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Petrol subsidy: Restive NLC serves FG nationwide strike notice

With effect from August 2,2023, workers under the aegis of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) will go full blast on a nationwide strike....

Resident doctors ignore Reps Speaker, embark on Indefinite strike

The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to meet its demands. Mr Tajudeen Abbas,...

Just in: Emefiele granted N20m bail

Suspended CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, was on Tuesday granted bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos in the sum of N20 million....

Suspended CBN Gov. Emefiele, armed with Holy Bible, arraigned, enters “not-guilty” plea

Godwin Emefiele, the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, was on Tuesday arraigned by the Department of State Service (DSS) on a...

At last, Lagos Govt. finally admits killing of 103 persons in 2020 #EndSars protests

In spite of denials by the federal and the Lagos State Government, the truth has come to the fore as the Gov. Babajide...

Brainsick-man decapitates octogenarian, “neutralized” resisting arrest

Iperu community, the country home of Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun, was overcome with grief on Friday as 32-year-old man, David Shodola, severed an...

Tinubu to military: It’s time to retool, re-strategize to tackle terrorism

President Bola Tinubu on Friday threw the challenge to military authorities in Nigeria and the countries in the Lake Chad region to reform...

Update: Ex-Minister Oduah, eight others docked for alleged laundering of N7.9bn

A former Aviation Minister, Sen. Stella Oduah, was finally on Friday arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) after...

Tinubu govt discards Buhari’s National Social Register, says it lacks integrity

The National Economic Council (NEC) says the National Social Register compiled by the Muhammadu Buhari administration lacked integrity and has been discarded. In...

Russia conducts precision missile strikes in Ukraine’s port facility destroys 60,000 tonnes of grain

Russia unleashed intense drone and missile attacks on the two Ukrainian port cities of Odesa and Mykolaiv overnight on Wednesday, destroying 60,000 tonnes of...

Just in: Pres. Tinubu Forwards Ministerial List To Senate

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday sent the list of his ministerial nominees to the nation’s upper chamber, the Senate. Persecondnews gathered that the...

Petrol pump price moves up to N617

Oil marketers on Tuesday increased petrol pump price shockingly from N537 per litre to N617 per litre, showing an additional N80 hike. The...

NPA records N191.4bn revenue in first half of 2023, remits N55.7bn to nation’s Consolidated Revenue Fund

The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) says it has recorded a total revenue of N191.43 billion in the first half of 2023. Of the...

Nigerian Army busts Ghanaian, truck driver, impounds truck load of smuggled ammunition from Mali in Ogun

The troops of 192 Battalion of the Nigerian Army, operating in 81 Division area have intercepted a truck loaded with smuggled ammunition from...

APC crisis: Kyari takes over from Adamu as National Chair, presides over emergency NWC meeting

Following the resignation of Sen. Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s National Chairman, the Deputy National Chairman (North), Sen. Abubakar Kyari, has emerged as...

Breaking: Emefiele faces unlawful possession of firearms charge, may be arraigned next week

Suspended Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele, is facing a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms before a Federal High Court, Lagos, according...