FG commences operation on new Lagos-Ibadan standard guage rail line mid-September
With effect from mid-September this year, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) says it will commence skeletal operations on the new Lagos-Ibadan Standard...
Foreign loans: FG says we borrow for Infrastructure development
The Federal Government said on Saturday assured Nigerians that the loans it borrowed from China and other sources were being effectively utilised...
Tinubu extols Carrington, says he fought repressive government in Nigeria
All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has described the late former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington, as a...
SPDC appeals judgment for its asset sale
SPDC says it has filed an appeal and an application for a stay of execution of enforcement of the purported sale of interests...
PDP to Embattled Lagos Speaker: Show your law degree certificate to authenticate claim as lawyer
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Mudashiru Obasa, has been asked to show proof of his qualification as...
Nigerian lawmaker murdered, wives, toddler abducted
A lawmaker, Musa Mante Baraza, has been felled by assassins’ bullet at his Bauchi State home. Baraza, a member representing Dass constituency in...
Digital ID card to replace plastic National Identity card, says FG
After about 17 years the plastic national identity cards printed by the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) was introduced , the Federal Government...
Minister lauds CAMA Amendment Act, says will promote transparency in business transactions
The Companies and Allied Matters Amendment Act (CAMA) 2020 recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari has been appraised by the Minister...
Just in: Crisis rocks the nation’s “university of first choice’’, Unilag, over “sack’’ of VC
As the Senate of the University of Lagos meets to discuss the abrupt removal of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, security officials...
Pedophilic rape: Sexagenarian gets multiple stoning judgment
Caught on the wrong side of the law for ravishing an underage girl, 60-year-old Mati Abdu is to die by multiple stoning,...
FG approves N8.49bn for COVID-19 items to strengthen NCDC testing and diagnostic capacities
The Federal Government on Wednesday approved N8.49 billion for the procurement of 12 items to enhance the testing and diaégnostic capacities of...
Just in: Foreign Affairs Minister, Onyeama, defeats COVID-19
After 24 days, COVID-19 afflicted Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, has recovered from the virus. Persecondnews recalls that the minister...
FG inaugurates Gas Transportation Network Code to engender domestic use, economic development
In a bid to enhance the use of gas as a catalyst for national economic development, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)...
Stepfather, friend, gang-rape 15-year-old stepdaughter, cool their feet in prison
A 50-year-old man and stepfather, Paul Nnadi, and his friend, Ayobamidele Olaiya, are to spend the next 37 days in prison pending legal advice for their...
Beyond the sacking of Service Chiefs
By Victor Mayomi Public Service is a thankless job. The Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs should therefore be comforted by this...
PTF spanks Edo APC rally, Kashamu funeral organizers for violating COVID-19 protocols
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 pandemic says it is outraged by the non-compliance with COVID-19 protocols at the All Progressives Congress Benin...
