Nigeria

Nigeria requires between $3 and $5 billion annual spending in power sector in next 15 years, says Schneider Electric

  In a bid to actualize Nigeria’s industrialization goals, stakeholders in the nation’s power sector have been urged to upscale their investment in...

Accountability: NNPC consolidates gains, complies with Buhari’s directive, publishes 2020 Audited Financial Statements

In compliance with President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive and its statutory requirement, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has published its Audited Financial Statements (AFS) on...

Shell intervenes in Nigeria’s tertiary education, donates multimillion-dollar projects to FG’s Maritime University in Delta

    The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture partners have provided multi-million dollar infrastructure for the Federal...

Arik Air adds 10-year-old Boeing 737-7K2 to fleet in lease agreement with Eznis 

  Arik air has added a 10.4 year old Boeing 737-700 to its fleet, Per Second News gathered Wednesday. The aircraft EI-GVW is...

Cross River’s Cally Air face major cash and operational issues- at risk of grounding

  Cross River state Cally Air is at risk of being grounded barely a month after it started operating with its shareholder, an...

Newly Acquired Azman Aircraft A340-600 Helps Fly Afghan Refugees to Safety

  The chaotic Afghanistan refugee situation now stretches from Kabul to Tajikistan, U.S, Germany, and other parts of Europe. Kano based Azman Air is...

Nigerian Food Delivery Driver, Njoku, Shot Dead On Duty in Mitchellville, U.S.

  …“I want to know who killed my husband,” heartbroken spouse said A man working as a delivery driver was shot and killed...

COVID-19: FG places six states, FCT on red alert as delta variant cases increase

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh As the cases of the delta variant of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to rise gradually in Nigeria, the...

22 years of Nigeria’s democracy: Ex-INEC boss, Jega, says APC, PDP are unmitigated failures, and they have fumbled it

  “The big two major political parties are a Siamese twin, and it was high time Nigerians shopped for a credible alternative. Nigerians...

Cholera: Is Nigeria ready for another epidemic?

As Nigeria remains on red alert for the third wave of COVID-19, another epidemic may be lurking around; Cholera. EDWINA AJUMA AMEH writes on how...

U.S. Monkeypox case from Nigeria: NCDC says no cause for alarm, no fresh outbreak of virus

  …says it will continue to detect and respond to these cases in Nigeria as with other epidemic prone diseases The Nigeria Centre...

2023 Elections: Rising internal conflicts may derail Nigeria’s democracy

  The British government has warned that the rise in conflicts can destabilize Nigeria’s democracy in the build-up to the 2023 elections. The...

Sunday Igboho is a militant ethnic secessionist, says Presidency

  Six days after the Department of State Services (DSS) raided Sunday Igboho’s home in Soka area of Ibadan, Oyo State, the Presidency has...

Igboho’s cats, Kanu’s interception and Buhari’s “language” By Reuben Abati

      When a few weeks ago, President Muhammadu Buhari declared that those who seek to overwhelm and undermine the Nigerian state...

How NNPC, under Kyari, outmaneuvered low prices during pandemic without cutting jobs

  The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has transformed under a leader determined to reduce costs without cutting jobs – instead including staff...

Igboho’s house bloody midnight raid: Southern governors demand security agencies’ notification ahead of arrests in states

  “The Forum also re-emphasized the need for State Police; the governors re-affirmed their commitment to the unity of Nigeria on the pillars...