A body of lawyers of Igbo extraction in Lagos, ‘Otu Oka-Iwu Nigeria’, has urged the governors of the South-East to collaborate and tackle the ongoing sit-at-home conundrum on Mondays in the region. The President of the group, Mazi Okechukwu Unegbu made the call at its maiden news conference on Tuesday …

THE All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it plans to go ahead with the October 14 campaign launch for the November 11 Bayelsa governorship election, in spite of the disqualification of its candidate, Chief Timipre Sylva. Newsextra24 earlier reported that Justice Donatus Okorowo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, …

Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has said that his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), is here to stay in the state. According to him, the ruling party will be in government for a long time. Alia, while addressing the expanded executive committee meeting of the party at the state …

THE European football governing body, UEFA has made a U-Turn on their decision to reinstate Russian Under-17 teams into the forthcoming youth European Championships. Recall that UEFA announced last month that it was looking for ways to reintegrate the under-17 teams of Russia into the global football system. After a …

THE Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has approved the appointment of Barrister Benedict Daudu as his Senior Special Assistant on Legal and Multilateral Cooperation. The appointment was confirmed in a statement issued by the Director of Press in the minister’s office, Anthony Ogunleye, Naija News reports. Wike said the choice …

GOVERNOR Babajide Sanwo-Olu has written to the Lagos State House of Assembly seeking approval for the reallocation of the amount of N234.669 billion from the 2023 budget total of N1.768 trillion. The governor, in a letter read by the Clerk of the House, Barrister Olalekan Onafeko, expressed his intention to reorder …

WORLD Cup winner Jenni Hermoso has told prosecutors that Spain’s former FA president kissed her on the lips after the final without her consent. Jenni Hermoso described the incident as disrespectful as she narrated the story to the prosecutors in person for the first time since the incident happened. Hermoso …

THE Lagos State House of Assembly on Tuesday said it was renewing its interest in the case of the late Bamise Ayanwola, the 22-year-old fashion designer, who was murdered after boarding a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in the State in February 2022. The House said it would be inviting the …

THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has lost a total of nineteen councillors to the All Progressives Congress (APC) across 23 local government areas of Kaduna State. Newsextra24 understands that the politicians decamped to APC along with their supporters. Announcing their decision on Tuesday during a press conference held in Kaduna, the …

ISRAEL, reeling from the deadliest attack on its territory in half a century, formally declared war on Hamas on Sunday as the conflict’s death toll surged to 1,000 after the Palestinian militant group launched a massive surprise assault from Gaza.   AFP reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu steeled the …