FG printed N50bn to augment March revenue shortfall in Federation Account — governor
The Federal Government printed about N60 billion to augment allocation shared to states in March 2021, a state governor has revealed. According to...
Dangote Sugar denies price fixing, says it’s unethical
Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) says it does not engage in artificial price manipulation of its products, either during the Holy month...
Ex-Ondo varsity lecturer dies mysteriously in his car
Olatunde Adegbuyi, a former lecturer in the Department of Geology at the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, has been found...
Road accidents: Dangote inaugurates truck driver’s training centre
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As part of measures to curb Road Traffic Crashes (RTC), the Dangote Cement Plc has inaugurated a Drivers’ Training...
COVID-19: India donates 100, 000 doses of vaccines to Nigeria
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh The government of India has donated 100,000 doses of Made-in-India Covishield vaccines, to Nigeria. The vaccines which...
OPL 245: Probe Adoke’s alleged forged legal request, anti-corruption group pressures UK
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh One of the leading anti-corruption groups in the UK, the Corner House, has asked the United Kingdom (UK)...
Youth restiveness, a ticking time bomb, says Elumelu
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Africa’s leading investor, philanthropist founder of the Tony Elumelu Foundation, Tony Elumelu, has called for multi-level and aggressive...
NNPC Signs $1.5bn Contract for PH Refinery Rehabilitation
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday signed contract for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) for the rehabilitation of...
Buhari’s official driver dies at State House clinic
President Muhammadu Buhari’s official driver, MWO Sa’idu Afaka has died. He died on Tuesday at the State House Clinic, Abuja, during an illness,...
VP Osinbajo expected in Imo state today, inaugurates projects
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) will arrive in Owerri later today to inaugurate the Dick Tiger Road. Persecondnews learnt that VP Yemi Osinbajo,...
My Father Has Been Sleeping With Me Since Age Seven, Teenage Girl Tells Police
By Boye Ajayi A 12-year-old girl (name withheld) has stormed a police station to report her defilement by her biological father since age...
Gunmen ravage Owerri prisons, state police headquarters, free hundreds of prisoners
Unidentified gunmen have launched a devastating attack on a correctional facility (prisons) in Owerri, Imo State Capital, torching it and freeing about 1,...
COVID-19 Misinformation: Facebook, WHO launch new campaign across Africa
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To connect people to accurate information and reduce misinformation on its platforms, Facebook is launching a new...
Buhari sued for his inaction over missing or theft of N3.8bn Health Ministry funds
“Corruption in the health sector exacerbates inequality in already unequal and unfair political, social, and economic environments, and produces a ‘cash and carry’...
Nigeria Football Supporters Club Chairman, Ikpea, bags National Merit Award
The Rev. Samuel Ikpea, the National Chairman, Nigeria Football Supporters Club, has added another feather to his cap — the “National Development Merit...
