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NNPC Commended For Clean, Updated Audit

Once again, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has received a positive audit report. ‘’Let me at this juncture commend the Group Managing...

Israeli police confirm Netanyahu is suspect in fraud investigation

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been named as a suspect in two investigations into allegations of “fraud, breach of trust and...

Liverpool Face Hoffenheim in Champions League Playoff

Liverpool will have to overcome Hoffenheim in a two-legged playoff to reach the group stages of the Champions League. The draw was...

Paris Saint-Germain announce signing of Neymar from Barcelona

Paris Saint-Germain confirmed the signing of Neymar from Barcelona for a world-record €222 million fee after activating the Brazil international’s buyout clause...

Creative Industry Gets Pioneer Status’, Qualifies For Tax Holiday

The Federal Government has granted ‘Pioneer Status’ to the Creative Industry, in a landmark move aimed at transforming the industry to a...

Feeding Nigeria’s 200 million people will be huge business- First Bank CEO

Nigeria imports nearly a shipload of rice every week. But it is one of the most agriculturally fertile countries in Africa. The...

NNPC, Shell, Chevron Sign Agreements to Boost FG Revenue by $16 billion

Two sets of alternative financing agreements on Joint Venture (JV) projects to boost reserves and production in line with government’s aspiration were...

Saraki: APC Docile, Inactive And Not Same As Years Ago, Says I’m a Member ‘Body and Spirit’

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]enate President, Bukola Saraki,  has revealed that he has no plans to dump the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the he...

Per Second News Profoundly Sorry Over False Heritage Bank Reports on N150million Fraud

[dropcap]A[/dropcap] story published on July 10 incorrectly reported that three employees of Heritage Bank were arrested alongside staff of MTN in a...

Despite IMF’s Forecast, Nigeria Economy To Grow 2.2 Per cent in 2017 Says FG

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he federal government expects the economy to grow 2.2 percent this year, according to a strategy document cited by Reuters on Thursday....

Ijaw Youths Berates FG Over High Port Charges, Harsh Policies And Neglect of Regional Ports

The National Executive of the Ijaw Youth Council (Worldwide) IYC has berated the federal government over what is described as deliberate abandonment...

Worsening security situation in Lagos: IGP Idris temporarily “relocates” to the nation’s commercial capital

Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris will be relocating to Lagos at least for two days amidst worsening crime situation in Nigeria’s former...

Poverty-stricken Calabar man sells 2-year-old son for just N150, 000

Apparently ravaged by the current economic hardship, 52-year-old Abraham Udoh, has sold off his two-year-old son for N150,000 in Calabar, Nigeria. Udoh...

Energy Integration: Nigeria to Extend Gas Pipeline to Cote d’ Ivoire

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) would be extended from Ghana to Cote d’...

At Least 7 killed in Pair of Boko Haram Attacks in Adamawa

Boko Haram militants stunned Adamawa on Wednesday with brazen attacks inside Madagali Local Government Area of the state killing no fewer than seven...

In 2018 No Passport Without Identification Number, Says FG

Nigerians applying for traveling passports will have to obtain identification number from the National Identification Management Commission, NIMC, in order to be...