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Energy Security: FG floats National Oil Reserve Company on Build, Operate and Transfer arrangement —  GCEO, NNPC, Kyari

A National Oil Reserve Company is floated to ensure energy security for Nigeria, the GCEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC...

Ex-Kano Gov. Shekarau dumps NNPP, joins PDP

Amid Monday’s downpour, thousands of party faithful and sympathizers massed in the ancient city of Kano to witness another defection of a former...

Breaking: SERAP, NGE floor FG as court stops Buhari, NBC from revoking licences of 53 TV, radio stations

Following a legal action instituted against the planned shutting of 53 broadcast stations in the country by the Federal Government, a Federal High...

Pilot faints in cockpit, forces emergency landing

The pilot of a Jet2 plane, who fainted mid-flight cruising at 30,000 feet, has made an emergency landing in Greece. The flight attendants...

Breaking: Court stops DCP Abba Kyari’s  extradition to U.S.

Reprieve came for the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, as a  Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday dismissed the Federal...

Just in:  ASUU dares FG, rolls over 6-month-old strike again

Hopes of Nigerian students and parents for the re-opening of the nation’s public universities shut about six months ago were dashed on Monday...

Magistrate butchered by ex-spouse

A Kebbi Magistrate, Mr Muhammad Attahiru-Zagga, has been murdered following the pulling of a knife on him by his estranged wife. Persecondnews learnt...

Air France suspends pilots for cockpit fight

    Two pilots in the service of one of the world’s largest airlines – Air France — have been suspended following a...

$23m Abacha Loot: Publish FG’s Agreement with U.S., SERAP tells Buhari

For transparency and accountability, President Muhammadu Buhari has been asked to direct the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami...

Nigeria, US Military Officers Confer on Techniques for Protecting Civilians

Through these engagements, the U.S. and Nigeria aim to further develop the Nigerian military’s capability to ensure the protection of civilians during military...

Naira Marley’s ex-lawyer bags two years in jail for N4m bribe

A Lagos lawyer, Taiwo Oreagba, is to spend the next 24 months behind bars for accepting a N4 million bribe. The verdict was...

$464m trapped funds: CBN releases $265m to foreign airlines

After several appeals and interventions to the Federal Government to save the nation’s aviation industry from total collapse, the Central Bank of Nigeria...

NBC bows to stakeholders’ pressure, suspends shut down of 52 debtor TV, radio stations

Bowing to pressure from stakeholders including professional bodies, the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) said on Friday that it has suspended the shutting down...

Pipeline surveillance contract: PANDEF cautions Northern youths against provocative statements

Apparently incensed by the statement credited to some Northern youths calling for the termination of the N4 billion pipeline surveillance contract awarded to...

Atiku-Wike feud: ex-President Obasanjo brokers truce in London

politicalon Thursday held a meeting with the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Mr Peter Obi and  Rivers Gov. Nyesom Wike, in London....

Deaths of 20 Nigerian students: Stay away from Northern Cyprus for now, FG alerts Nigerians

With about 20 Nigerians so far killed in Northern Cyprus, the Federal Government has warned Nigerian youths against traveling to the country to...