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Education: Nigeria facing a staggering learning crisis- UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that Nigeria is facing a staggering learning crisis with learning outcomes being one of the...

Ahead of party primaries, Ogun Commissioner resigns, indicates interest in House of Rep.

In conformity with the nation’s Electoral law, Ogun Commissioner for Rural Development, Mr Taiwo Oludotun, has resigned his job and joined the race...

Planned demolition of Trade Fair Complex: Ondo Gov. Akeredolu, Attorney-General, Commerce Commissioner get court order

…accuse Akeredolu (SAN) of not following due process of the law in the case

NNPC GMD, Kyari, seeks special court for oil theives

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd, Malam Mele Kyari, has called for a special court to try...

BREAKING: Reprieve for Kanu as court strikes out 8 charges against him

Reprieve came the way of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (lPOB),  Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday as a Federal High...

DHL plane splits in two after crash-landing at airport

  A  DHL cargo plane carrying mail and packages broke in two during an emergency landing in Costa Rica,  Per Second News gathered....

BA pilot jailed for lying about experience to get job

BUSTED! A British Airways pilot has been jailed for lying on his CV to get job at the airline. Craig Butfoy made false...

U.S.-based Nigerian, 27-year-old Obumseli, stabbed fatally by girlfriend in Miami, Florida

A Nigerian, 27-year-old Christian Obumseli, has been fatally stabbed at a Miami high-rise, Florida, U.S. by his girlfriend, a model identified as Courtney...

No decision yet on mode of selecting, electing APC Presidential candidate – Adamu

Sen. Abdullahi Adamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said on Thursday that the party had not decided on the...

After six years on its fleet, Nigeria’s Max Air dispatches its oldest Boeing 747-400 to the “desert’’

``The aircraft spent almost 20 years with the airline as HL7472 before leaving in February 2016. During this time, it amassed an impressive...

After 10 days in captivity, Kaduna-Abuja train abductee, CEO of BOA, freed

The Managing Director of Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Alwan Hassan, who was abducted on the Kaduna-Abuja train on March 28, has finally breathed...

Ex-President Jonathan in fatal auto crash, loses two aides

A tragic traffic accident involving the motorcade of former President Goodluck Jonathan occurred in Abuja on Wednesday evening, Persecondnews reports. Two of his...

Kano court remands elderly woman, teenager for plucking boy’s eyeball for “juju” (charms)

A woman believed to be in her 70s, Furera Abubakar, and a teenage boy are to cool their heels behind bars for allegedly...

Tragedy as Nigerian student in UK dies after eating ‘cannabis sweets’

A Nigerian student studying in the United Kingdom (UK) has died after eating cannabis sweets she was reported to have bought from a...

Just in: Nigeria and Ghana lift COVID-19 restrictions, limitations on gatherings

Nigeria and Ghana have lifted COVID-19 restrictions following a declining number of cases and reduced risk of importation of new variants. In Nigeria,...

Ex-President bags life sentence for murder of his predecessor

Sankara was assassinated in the West African nation’s capital, Ouagadougou, in 1987 at the age of 37, four years after he took power...