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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...

Fire kills woman and three holiday house guests: siblings who were missionary students

A fire killed a woman and three teens who were staying with her family through the holidays in a suburb of Memphis, Tennessee, friends...

TFP: NNPC and triumph of national interest

By Sufuyan Ojeifo The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced its recent award of the 87-kilometre Trans Forcados Pipeline (TFP) surveillance contract to...

Planning a trip to Nigeria? Be extra careful, UK warns travelers

The United Kingdom has warned its citizens about traveling to Nigeria, after a surge in violence and abductions. A travel advisory issued Monday...

2019: Amosun, APM chairman present letter of adoption to Buhari

The Governor of Ogun State, Ibikunle Amosun and the National Chairman of Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Alhaji Yusuf Dantalle on Monday presented a...

That Ekweremadu’s prescription for Executive-Legislature feud

By Sufuyan Ojeifo I watched a part of the televised conversation between the deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu and host of the...

Decrepit Peoples Democratic Party Is Nearing Its Final Collapse – Lawan

The Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan on Saturday said that the opposition PDP will cease to exit after 2019 elections. He said that the...