Trending Story

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

Breaking: Former Super Eagles Star Christian Obodo kidnapped.

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Christian Obodo has just been kidnapped by gunmen in Warri, Delta State. More details to come later.

Suit against Delta Govt: SERAP wins round one to compel governor, UBEC to account for education funds

    The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has won another legal battle compelling Delta Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa and the Universal Basic Education...

Breaking: Gun duel with cultists : Assistant Police Commissioner feared dead

  A bloody cultists’ war in Benin City, Edo State capital, has reportedly claimed the life of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (name withheld). Two rival...

Kogi bread levy: Senator Shehu Sani takes sharp jab at Gov. Bello

For introducing an anti-people bread tax in Kogi State to shore up the state’s revenue, Gov. Yahaya Bello, has been swiped by a former...

New pump price: NNPC says N128 is ex-coastal price, N153.17 ex-depot price, not N130 and N155.17

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has clarified that the new petroleum products prices are N128 ex-coastal and N153.17 as ex-depot and not N130...

Barren 3-year-old marriage crashes over hubby’s refusal to join spouse in U.S.

By Boye Ajayi The union between Modupe and Tajudeen Ogunyomi has hit the rocks for lack of affection and failure by the two...

Sloppy  Super Eagles surrender 4-0 lead to draw Leone Stars 4-4 at home

  By Boye Ajayi It was an incredible, poor result for Super Eagles, who were leading their Sierra Leonean counterparts 4-0 to concead three...

COVID-19:  FG to Nigerians : Shun unnecessary overseas travels 

  … urges Nigerians not to lower guards Apprehensive of a possible second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in the country, the Federal Government...

FG warns against resurgence of Lassa Fever, Ebola, others

  The Federal Government has warned against possible resurgence of other non-COVID-19 killer-diseases such as  Lassa Fever and Ebola particularly during the approaching dry...

Culture Minister lauds Ogun State digital marketing platform for tie and dye fabrics

Impressed by the launch of digital marketing platform for tie and dye fabrics in Ogun State,  the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,...

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in hospital with coronavirus

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been admitted into a hospital isolation ward, after testing positive for coronavirus, according to reports in Kiev. The...

Ethiopian troops and refugees flee to Sudan

Dozens of armed Ethiopian troops and refugees fled the fighting in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region and crossed into Sudan. The troops from Ethiopia’s...

Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings dead at 73

  Former Ghana President Jerry Rawlings has died at the age of 73, his family has announced. He died on Thursday morning at...

Ahead of inauguration, US President-elect Biden appoints Klain Chief of Staff

    Ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, a top Democratic Party official, Mr Ron Klain, has been appointed the Chief of...

Evacuate us NOW, embattled Nigerian traders in Ghana send SOS to FG

  Nigerian traders in Ghana under the aegis of the Nigerian Union of Traders Association in Ghana (NUTAG) and the National Association of...

Lai Mohammed mum over freezing of #EndSARS protesters’ accounts

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday declined comment on the freezing of accounts belonging to key...