THOUSANDS of Palestinians sought refuge Saturday after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip ahead of an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week after the deadliest attack in Israel’s history. The Islamist group’s militants gunned down, stabbed and burned more than 1,300 people in the attack Israel …
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Nigerian singer, Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, popularly known as Kizz Daniel, has dismissed rumours surrounding his alleged arrest and detention in Ivory Coast. Newsextra24 gathered that a popular blogger claimed on Friday that the Afrobeat singer was arrested in Abidjan by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) for purportedly refusing to perform despite …
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THE Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has accused men of the Nigerian Army in the state of being neck-deep in the illegal oil theft business. Fubara alleged that the personnel of the Nigerian Army in the state are frustrating the efforts of his administration to fight oil theft, Naija News reports. He …
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THE 1 Division Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued 6 kidnapped victims and 1 bandit neutralised in Kaduna State. The acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, who confirmed the development in a statement issued in Kaduna on Saturday, said that the victims …
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Residents Urged to Get Waste Bins, Clean Their Surroundings THE Lagos State Government has arrested about 30 environmental offenders, for improper disposal of waste and flagrant disregard of the environmental laws of the state, pending their arraignment before a magistrate court next Monday. The enforcement action is in continuation of …
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AN electrical transformer explosion has killed six people in Kabong Central Community, a suburb within Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Newsextra24 learnt that the tragic incident happened on Saturday at about 2 a.m., leaving scores of people injured. Reports said the explosion triggered fire within the vicinity, causing …
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THE Minister of Agriculture, Abubakar Kyari has said that the efforts being made by the Federal Government would end the importation of wheat seeds in the next four to five years, noting that the importation was gulping the country’s foreign reserves. He added that the Federal Government was giving out …
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CHELSEA legend Didier Drogba has picked Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen as his favourite active footballer snubbing some high-profile names like treble winner Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. The 45-year-old retired striker was asked some quick-fire questions while at an award show in France on a wide range of topics, including …
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THE Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of three Internet fraudsters. The Convicts were first arraigned on September 29, 2023, before Justice Nnadi O. Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State on one -count separate charges bordering on …
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OPERATIVES of the Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Ibrahim Abubakar, managing director of Shariff Agric and General Service in Jos, Plateau State, for stealing N57,550,000.00( Fifty Seven Million, Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira only). He was arrested on Friday, October …
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