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Qatar accused of ‘under-reporting Covid-19 deaths for fear of losing World Cup’

  Qatar has been under-reporting its Covid-19 related deaths for fear of putting the FIFA World Cup it is due to host in...

Jealous wife kills her children, injures niece to settle scores with hubby marrying second wife  

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh   Diso village in Gwale Local Government area of Kano State has been thrown into panic and mourning...

NPA CEO Usman re-elected International Maritime Organization Facilitation Committee Vice-Chair

      The Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms Hadiza Bala Usman, has been elected Vice-Chairman of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)...

Ekiti pastor shot dead on his banana plantation

        A part-time pastor and staff of a local government in Ekiti State has been gunned down and his body...

U.S end coronavirus airport screenings for international travelers

  Screening for international passengers have now come to an end at airports in the United States, Per Second News gathered. The rule...

We either restructure now or we break, warns RCCG General Overseer Adeboye

  The church in Nigeria has lent its voice to the groundswell of calls for the restructuring of the country, saying it is...

Akeredolu pockets N750m monthly as “security vote”,  says estranged Deputy Governor

  Ondo State Deputy Governor,  Mr Agboola Ajayi, has accused his  boss, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of collecting N750 million monthly as security vote.   Akeredolu,...

Information technology has helped NIPOST to diversify — CEO

The Postmaster-General of the Federation and CEO of Nigerian Postal Service, Dr Adebayo Adewusi, says technology has disrupted its services and has also...

Nigeria’s Diamond Jubilee: Leveraging the brand to greater lofty heights with hope, unity and progress

    By Akinsola Dele   Nigeria’s Diamond Jubilee has, auspiciously, coincided and by Divine arrangement with the year that the first two...

Nigeria at 60: Gowon, Jonathan at Eagle Square to celebrate with Buhari

    Two former Nigerian leaders — Gen. Yakubu Gowon and former President Goodluck Jonathan, were at Eagle Square, Abuja, on Thursday to...

Queen of England congratulates Nigeria at 60

Her Majesty, the Queen of England, Elizabeth II has sent a message of felicitation to President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigeria’s 60th Independence anniversary...

Magu: Justice Salami blasts purveyors of fake, mischievous media reports, says I never regret my appointment

  The Justice Ayo Salami-led Presidential Panel on the probe of the suspended Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr...

COVID-19: FG excited about WHO’s roll-out of 120m rapid testing kits with result out in 30 minutes

  The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 is excited about the roll-out of 120 million rapid testing kits by the World Health...

How Organized Labour Deceived Nigerians by Reuben Abati

    I was very skeptical when the current leadership of Organized Labour in Nigeria objected to the decision of the Federal Government...

At all cost, I’m poised to kill corruption in all sectors, says Buhari

  Incensed by graft in all its forms and shapes, President Muhammadu Buhari said on Monday that his administration was determined to end...

Strike: FG, Labour reach truce as industrial action is suspended

  The call-out for a national strike by workers unions — the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress — scheduled for...