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Subsidy removal: TUC, at Sunday’s parley with FG, demands wage increase, others
As part of efforts to cushion the effects of petrol subsidy removal on workers and Nigerians, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Sunday...
Breaking: Nigeria, Congo, Angola get OPEC nod to produce “maximally’’ to their 2023 OPEC quota
Nigeria and other OPEC and non-OPEC members at the 35th Joint Ministerial Monitoring Committee Meeting of OPEC held in Vienna, Austria, on Sunday have...
Security breach: Governor escapes death by hairsbreadth in gun attack, aides injured
Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State’s convoy has been reportedly attacked by gunmen in Lokoja, the state capital, leaving some of his security...
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...
