Nasarawa State now under Boko Haram siege, says governor
Gov. Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has raised an alarm that Boko Haram insurgents have regrouped at the Nasarawa/Benue border after they...
Nigerian Governors Forum disowns governor over ill-fated comment on COVID-19 vaccine
The Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) has distanced itself from a statement credited to a state governor on COVID-19 vaccine, saying the NGF...
Former Nigerian goalkeeper and Super Eagles Assist. Coach, Joe Erico, exits the world
By Boye Ajayi Former Nigerian goalkeeper and assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico, is dead, reports Persecondnews. The death of...
U S. President Biden annuls Trump’s travel ban on Nigeria, other countries
U.S. President Joe Biden, on assumption of office on Wednesday, signed an Executive Order repealing the travel ban slammed on citizens from...
Cristiano Ronaldo is world’s top goal scorer in football history
By Boye Ajayi Cristiano Ronaldo has etched his name in the annals of world football by emerging as the all-time top...
PIB: VP Osinbajo tasks stakeholders on producing cheaper oil, competitive environment
Ahead of the passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has urged stakeholders in the oil and gas...
Buhari, other world leaders excited, give new U.S. President Biden warm welcome
…British PM Johnson: look forward to a close relationship …Trump a tyrant, says Iran’s President President Muhammadu Buhari and other world leaders...
Kyari mourns, extols late Festus Marinho, pioneer NNPC MD
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, has expressed grief on the death of the...
We will live up to our billing, mandate in anti-graft war – newly-inaugurated Code of Conduct Bureau members
The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) has vowed to live up to its billing by being tactical, honest and sincere in the...
FG approves 65 years retirement age for teachers, sends Bill to NASS
All is set to change the retirement age of teachers in public schools in the country from 60 years to 65 as...
Buhari/Akeredolu faceoff over quit order to herders: Ondo govt. raps Presidency
Less than 10 hours after the Presidency purportedly rejected the seven-day vacation order issued by Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu to herders to leave...
Presidency, Gov. Akeredolu on war path over order to herders to quit Ondo forests
There is a face-off between the Presidency and Ondo Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, on the seven-day ultimatum given to herders to vacate forests...
Ogun records first petrol tanker tragedy on its flyovers
Ogun State recorded its first petrol tanker fire on Tuesday since the flyovers were constructed by the immediate past administration of...
Bishop Kukah’s comment on Buhari did not denigrate Islam, says Soyinka
Prof. Wole Soyinka on Monday clarified that he had flipped through the Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, Mathew Hassan Kukah’s New...
For defrauding American of N19.6m, Oteyowo Samuel, to spend 14 months behind bars
By Boye Ajayi An internet fraudster, 32-year-old Oteyowo Akinkunmi Samuel, has been sent to jail for 14 months, according to a Federal...
Renewed wave of kidnapping: Quit Ondo forest reserves now, Gov. Akeredolu orders herdsmen
Following unrelenting and unrepentant wave of kidnapping and banditry in Ondo State, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, on Monday gave a marching order to...
