Skyscraper Collapses in Thailand After Powerful Earthquake Hits Region, Multiple People Trapped
A high-rise building still under construction in Bangkok collapsed after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake rocked Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar on Friday. The...
Tony Elumelu Named to IMF’s Advisory Council on Entrepreneurship, Growth
Founder and Group Chair of Heirs Holdings, Tony O. Elumelu, CFR, has been appointed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to its Advisory...
Prof. Nwosu’s Lack of Courage to Declare Full 1993 Election Results Disqualifies Him from Immortalization – Oshiomhole
Edo Senator Adams Oshiomhole has strongly criticized Prof. Humphrey Nwosu, the former Chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), for failing to announce...
“Life unbearable”, says 25-year-old youth as he commits suicide
Tragedy struck in the Dagbolu community of Osogbolu Local Government Area, Osun State, as 25-year-old Joseph Abodunrin took his own life. According to...
Just in: Bisola Kola-Daisi, late Oyo Gov. Ajimobi’s eldest child, 42, dies in London
Mrs. Bisola Kola-Daisi, 42-year-old eldest child of the late former Governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi, has passed away. She died in London,...
Tinubu Reinforces NCDMB Governing Council with Strategic Nominees to Drive Industry Growth
President Bola Tinubu has reinforced the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Governing Council with the approval of four new members. Persecondnews...
House of Reps Advances Bills For Creation Of Ijebu, Orlu, Oke-Ogun, Three Other States
The House of Representatives has passed four bills seeking to create new states, including Ijebu, Orlu, Oke-Ogun, Ife-Ijesa, Tiga, and Etiti States to...
UK govt. releases names of dead Nigerians with unclaimed estates
The UK government has released a list of unclaimed estates belonging to individuals from different countries who died in the UK, including 58...
Nigeria Raises N1.09trn from Sovereign Sukuk for Infrastructure Development
The Debt Management Office (DMO) has announced that the Nigerian Government has successfully raised a total of N1.09 trillion through the Sovereign Sukuk...
NASS Moves to Strip Vice Presidents, Governors, Deputies of Immunity, Bill Advances
A bill aimed at stripping the vice president, governors, and their deputies of immunity has passed the second reading stage in the House...
Just in: Senate confirms Nwakuche’s appointment as CG of Nigerian Correctional Service
A day after a jailbreak occurred at a correctional facility in Kogi State, the Senate on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Mr. Sylvester...
Barely Seven Days After Administrator Takes Office, Rivers Head of Service Quits
Just a week into retired Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas’ tenure as Rivers State Sole Administrator, the Head of the State Civil Service, Dr...
Flight Forced to Make U-Turn After Pilot Realizes He Left Passport Behind
A United Airlines 787 flying from Los Angeles to China had to turn around at the weekend after it was discovered one of...
Wike’s photo with Supreme Court Justice Agim after ruling against Fubara: Apex Court reacts
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has rejected allegations of judiciary manipulation after a photo surfaced of Justice Emmanuel Agim with Minister of the...
2024 financials: UBA gross earnings grow from N2.08trn in 2023 to N3.19trn, grows profit to N804bln
Africa’s Global Bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has released its audited financial results for the full year ended on December 31,...
In Rivers State – A Republic of Anomaly Renews its Methods
By Prof. Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his...
