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Act like a democrat for once, Frank tells Buhari

•Uncovers APC’s plot to use fake military personnel for rigging The Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade...

Nigeria Police Releases Women Rights Activist After Hours-Long Detention

Nigerian Police has released a leading campaigner for women’s rights after detaining her for nearly ten hours in Abuja, activists say. Maryam Awaisu,...

U.S Senator Bernie Sanders launches second bid for presidency

U.S Senator Bernie Sanders launched his second campaign for president on Tuesday — this time as a heavyweight candidate against a crowded field...

Dogara raises concern over Buhari’s comment on ‘ballot box snatching’

  The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has described the statement by President Muhammadu Buhari, directing security agents to “deal...

66 persons killed in Kaduna on election eve

Less than 24 hours to the conduct of the presidential and parliamentary elections in Nigeria, no fewer than 66 persons have been killed by...

Onnoghen granted bail on self recognition

The Code of Conduct Tribunal, Friday granted the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, bail on self-recognition and, adjourned to March 11, for...

Baby alive after 30 hours in freezing cold

RT -The Fokins family must have a most qualified guardian angel looking after their baby boy. On New Year’s Eve their home folded...

Presidential poll: ECOWAS deploys 200 election observers

the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has deployed 200 election observers across the six geopolitical zones of the country, ahead of Saturday’s presidential...

Over 1m dead voters will vote in this election-PDP

…Says INEC listed foreigners from Niger, Cameroon as voters   The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alledged that there are over one million names of...

Buhari cites achievements, urges Nigerians to vote wisely in national broadcast

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday urged Nigerians to vote wisely on Saturday stating the moment is too important to sit out. ” The choice...

Per Second News launches 2010 Elections section

An Easy Way to Follow the Elections, With Reporting From Trusted Sources Curated by News Editors   Per Second News today announced a...

Elections: Army launches situation monitoring room

The Nigerian Army on Monday launched situation monitoring room to ensure real-time observation of events during the general elections. Speaking at the inauguration...

Minimum wage: We are not enemies, Governors tell NLC

The governor of the 36 states on the platform Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) have said even though they were on the opposing sides...

Crowd control: Police to deploy dogs, horses to INEC headquarters, collation centres

The Force Animal Branch (FAB) of the Nigeria Police, has said they will redeploy dogs and horses to the Independent National Electoral Commission...

End Of The Road: Massive Blow For APC Rivers As Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal

The ruling APC party will not be fielding any candidate in the forthcoming gubernatorial elections in Rivers State. The Supreme Court Tuesday dismissed the...

Court nullifies Uduaghan’s nomination, orders fresh primary

Unconfirmed reports reaching Per Second News indicate that a Court has declared the nomination of Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan,  former Governor of Delta State,...