Trending Story

View the latest news and top headlines from Per Second News.

Two weeks after evacuation from Ukraine, Nigerian final year medical student dies

Two weeks after returning to Nigeria from war-torn Ukraine, one of the 40 students evacuated to Sokoto, has died. The late Uzaifa Halilu...

NNPC frowns at Auditor General’s report of “missing” 22,929.84 litres of petrol, says lost to pipeline vandals

Following the queries by the Auditor General of the Federation (AuGF), Mr Adolphus Aghughu, that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC) had...

After four gruelling days in EFCC custody, fleeing ex-Anambra Governor, Obiano, gets reprieve

After cooling his heels in the cell of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for four days, the immediate past governor of...

Plane with 133 people onboard crashes in Guangxi province, China

A Chinese commercial airliner with 133 people onboard has crashed in the southern province of Guangxi, sparking a mountainside fire, state media reported....

No plan to increase ex-depot price of petrol, say FG, NNPC

In a bid to address the high prices of diesel in the country and transportation challenges in distributing petroleum products, the Minister of...

N11trn electricity fund down the drain: SERAP urges probe by Buhari

With a staggering N11 trillion gone down the drain to provide electricity supply in the country since 1999 without an improvement, the Socio-Economic...

Closing, restricting civic space in Nigeria: Real threat to democracy, says Spaces for Change

The Executive Director, Spaces for Change (S4C), Victoria Ibezim-Ohaeri, has cautioned against closing and restricting the civic space in Nigeria, describing such a...

Fraudulent court injunction: Punish Ogunba (SAN), CSO tells Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Chief Kunle Ogunba, is now under fire for allegedly deposing to false information in an affidavit for the...

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Abuja from London after about 13-day routine medical check-up.

The president had earlier wanted to embark on the medical trip from Nairobi, Kenya after attending the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) at...

Nigerian businessman abducted in South Africa, NUSA sends S.O.S. to Police

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Alaba Jolayemi,  a.k.a “The Don’’, has been kidnapped in the country. Jolayemi reportedly went missing...

UBA, Cellulant partner to expand reach to 19 markets across Africa

Africa’s global bank, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, and a leading Pan-African Payments company, Cellulant, have announced a partnership to extend payment...

Russia/Ukraine war: FG to release new trade policy

Following the war between Russia and Ukraine, the Federal Government has disclosed that it is working on a new policy on trade with...

Immediate past Governor of Anambra, Obiano, nabbed at Lagos airport by EFCC

Jetting out after handing over the reins as Anambra State Governor to the newly-inaugurated Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, ex-Gov. Willie Obiano, has been...

Power outage, diesel price hike, frightening food inflation, Elumelu laments state of the nation

Nigerian economist, businessman, and philanthropist, Tony Elumelu, has lamented the current parlous state of the country’s economy. Elumelu, who bemoaned the worsening epileptic...

BREAKING: Drama as Gov. Obiano’s wife swipes Ojukwu’s widow, Bianca, at Soludo’s inauguration

The hitherto peaceful transition of power from outgoing Anambra Gov. Willie Obiano to the new governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, was on Thursday morning...

Policemen planned strike: IGP orders implementation of new salary structure

In apparent bid to stave off policemen’s strike, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, on Wednesday ordered the immediate implementation of...