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Buhari pledges to care for pensioners
WE HAVE PUT A STOP TO DEHUMANISATION OF PENSIONERS, SAYS PRESIDENT BUHARI President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja said that so long as...
I won’t disappoint Nigerians, Buhari assures
President Muhammadu Buhari has appreciated the confidence reposed in him by Nigerians from different walks of life, vowing; “I won’t disappoint.” The President...
Niger says days of raids kill 280 Boko Haram extremists
(AP) — Niger’s defense ministry says several days of raids have killed more than 280 Boko Haram extremists near the border with Nigeria....
Former Kano Governor AVM Hamza Abdullahi Dead
Air Vice Marshal (retired) Hamza Abdullahi former Kano Military governor has died at 74. Born 2nd March 1945 was Governor of Kano from January 1984 to August 1985 during the military regime of...
Despite Progress, Malaria Remains Major Threat in Nigeria – WHO Rep
Dr Tolu Arowolo, the National Professional Officer, Malaria Containment Programme, WHO, Nigeria in this interview with RUTH OLUROUNBI , speaks on why malaria...
Workers threaten to go on nationwide strike; to protest on January 8
The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has threatened to go on strike over the inability of the Federal Government to urgently transmit the bill...
Amosun ‘not in touch with reality’ – APC
Amosun deserves our sympathy- Ogun APC Now it’s patently obvious that outgoing Ogun state governor Ibikunle Amosun has no idea how the average...
Power ministry caught in theatre of the absurd…budgets N168m for generators, fuel
The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has made budgetary proposals for the purchase, maintenance and fuelling of generators at its headquarters...
Some Statesmen Promoting anarchy in Nigeria, says Aviation Minister
Nigeria’s minister of state for aviation, Mr. Hadi Sirika Wednesday accused some unnamed ‘statesmen’ of trying to plunge the country into chaos. ”...
US President Donald Trump wishes Happy New Year to ‘haters’
“HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING THE HATERS AND THE FAKE NEWS MEDIA!” Trump tweeted Tuesday. In a twitter message the president said...
NNPC says Nigeria produced 2.09 million bpd crude oil in 2018
Increased petrol imports to 16 million metric tonnes in 2018 vs 9.8 million in 2017. …Says spudding to begin at Kolmani River Well...
N30.000 National Minimum Wage: Governors would’ve liked to pay but… – NGF
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) wishes to make it categorically clear that the insinuations by...
Happy New Year, Our Dear Readers!
The Per Second News team would like to wish you a Happy New Year and a prosperous 2019. We hope you will step...
SERAP drags FG to UN over ‘failure to end ASUU strike’
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an urgent appeal to two UN special rapporteurs urging them to “prevail upon the government of...
Buhari Express Shock, Grief Over Death of Former President Shah Shagari
Nigerian’s Second Republic President, Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR, has died at age 93. ”I regret announcing the death of my grandfather,...
2019 Budget: Atiku has no solutions for Nigeria’s problems
T The Presidency has said that despite the braggadocio of the presidential candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, last...
