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BREAKING: ASUU shorn of its powers as FG registers new varsity-based unions — CONUA, NAMDA

For its intransigent posture on the eight-month-long strike, the wings of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been finally clipped as...

Former US President Donald Trump Sues CNN For $475 million

Former US president Donald Trump has filed a $475 million suit against the CNN for defamation at the  US District Court in Fort Lauderdale,...

Advertisements: FG sues Meta Platforms Incorporated, owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, demands N30bn

Meta Platforms Incorporated — owners of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp social media platforms — and its agent AT3 Resources Limited have been hauled...

Zero Gas Flaring By 2035: Nigeria’s Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme For Relaunch — NUPRC boss

Towards the attainment of zero routine gas flaring by 2035, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced the relaunch of Nigerian...

Nigeria At 62: Buhari honors Chimamanda, Elumelu, Kyari, 434 others (See Full List)

Award-winning Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, is among the list of 437 nominees for the National Honours Awards 2022. Persecondnews.com gathered that the...

LP presidential flagbearer, Obi’s supporters defy police order, stage rally at Lekki tollgate

In defiance to the Police order, thousands of supporters of the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, on Saturday staged a rally at...

Buhari, on independence day, says administration has created a better Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday made his last Independence anniversary speech to the nation, scoring his administration high contrary to the apologetic posture...

Buhari administration’s failings: First Lady, Aisha, offers public apologies, begs for forgiveness from Nigerians

In a storm of emotions, Nigeria’s First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Friday humbled herself and offered profuse apologies on behalf of President...

Elumelu to NCRIB: It’s time to flush out bad eggs from insurance industry

Mr Tony Elumelu, the Chairman of Heirs Holdings and Founder, Tony Elumelu Foundation, has called for the flushing out of non-registered and non-compliant members...

2023: Tinubu absent as Atiku, Obi, others sign peace accord

Presidential candidates and party chairmen of the various political parties on Thursday signed a peace accord at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja,...

APC’s publicity secretary denies Adamu’s ‘draft and unsigned’ open letter to Tinubu

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress,APC, Felix Morka, on Thursday distanced its Chairman, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, from the open letter...

Doctor’s in India remove 63 spoon handles from man’s stomach

Doctors in India have removes as many as 63 steel spoon handles from the stomach of a man who they believe had become...

Alleged diversion of N1.7bn: Court acquits, discharges Ex-AIICO Capital MD, Fabunmi, 3 others

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, has discharged and acquitted a former Managing Director of AIICO Capital Ltd, Lanre...

Court stops Peter Obi’s supporters from holding rally at Lekki tollgate

The Labour Party (LP) and its supporters have been barred from converging at the Lekki tollgate, Lagos, for a rally scheduled for on...

$350,000 Covid-19 fraud: U.S. court jails Ogun Gov. Abiodun’s aide, Abidemi Rufai, 5 years

Abidemi Rufai, the suspended Special Assistant to the Governor of Ogun State, has been sentenced to five years in prison for fraud by...

Campaigns: INEC warns parties, candidates against hate speech, abusive languages 

As campaigns for the 2023 polls kicks off on Wednesday, September 28, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has warned political parties and...