Highlight

Buhari swears in Arase as Police Service Commission’s Chairman, Code of Conduct Bureau board members

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday at the Council Chambers swore in the Police Service Commission’s Chairman, ex-Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase. Persecondnews...

Pay rise for federal civil servants awaiting Buhari’s approval — Labour Minister Ngige

The pay rise for federal civil servants especially those that enjoy peculiarity allowance is ready, awaiting President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval, Labour and Employment...

Step down now, CSO tells over-stayed Seplat Energy’s Chair, Omiyi

Mr Basil Omiyi, has been asked to step down as the Board Chairman of Seplat Energy Plc in the wake of crises rocking...

Scores killed, properties destroyed as Benue communities clash over electricity supply

At least 20 persons have been feared dead and properties worth millions of naira destroyed as two local government areas in the Benue...

APC’s presidential campaign spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, hauled before ICC over incitement to ethnic hate

APC’s presidential campaign spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, has been hauled up before the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague for prosecution over ethnically...

I’m incensed by ongoing ‘Igbophobia’ in Nigeria, Obasanjo asks Nigeria and Nigerians to retrace their steps

Peeved by ethnic profiling in the country for cheap and selfish political gains, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has strongly condemned what he called...

The Supreme Court, the Nigerian President and the 25% FCT, Abuja quandary

By Olukayode Ajulo Esq. An unwrinkled face is not good for a resounding slap. So it is somewhat indelicate for a lawyer who...

Election violence: INEC Chairman gets 7-day ultimatum to investigate governors, other sponsors 

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been given a seven-day ultimatum to urgently seek the appointment...

Imo LP governorship aspirant, Humphrey Anumodu, dies hours after submitting the party’s nomination form

Mr Humphrey Anumodu, a businessman and governorship aspirant of the Labour Party (LP) for the November 11, 2023 election in Imo, is dead....

Electoral crimes: UK visa ban threats all noise, ineffective- Prof. Akinyemi

A former Minister of External Affairs, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, has said the United Kingdom’s threat to impose visa ban and other sanctions against...

Nigeria ranks 95th happiest country in the world- Report

  Nigeria has been ranked as the 95th happiest country globally and sixth in Africa, with 4.981 out of a 100 points. This...

March 18 guber poll: US threatens sanctions over voter intimidation, violence, killings that characterized electoral process

The United States has condemned in strong terms the nationwide voter intimidation, increased violence and killings that marred the March 18 Governorship and...

Pres. Buhari felicitates Tony Elumelu at 60, says he has brought honor and pride to Nigeria, Africa

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated a distinguished banker, economist, and philanthropist, Mr Tony Elumelu, CFR, who turns 60 tomorrow, March 22, 2023. Sharing...

Black people need to come together to move Africa forward — Burna Boy

Nigerian music star and Grammy Award winner, Burna Boy, has decried the division among black people, stating that coming together as one is...

April 2023 population census: Leverage technology to reduce human errors, UBA Chairman, Elumelu, urges NPC

As the nation prepares for the April census, Mr Tony Elumelu, the Chairman, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and Heirs Holdings Group,...

Tinubu did not satisfy constitutional provisions of securing 25 per cent in FCT, says Prof. Ozekhome (SAN)

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the President-elect has drawn the ire...