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Petrol subsidy: Wike, Makinde, Ibori storm Aso Rock for Tinubu, back subsidy removal 

Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and two former governors have given their support to the removal of petrol subsidy by the President...

Breaking: NLC calls nationwide strike June 7 over petrol subsidy removal

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) says it will call out workers across the country effective from Wednesday, June 7. Persecondnews reports that the...

Tinubu appoints ex-Benue Gov. Akume Secretary to Govt, Gbajabiamila is Chief of Staff, Sen. Hadejia deputy CoS

President Bola Tinubu on Friday announced the appointment of Speaker of House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila as the Chief of Staff, and Sen....

Alleged N4bn fraud: EFCC detains, grills ex-Ekiti Gov. Fayemi

After taking leave to attend former President Muhammadu Buhari’s book launch, the immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Thursday...

Give me blueprint on security, Tinubu tells security chiefs

President Bola Tinubu has asked the nation’s security chiefs to come up with a blueprint on how to secure the country even as...

Breaking: Tinubu in first security meeting with CDS, service chiefs, IGP

Per Second News reports that President Bola Tinubu is currently holding his first meeting with the service chiefs lead by the Chief of...

NLC, TUC engage FG over subsidy removal, astronomical raise in petrol pump price

Following the scrapping of petrol subsidy by the President Bola Tinubu administration with the attendant rise of pump price to N500 and above,...

Between the dialectics and the benefits of petroleum subsidy removal

By Paul Njowusi For many years, successive administrations in Nigeria had embraced the scam that the fuel subsidy regime exemplified in the mismanagement...

Breaking: Subsidy gone: NNPC announces new pump price, now sells at N488, N555 per litre

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL) has released new price regime for the Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol for...

Tinubu intervenes in DSS-EFCC standoff, orders DSS to vacate EFCC office

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the Department of State Service (DSS) to vacate the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...

Tinubu’s scrapping of petrol subsidy will empower us to function as commercial entity, says NNPCL

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) backed President Bola Tinubu’s scrapping of petrol subsidy with immediate effect. Persecondnews reports that as a...

U.S. Pres. Biden pledges support for Tinubu’s fight against insecurity

United States President Joe Biden has congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his inauguration as the president of Africa’s largest democracy. His message was...

Breaking: Chief Raymond Dokpesi, AIT/RayPower FM founder, exits

Chief Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi, founder of DAAR Communications Plc, owners of AIT/RayPower FM, has died. The chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party...

Nigerians’ commonwealth is safe under Tinubu as President as we are blessed already, Oluremi Tinubu assures

A firm commitment and promise has been made on behalf of President-elect Bola Tinubu that the commonwealth of Nigeria and Nigerians is safe...

My apologies for excruciating hardships, pains I have caused you, outgoing Pres. Buhari tells Nigerians

On the eve of his departure from office and for the umpteenth time, President Muhammadu Buhari has apologized profusely to Nigerians for inflicting...

Just in: Police Inspector-General, Usman Baba Alkali, sacked

With less than 38 hours to the presidential and governorship inaugurations, Nigeria’s Police Inspector-General, Mr Usman Baba Alkali, has been relieved of his...