Highlight
Vote-buying: Court admits PDP’s Adebutu’s bank statement as evidence
An Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta on Wednesday admitted Mr Ladi Adebutu’s account opening forms and his statements of account as...
Naira strengthens to N1400/$ at parallel market as speculators sell
The naira strengthened on Wednesday to close at N1400/$1 in the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. Persecondnews reports that the exchange...
Nigeria ranks as 102nd World’s happiest country – Report
Nigeria has ranked as the 102nd happiest nation in the world out of 143 countries, the World Happiness Report released on Wednesday disclosed....
Reps extend 2023 supplementary budget implementation by two months
The House of Representatives has passed a bill seeking an extension of the 2023 supplementary budget. This comes after President Bola Tinubu had...
Just in: Senate Passes New Student Loan Bill 2024
The Senate has passed the Student Loan, Access to Higher Education, Bill 2024. This followed the consideration of the report of the Senate...
Goods worth millions of naira destroyed as fire guts popular Idumota market in Lagos
An early morning fire on Wednesday destroyed goods worth millions of Naira, razing some shops in the Nnamdi Azikiwe and Docemo sections of...
Subsidy removal: FG, 36 states, 779 LGs shared jumbo N10.14trn in 2023, says NEITI
The three tiers of government – Federal, state, and local governments – shared N10.143 trillion from the Federation Account as statutory revenue allocations...
13th All African Games: Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan wins women’s 100m hurdles heat
Nigerian sprint queen, Tobi Amusan, has won the women’s 100m hurdles round 1 heat at the 13th Africa Games in Ghana. Amusan won...
Kyari calls for differentiated energy transition for Africa
As global calls for transition to cleaner energy fuels continue to grow, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited...
Senate Increases FCT 2024 Budget To ₦1.3trn
The Senate has increased the 2024 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) budget to about ₦1.3 trillion after the bill scaled third reading. Persecondnews reports...
Police Present N1.6bln To Families Of Deceased Officers
No fewer than 727 families of deceased police personnel have received financial support from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). The Force revealed that...
Just In: Zenith Bank names Adaora Umeoji as its first female Group Managing Director
The Board Directors of Zenith Bank Plc has announced the appointment the appointment of Dr. Adaora Umeoji as the Group Managing Director/ Chief...
Voting buying: Zenith Bank official confirms PDP’s Adebutu applied for 200,000 prepaid cards
A staff of Zenith Bank, Celestina Appeal, on Tuesday confirmed that the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the March...
Killers of 17 Nigerian soldiers not from Niger Delta – Akpabio
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has said those involved in the killing of soldiers in Delta State may be mercenaries. Akpabio,...
International Break: Iwobi, Simon, Nwabali, seven others arrive Super Eagles’ Morocco camp
With major leagues paused due to a break, 10 players have arrived at the Super Eagles camp in Morocco ahead of the friendlies...
Delta Military Killings: Flags To Fly At Half-Mast, Begins Three-Day Mourning
Nigeria’s Armed Forces have begun a three-day national mourning for the 17 soldiers killed by angry youths in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government...
