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Tinubu at Chatham House, UK: Protest by Nigerians, placards shock him
Some Nigerians living in UK on Monday staged a protest at Chatham House, venue of the lecture by APC presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu....
Eight months after, NRC resumes Abuja-Kaduna train services amid loss of N1.4bn
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) on Monday resumed shuttle services on the Kaduna-Abuja route after about eight months it suspended operations. Persecondnews correspondent,...
Impunity reigns in Delta State as Gov. Okowa demolishes petrol station, owner hauls him to court
The illegal demolition of a gas and petrol station by the Delta State Government in August this year has been challenged in court...
Governors slam Buhari, says you have turned Nigeria into killing field
For assailing the Nigeria Governors Forum for being responsible for mass poverty in the country, the governors have hit President Muhammadu Buhari hard,...
Vehicle in Adamawa Governor’s convoy crashes, kills four people
A fatal accident involving the convoy of Adamawa Gov. Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri has claimed four lives with five other people sustaining various degrees...
Buhari to governors: Stop stealing local government funds, says it’s despicable, terrible
Less than days after President Muhammadu Buhari raked about seeming indifference of governors to the welfare of people in their states, he has...
Serving Senator and Governorship Candidate To Spend 42 Years Behind Bars For Money Laundering
The senator representing Akwa Ibom North East in the National Assembly, Albert Bassey has been sentenced to 42 years in jail for money...
NNPC seals $1.4bn financing deal for Kolmani field project
Barely two weeks after the presidential flag off of the Kolmani oil field site, the first oil drilling in Northern part of the...
Contempt: Court sends Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya, to prison
A Federal High Court in Minna, Niger State, has ordered the arrest and imprisonment of Lt.-Gen. Farouk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff for...
Madam Minister, Quit Now, Federal Lawmakers Squeal
Following defiant refusal by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hajiya Sadiya Farouk, to appear before it, the House of Representatives...
Kidnappings on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway: Ogun, Oyo Govts to deploy drones – Gov. Abiodun
Determined to rid Oyo and Ogun States of kidnappers and other bandits, the government of the two states is to deploy drones to...
Federal High Court convicts IGP, Usman Baba, sends him to prison for contempt
By Samuel Akpan Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday convicted Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, and ordered him...
2023 polls: Kaduna Labour Party’s women leader assassinated
Ahead of the 2023 elections, a Labour Party’s women leader in Kaduna State, Mrs Victoria Chintex, has been shot dead by gunmen. According...
2023: Buhari’s in-law dumps APC, says party has no regard for human lives
By Samuel Akpan President Muhammadu Buhari’s in-law and former governorship aspirant in Kaduna State, Sani Shaaban, has quit the All Progressives Congress (APC)....
Victory at last! Appeal Court reinstates Ogun PDP guber candidate, Adebutu, other candidates for 2023 polls
....Federal High Court, Abeokuta, lacks jurisdiction over the case
Osun Governorship Inauguration: ex-Gov. Oyetola Left N73bn Debt
By Samuel Akpan After taking the reins as Osun Governor, Mr Ademola Adeleke, is to battle with about N73.6 billion debt his predecessor,...
