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Dangote’s $2bn 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity petrochemical plant in Lagos to produce 77 grades of Polypropylene — Official
With a 900,000 metric tonnes per annum capacity, Dangote’s $2 billion Petrochemical Plant located in Ibeju-Lekki on Island is to produce 77...
Buhari to Nigerians: Let’s cast asunder those seeking to divide us for financial, political gains
“But to achieve success, our communities must unite against these horrific attacks. Retributive violence is not the answer” “While these troubled communities...
COVID-19: Emirates extends suspension of Nigerian flights until Sept. 5
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As part of measures to curtail the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Dubai-based carrier, Emirates Airlines, has extended...
Just In: intractable banditry: Senator’s son, a pilot, killed
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh Banditry has taken a turn for the worst in Kaduna with the son of Senator Bala Na Allah...
Buhari lauds Nigeria’s 5.01 per cent GDP growth in Q2 2021
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh President Muhammadu Buhari has hailed the recent report by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics (NBS), showing a third...
FG disburses N24bn to Katsina, Yobe, Ebonyi, FCT for ranching
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh To facilitate cattle ranching in some states, the Federal Government says it has given three states and the Federal...
Buhari excited about another feat by 44-year-old NNPC, announces N287bn as its 2020 profit-after-tax
Another first, landmark achievement has been recorded by the Buhari administration, this time in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) under the...
Gov. Ortom’s outbursts, retired Commodore Olawunmi’s expose: Channels TV queried, presenters summoned by NBC
Channels Television presenters have been summoned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) for airing interviews critical of President Muhammadu Buhari. Persecondnews recalls that...
Insecurity: Zamfara Governor to Buhari: Declare state of emergency now in the North
Overwhelmed by the intractable security challenges in the Northern part of the country, Zamfara Governor Bello Matawalle, has called on the Buhari administration...
Federal lawmakers at an interactive session, laud NNPC’s Kyari, say “You Have Made Our Day”
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, on Wednesday received accolades from the House of...
Just in: DSTV to pay FG N900bn as tax backlog, Tax Appeal Tribunal orders
Multichoice Nigeria Limited, owners of cable television services, DSTV, is to pay 50 per cent of N1.8 trillion tax backlog to the...
Plateau massacre: Gov. Lalong storms Aso Rock, says perpetrators will be prosecuted
“For over six years now, we have been enjoying peace in Plateau State, so anybody that wants to take Plateau back to...
Daredevil tenant kills landlord with stone over electricity bill
In what appeared like a daredevilry act, a tenant has let loose his anger on his landlord fatally, who had asked him for his...
School children kidnapping most thriving, lucrative industry in Nigeria, fast impoverishing ransom-paying parents
Amid a rash of abductions in the Northwest Nigeria put at 1,000 students and pupils since December 2020, parents of abductees have...
PIA: The next 25 years will be defining for Nigeria’s energy industry — Osinbajo
The Vice-president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has said that the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) will define Nigeria’s energy industry in the next...
Family is hurting: As woman buries her five children killed in apartment fire on her birthday
Sabrina Dunigan’s five children died August 6 in an apartment fire, its cause still undetermined. Their grandfather and his wife say...
