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N6bn Defamation Suit: Supreme Court throws out Peterside’s appeal against Odili

A former governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Dr Dakuku Peterside, has lost his suit challenging a N6...

Just in: APC guber primaries: Omo-Agege, Abiodun, Sanwo-Olu emerge candidates

Senate Deputy President Obarisi Ovie Omo-Agege has emerged the Delta state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general...

PDP Governorship Primaries: Makinde, Fintiri, Fubara, Uba, Ikonne, sweep polls

Oyo State Gov. Seyi Makinde, his Adamawa counterpart, Umaru Fintiri are among those who scaled the hurdles of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)...

Access Bank moves to dominate agency banking business in Nigeria

In its bid to enhance financial inclusion, Access Bank says it is poised to increase its customer base and deepen wallet share of...

2023: Non-signing of Electoral Act by Buhari in favour of aspirants — PDP presidential aspirant

The withholding of assent by President Muhammadu Buhari to the amendment of the Electoral Act 2022 is in favor of political aspirants across...

Texas school mass shooting: Death toll rises to 20

At least, 18 pupils and two adults have  been confirmed dead in the horrendous mass shooting at a Texas elementary school in Uvalde,...

NSIA transitioning from funds management company to assets management outfit, announces MD/CEO, Orji

  In a bid to expand its business frontiers, the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) has been repositioned to transition from a fund...

Inflation: CBN raises monetary policy rate to 13 per cent

To curb the rising inflation rate in the country, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Tuesday raised the Monetary Policy  Rate to...

Just in: Ex-Imo Gov. Okorocha’s Abuja residence under EFCC siege

In a tactical strike to arrest him, the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have swooped on the Abuja residence...

Morocco-Nigeria: NIRSAL, GCAM renew partnership in agric sector

Six years after signing their first agreement in 2016, Groupe Crédit Agricole du Maroc (GCAM) and the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing system for...

We will waste Abuja-Kaduna train abductees unless our demands are met, threaten terrorists

With the time ticking, restive terrorists who attacked and kidnapped passengers on the Abuja-Kaduna train two months ago, have threatened to kill all...

BREAKING: ln one fell swoop, Rivers Gov. Wike sacks commissioners, other cabinet members

  Just a year to the end of his tenure, Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike, has sent packing members of the State Executive Council...

NSIA’s gross assets hit N1.2trillion amid volatility and cyclical risks across markets

  The gross assets of the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) have hit N1.2 trillion, its audited financial results for 2021 have revealed....

Again, APC shifts presidential aspirants’ screening

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has again postponed indefinitely, the screening exercise for its presidential aspirants earlier scheduled to commence today, Monday, May...

774 councils’ autonomy gets judicial stamp as court bars governors from tampering with their funds

A landmark judgment was delivered on Monday in Abuja barring state governors from controlling and disbursing local government funds across the country. Persecondnews...

Latest Anambra killings: Mother, her four children, two others wiped out

Barely two days after a lawmaker was beheaded, another horrendous incident has occurred in Anambra State with the killing of seven persons including...