Top Story

We offer exclusive top-of-the-day stories, news and event reporting at Per Second News.

Nigeria’s first woman Speaker, House of Representatives, Etteh, nabbed for fraud

Nigeria’s first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mrs. Patricia Olubunmi Etteh, has been arrested over a shady contract worth N240m awarded...

Why we killed NYSC member, Terungwa Stephanie — female abductor, other suspects confess

Fresh facts have emerged why the 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Terungwa Stephanie, was killed in Abuja and her mutilated body...

Deborah Yakubu: Human rights group calls for Chief Imam of Bayero University, Kano’s arrest

A civil society group, the Human Righters Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has called on the Department of State Services (DSS) to arrest...

Just in: : EFCC busts Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, with N80bn fraud

The Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, was on Monday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged...

BREAKING: Sacked EFCC boss, Magu, elevated from CP to AIG

Police Commissioner Ibrahim Magu, the sacked Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),  has been promoted to the Assistant Inspector-General of...

Katsina guber race: Nigerian Security and Minting Company MD resigns

A governorship aspirant and Managing Director of the Nigerian Security and Minting Company Ltd, Mr Abbas Umar Masanawa, says he has resigned his...

Women Affairs Minister slams governors for closing political space for women in Senate

.... gives reason why she gave up her Senatorial ambition

Deborah Samuel: Christian youths threaten not to vote unsympathetic politicians in 2023

As some presidential aspirants are mum on the gruesome murder of Miss Deborah Samuel in Sokoto college by some Muslim colleagues, the youth...

APC presidential primary: Osinbajo receives tumultuous welcome in Jigawa, urges vote in their children’s interest

In continuation of his countrywide consultations on his presidential aspiration, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) has visited Jigawa State, asking APC delegates and other...

Gov. Soludo storms Abuja for detained IPOB leader, Kanu

Worried by the ongoing bloodlettings in the Southeast particularly in Anambra, the State Governor, Prof. Charles Soludo,  has visited the detained Indigenous People...

Fiendish woman FRSC official impounds school bus in Lagos, children left to roast all-day 

    School children under-6 were on Friday abused and subjected to all forms of physical and mental torture by an overzealous official...

Strike: Federal Government, ASUU upbeat about early re-opening of universities

  The Prof. Ibrahim Gambari-led Federal Government negotiation team in the disputes between the government and the four unions in the nation’s universities...

Police bust bandits with arms, ammunition tucked in bags of beans

BY SAM OGBEIFUN The Police Force Headquarters has put all commercial drivers and management of motor parks nationwide on red alert on vehicles...

Buhari bids Amaechi, Malami, other FEC members farewell

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday in Abuja had a valedictory session with outgoing ministers, acknowledging their contributions to the nation building. At the...

17,727 victims of trafficking rescued, rehabilitated in 19 years, NAPTIP reveals

The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has rescued, sheltered and rehabilitated at least 17,727 victims of human...

Emefiele, in closed-door meeting with Pres. Buhari, says he will make news soon

The Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, after emerging from a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday,...