Trending Story

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

Months after Babalakin’s sack, Pres. Buhari reinstates Ogundipe as Unilag VC

  Several months after President Muhammadu Buhari sacked University of Lagos Governing Council Chair, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), he has reinstated Prof. Oluwatoyin...

Just in: Ex-Kaduna Gov. Balarabe Musa passes on at 84

  Octogenarian former Kaduna State Governor, Alhaji Balarabe Musa, has exited the world, according to one of his sons, Kallamu. The 84-year-old died on...

PENGASSAN strike: NNPC cautions against panic buying by motorists

….dispute will be resolved amicably The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday ruled out petrol scarcity following ongoing disagreement between the Federal...

Northeast elders to Buhari: Sack Service Chiefs now

  The call for the sack of Nigeria’s service chiefs on Tuesday re-echoed as the Coalition of Northeast Elders for Peace and Development...

ASUU faction to VCs: Recall students to schools now

  … as varsity lecturers threaten to sue zonal ASUU   The Congress of Universities Academic (CONUA), a break-away faction of the Academic Staff...

#ENDSARS protests: Southwest monarchs, governors to Buhari: Open land borders, employ youths, restructure Nigeria

  The two-year land border closure by the Federal Government, mass youth unemployment and expeditious restructuring of the Nigerian state are some of...

Breaking: U.S. pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer, BioNTech say COVID-19 vaccine is ready

Pfizer Inc and its partner BioNTech on Monday announced that the coronavirus vaccine was ready and that it has proven more than 90...

Ex-Gov. Ajimobi’s wife’s multi-million naira supermarket up in flames

  By Boye Ajayi Few months after Ex-Governor  Abiola Ajimobi died of COVID-19,  his wife, Florence, on Sunday lost her Grandex Supermarket and Stores...

Obasanjo felicitates with Biden, says Kamala Harris, Vice-President-elect, has Nigerian DNA

  Excited by the election of MrJoe Biden and his running mate, Mrs Kamala Harris, former President Olusegun Obasanjo has congratulated the duo, saying...

Threat of fresh #EndSARS protests: IGP to police: Use legitimate force

  Amid threat of fresh wave of #EndSARS protests across the country, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has directed his officers and...

President-elect Joe Biden’s victory speech – in full

My fellow Americans, the people of this nation have spoken. They have delivered us a clear victory. A convincing victory. A victory for...

$3.5m U.S. bank fraud: 3 Nigerians face 42 years in jail 

….case adjourned until Nov. 13, 18 Three foreign nationals charged with $3.5 million bank fraud in the U.S., may be jailed 42 years cumulatively if convicted....

Canada, Britain, Ireland, other world leaders congratulate Biden, 46th U.S. President

    World leaders have felicitated with Mr Joe Biden after US networks declared him the winner of the bitter White House race...

‘A president for all Americans’: President-Elect Joseph Biden says in victory speech

President-Elect Joe Biden speaking in his hometown of Wilmington, Delaware, Saturday evening, reached out to voters who supported Trump. “I understand the disappointment...

Joe Biden Elected 46th U.S President

Democratic candidate Joseph Biden prepared to declare victory on Saturday as a win in Pennsylvania delivered the electoral votes he needed to become...

Just in: At least 20 bus passengers kidnapped on notorious Akure-Owo-Benin road

    More than 20 bus passengers including market women leaders have been kidnapped at Ogbese on Akure-Owo-Benin highway in Ondo State by...