Top Story
We offer exclusive top-of-the-day stories, news and event reporting at Per Second News.
Flood alert: Taraba, Benue, 11 others at risk as Cameroon opens dam
As the Lagdo dam operators in the Republic of Cameroon commence the release of excess water from their reservoir, the National Emergency Management...
NDLEA records historic, biggest drug hauls in Lagos of N194.77bn
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday seized illicit drugs worth $278. 25 million (N194.77 billion) at a Lagos warehouse, the...
ASUU strike: Traffic snarls at Lagos airport as NANS storm facility
A surly angry crowd of students under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Monday stormed the Murtala Muhammed International...
Buhari to address UN General Assembly Wednesday September 21
World leaders will be back in New York next week as they address the world at the 77th session of the UN General...
Chinese delegation barred from Queen of England’s lying in state
Chinese diplomats have been banned from attending Queen Elizabeth II’s lying in state by the UK’s parliament’s leading authority, allegedly in retaliation for...
National Security Council orders disbandment of NATFORCE, declares it illegal
Nigeria’s National Security Council on Thursday ordered the immediate disbandment of the National Taskforce on Prohibition of Illegal, Importation/Smuggling of Arms, Ammunition, Light...
JUST IN: Real reason why Police Service Commission Chairman, retired IGP Musiliu Smith quits
After months of being at loggerheads with the Police High Command, the Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman, retired Inspector General of Police, Mr...
ASUU strike: NANS blocking of Lagos-Ibadan expressway, violation of law — FG
The Federal Government on Wednesday described a protest staged by members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday, blocking the...
Seven-month strike: FG ambushes ASUU, hauls it before Industrial Arbitration Court
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may have boxed itself to a corner over the current intractable labour crisis as the Federal...
New United Kingdom monarch, Charles III, takes oath, two days after Queen Elizabeth exits
Charles III has taken oath as he was proclaimed UK monarch at an elaborate ceremony at St James’ Palace, London on Saturday. The...
PDP conciliation: Tambuwal resigns as PDP Governors’ Forum Chair, Oyo Gov. Makinde, takes over
Still in the quest to redistribute and zone positions in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Sokoto Governor Aminu Tambuwal has resigned as the...
BREAKING: Queen Elizabeth II’s eldest son, 73-year-old Prince Charles named UK King
Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the eldest of her four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, who at 73 is the oldest...
Breaking: Queen Elizabeth exits at 96
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth, has passed on at the age of 96. The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon,” Buckingham Palace...
Just in: Wabara emerges new PDP BoT Chair as incumbent Walid Jibrin resigns
As part of political settlement and rapprochement in the People’s Democrats Party (PDP) following the emergence of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, a Northerner,...
UN says “famine is at the door” in Somalia
The United Nation says “famine is at the door” in Somalia, with “concrete indications” it will occur later this year in the southern...
Just in: 47-year-old Liz Truss is UK Prime Minister
The 47-year-old former British Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss of the Conservative Party has been elected as the Prime Minister. Truss is expected to...
