Trending Story

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

Okoro, prominent member of NTA’s “Village Headmaster” cast, dies 

  Nollywood veteran, Jimmy Johnson, a.k.a Okoro, a prominent member of the NTA “Village Headmaster” cast, is dead.   Aged 79, who acted...

Photo: Protesters demand probe of bullion vans stationed in the Ikoyi residence of Tinubu during 2019 elections.

          Protesters in Abuja on Wednesday demanding the probe of bullion vans stationed in the Ikoyi residence of APC...

UBA Group unveils new Deputy Managing Directors for Nigeria, Africa

United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), the leading pan-African financial services group, has announced the appointments of Mr Ayoku Liadi and Mr Oliver...

DSS agents swarm Ibrahim Magu’s residence in search of evidence

      Police and DSS agents raided Ibrahim Magu’s residence in Maitama, Abuja on Tuesday in a vivid display that the probe...

Coronavirus kills Chief of Staff to Kwara State Gov.

  COVID-19 has killed a member of the Kwara state government, the chief of staff, Adisa Logun.   Adisa Logun, is the chief...

Diplomacy headstart: 600 Nigerian traders’ shops shut by Ghanaian Govt in Dec. 2019 reopen 

    Reprieve came the way of 600 Nigerian traders in Ghana whose shops were shut in December 2019 as they have been...

Buhari govt’s National Development Agenda 2050 will be private sector-driven, government-enabled — Agba

      The Federal Government says it is committed to facilitating a private sector-driven process of inclusive and participatory national development plans....

Splinter 14 members of Ondo House of Assembly move to impeach Deputy Governor

  …for defecting from APC to PDP  In Ondo State, a day after Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu resurfaced from the three-day COVID-19 isolation...

Buhari suspends Magu as EFCC boss

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu,Buhari had earlier set up a presidential...

U.S. set to ban Chinese social media apps, including TikTok

The United States government said it is looking at banning Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, according to the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo....

Magu grilled for hours till midnight, faces 24 weighty allegations of Attorney-General 

  The embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, was on Monday reportedly quizzed for more...

Ondo SSG’s resignation: Gov. Akeredolu names Oluwatuyi as successor 

   Barely eight hours after Mr Ifedayo Abegunde resigned as the Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu has announced...

DSS arrests EFCC chairman Magu for money laundering

The State Police, DSS, have arrested acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu.   In March 2017, the Department...

Woman serial shop-breaker and ex-convict bags another three years in jail 

  A woman ex-convict, who broke into a shop and stole confectionery worth N50, 000, is to spend the next three years behind...

Kogi commences implementation of livestock transformation project

Kogi has joined states in the federation for the implementation of the National Livestock Transformation Plan(NLTP). This follows the inauguration of the state...

Fatal cosmetic surgery: Surgeon, Dr Anu Adepoju, faces trial 

  For carrying out a failed cosmetic surgery, a plastic surgeon, Dr Anu Adepoju of MedContour, is to face prosecution in court.  ...