spotlights Nigeria’s Special Adviser on Health, Mrs Salma Ibrahim Ana’s.

Former Borno State Health Commissioner, Dr (Mrs.) Salma Ibrahim Ana’s, is the Presidential Adviser on Health. A recipient of the Bill and Melinda...

10 key facts about Special Adviser to President Tinubu on Monetary Policies, Wale Edun

Here is the track record of the new Presidential Adviser on Monetary Policies, Chief Adebayo Olawale Edun, appointed along with seven others on...