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SERAP demands frugality in FG spending, wants court to stop Buhari from spending N26bn on travels, meals, others

    In its bid to ensure frugality and budget discipline in public spending, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked the...

Kamaru Usman Wins Brutal Battle vs Colby Covington

  Through two rounds, the UFC 268 main event rematch between welterweight champion Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington seemed ill-conceived. Kamaru Usman (20-1),...

Fuel explosion kills at least 90 people in Sierra Leone

  An oil tanker exploded near Sierra Leone’s capital, killing at least 90 people and severely injuring dozens of others after large crowds...

CTN multi-billion dollar contract scandal: Amaechi, hoodwinks Buhari, at daggers drawn with NSA, Chief of Staff, BPP – Persecondnews investigation

In perpetrating the “AmaechiGate”, the minister spurns National Security Adviser’s invite for meeting over security and economic implications of project   Per Second...

FG approves N47bn contracts for Aviation, Nigerian Customs Service, others 

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved various contracts worth N47 billion for the Ministries of Aviation, Works and Housing and the bNigerian...

10 days after eNaira launch: Consumer wallets hit 367,000, merchants wallets 58,600

  Barely 10 days after Nigeria launch it’s digital currency, e-Naira, the first in Africa, the number of users of consumer and merchant...

Pipeline Gas leakage

BREAKING: NEMA alerts of leakage in gas pipeline in Ikeja, tells people, motorists to avoid the area

  Following a pipeline gas leakage in the heart of Ikeja, Lagos State capital, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has asked motorists...

Update: Ikoyi skyscraper collapse: 40 people still trapped as families storm scene for loved ones — official

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh More than 45 people are still trapped in the rubbles of the collapsed 21-floor Ikoyi skyscraper, while four dead...

UN, Tony Elumelu Foundation launch new initiative targeting 100m African youths for empowerment by 2030

By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A new initiative, Generation Unlimited (GenU) Sahel, has been unveiled by the United Nations in partnership with the Tony...

Biden pledge to return the US to JCPOA

United States President Joe Biden has pledged to return the US to full compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). President...

2023: Buhari, Tinubu in hour-long closed-door meeting in Aso Rock

The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu on Sunday stormed the Presidential Villa, Abuja, for a closed-door meeting...

PDP National Chairman

Ex-Senate President, Dr Iyorchia Ayu, elected PDP National Chairman, 20 other officers also made it

The just-concluded People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Abuja national convention has affirmed the consensus candidature of the PDP National Chairman and 18 others but...

Hushpuppi: IGP says no extradition request for Abba Kyari from FBI yet

Several months after Hushpuppi Kyari matter burst indicting Deputy Police Commissioner Abba Kyari in a fraud, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba,...

Metaverse

BREAKING: Facebook announces name change to Meta

  Driven by the need to represent a future beyond just its “troubled” social network, Facebook chief, Mark Zuckerberg, on Thursday announced a...

Technology, Innovation: Africa set to disrupt fourth industrial revolution- Osinbajo

  With the advance in digital technology and progress attained by innovators on the continent with African startups, the dream of Africa’s founding...