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NNPC says N3trn required as petrol subsidy for 2022

    The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd says about N3 trillion will be required for petrol subsidy in 2022. NNPC presented...

Ghebreyesus faces criticism from Ethiopia over 2nd term as WHO chief

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is running for a new term with opposition from his own country instead of another...

Gospel singer, Sammie Okposo in messy infidelity scandal

  Gospel singer Sammie Okposo has been caught up in a nasty infidelity scandal after impregnating his U.S-based lover. Okposo, who tendered a...

World Corruption Perception Index: Nigeria Sinks Deeper by 5 Places To 154 Out Of 180 Countries

  In spite of the Buhari administration’s anti-corruption fight, Nigeria has gone down by five places to rank the 154 position out of...

Ahead of petrol subsidy removal, FG to convert 1m petrol vehicles to autogas

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh removal. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who disclosed this on Tuesday at a virtual...

Petrol subsidy removal: Labour shelves nationwide protest

    Sequel to the Federal Government’s decision to halt petrol subsidy removal, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on Tuesday announced the suspension...

Total subsidy removal: FG proposes 18- month extension to NASS on PIA implementation

  The President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration has finally settled for the extension of total removal of petrol subsidy by about 18 months. To...

Military closes Burkina Faso’s borders after coup removes President Kabore

  The Military junta that came into power on Tuesday in Burkina Faso Tuesday closed all borders, Persecondnews.com gathered. The Military ousted the democratically...

Buhari bows to pressure, extends subsidy removal implementation period beyond June 2022

    Following wide consultations with stakeholders and in line with the current economic realities in the country, the Federal Government has backtracked...

Ogun community chieftaincy row: Monarch killed in cold blood, roasted

    The Monarch of Agodo village in Ewekoro council area of Ogun State, Oba Ayinde Odetola, was on Monday murdered by some...

Lagos: Time to improve on the livability index

  The news making the rounds on social media about the acquisition of the fast trains from Milwaukee, United States of America by...

Update: School where 5-year-old nursery school girl was killed, buried, razed by aggrieved people

    The private school, Noble Kids School, Kano, where a five-year-old pupil, Hanifa Abubakar was killed and buried, has been set ablaze...

ALSCON bid: Arrest, jail BPE DG, Alex Okoh, Appeal Court orders 

      After two years of litigation, the Court of Appeal has affirmed the judgment of Justice Anwuri Chikere of a Federal...

Just in: Uprising: Burkina Faso President arrested

  Soldiers at several army bases across the West African country rebelled on Sunday, demanding the sacking of the military top brass and...

COVID-19 4th wave formally declared extinct in Lagos State — Health Commissioner

    With the consistent plummeting of COVID-19 case positivity in Lagos State, the national epic centre of the virus, the government has...

SERAP alleges FG spends loans secretly, takes Buhari govt to ECOWAS Court

        The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) filed suit No. ECW/CCJ/APP/05/22 by its lawyers — Messers Kolawole Oluwadare and...