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ICT: Buhari Signs Nigeria Startup Bill 2022, three months after its passage

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assented to the Nigeria Startup Bill 2022, three months after it was passed by the National Assembly. Persecondnews...

FG provides N470bn for varsity revitalisation, upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries

The Federal Government says it has provided N470 billion special fund for university revitalisation and upward adjustment of lecturers’ salaries. The Minister of...

Flood, insecurity: Australian govt. warns citizens against traveling to FCT, 22 states in Nigeria

The Australian Government has issued a travel advisory to its citizens living in Nigeria. The warning is coming amid high threats of insecurity...

Amid difficulties, Buhari’s administration has delivered on APC promises, Tinubu says

The All Progressives Congress (APC) flagbearer, Bola Tinubu, has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has delivered on the promises of the...

Red alert! Beware of fake study, job opportunities in Cyprus, FG warns Nigerians

Nigerians have been cautioned by the Federal Government to beware of fake job offers and admissions in Cyprus. The spokesperson for the Federal...

INEC reads riot act to parties, supporters, eschew violent attacks, focus on issues

  Following the recent violent clashes in the ongoing campaigns in the country, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has cautioned political parties...

Flood disaster: Bayelsa Govt. gives workers 7-day break

Worried by the flood-induced hardships being experienced by the people, the Governor of Bayelsa State, Douye Diri, has given civil servants a one-...

2023 polls: Nigeria sitting on a time bomb — Sahidi Balogun

By David Adebayo Popular actor and producer,  Sahidi Balogun, has said the 2023 elections are a make or break for Nigerians, insisting that...

New Ekiti Governor, Oyebanji, Takes Oath Of Office As Fayemi Exits

Mr Abiodun Oyebanji of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been sworn in as the Ekiti Governor, taking the reins from Dr Kayode...

Gunmen kill 11 trainee-volunteer soldiers at Russian military base

Gunmen have opened fire on people at at a Russian military training ground on Saturday, killing at least 11, Per Second News gathered....

Publish names of oil thieves in two weeks or face legal action, SERAP tells Buhari 

Worried by the mindless and unrestrained plundering and theft of the country’s oil, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked President...

2023: Nigeria does not need Yoruba, Igbo or Hausa-Fulani president but pan-Nigerian president — Atiku 

The People’s Democratic Party Presidential Candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has appealed to the sentiments of the Northern part of the county to consider national...

Ex-Aviation Minister Chidoka loses family member, 54, to negligent, uncaring FG’s hospital medical personnel in Abuja

….the doctor, on sighting Apostle Paul Egbon, pronounced him dead in the car and asked the wife to take the coprse to the...

PDP crisis: Again, the four musketeers, Govs. Wike, Makinde, Ikpeazu, Ortom jet out of Nigeria

Like a ritual, the four irrepressible and protesting People’s Democratic Party (PDP) governors have again jetted out of the country in continuation of...

Inflation: Use money spent on petrol subsidy to support vulnerable households, IMF advises FG

In a bid to cushion the effects of food shortages and inflation triggered by flooding and climate change, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

CDS Irabor, Police Affairs Minister say No to states deploying weapons for their security outfits

The Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Mohammed Maigari Dingyadi and the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Luck Irabor, have declared that the deployment...