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Ojude Oba Festival 2025: A Dazzling Display of Glamour, Culture and Tradition, Uniting Ijebus

  The Ojude Oba Festival 2025 unfolded in spectacular fashion on Sunday, June 8, in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, brimming with glamour, vibrant...

June 12 Declared Public Holiday to Commemorate Democracy Day

The Federal Government has announced that Thursday, June 12, 2025, will be a public holiday to commemorate this year’s Democracy Day. This declaration...

Sallah Tragedy: Man Under Influence of Substance Falls into Well, Dies

A 43-year-old man, identified only as Kazeem, from the Edun area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital, tragically died on Friday after jumping into...

Breaking: Akwa Ibom Governor Umo Eno Defects to APC

Akwa Ibom State Governor, Umo Eno, has officially defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The defection...

Ex-CJN Mohammed Uwais exits

A one-time Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Uwais, is dead., reports Persecondnews. Aged 89, Uwais died on Sallah day, June 6, in...

Eid-el-Kabir: Don’t despair, our most challenging times are over, says Pres. Tinubu

Nigeria’s most challenging phase of the nation’s economic reform is over, President Bola Tinubu has declared, urging citizens not to lose faith as...

Pres. Tinubu Inaugurates Lekki Deep Sea Port Road, Flags Off Key Projects

President Bola Tinubu on Thursday inaugurated the tax credit-funded reinforced concrete road leading to the Lekki Deep Sea Port and also flagged off...

African Medical Centre of Excellence Inaugurated in Abuja 

The African Medical Centre of Excellence (AMCE), Abuja has been Inaugurated, marking a significant milestone in Africa’s healthcare delivery and to stem medical...

Pres. Tinubu Approves N2bln for Mokwa Flood Victims

President Bola Tinubu has approved the release of N2 billion for the immediate reconstruction of homes of people affected by the recent flood...

NCC New Rule: Bank Customers to Pay USSD Charges Using Airtime

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has mandated that Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) will now deduct charges for Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) transactions...

Tinubu confers national honour, CFR, on Bill Gates

President Bola Tinubu has bestowed the national honour of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) on American philanthropist and Microsoft...

Shock, disbelief as man falls off 26-storey Cocoa House, Ibadan, Africa’s first tallest building

Panic spread through Ibadan’s business community, the Oyo State capital, on Monday after an unidentified man fell from an upper floor of the...

“I Fix Others’ Problems, But My Own Pillow Is Soaked in Tears” – Biola Adebayo

Nigerian actress, Biola Adebayo, has shocked her fans with the revelation that her marriage has crashed. The revelation came on her ex-husband’s birthday,...

Pres. Tinubu Felicitates NNPCL CEO Bayo Ojulari on 60th Birthday

President Bola Tinubu has extended his warm congratulations to Bayo Ojulari, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of NNPC Limited, on the occasion...

Nigeria’s Rail Sector’s Decade of Growth Outpaces Previous 60 Years, Says NRC MD Opeifa 

Dr. Kayode Opeifa, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has said the Nigeria’s rail sector has achieved more significant progress...

Electrocution Tragedy: Pregnant Woman, NDLEA Staff, 4 Others Killed in Rivers

A high-tension electric cable snapped in Okrika Community, Rivers State, early Monday morning, resulting in the tragic deaths of at least six people,...