Liverpool have left Adrian out of their 25-man squad for this season’s Europa League. The Reds will play LASK, Union Saint-Gilloise, and Toulouse in Group E. Jurgen Klopp’s men, who are favourites for the trophy, begin their campaign away to LASK on Thursday, September 21, and have now submitted their …
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A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced George Turnah and two others to six years imprisonment on fraud charges. Turnah was Special Adviser on Youth to Dan Abia, the former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Turnah, Ebis Orubebe, and Uzorgor Silas-Chidebere …
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GOVERNOR Uba Sani of Kaduna State has approved the appointment of 19 new permanent secretaries and retained seven of the existing ones. Muhammad Lawal Shehu, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, in a statement on Tuesday, named the new permanent secretaries and their ministries as follows: 1. Mukhtar Abdullahi …
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THE Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has sacked all media aides seconded to the office of the deputy governor. Those affected were press secretary to the governor, Kenneth Odusola; special assistant to the governor (new media), Okunniga Oladipupo; and special assistant to the governor (Photography), Abayomi Samson Adefolalu. A statement by the chief …
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THE Labour Party has expressed worries over how its members are being sacked by the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in many states across the country. Newsextra24 reports that the tribunal had nullified the elections of many of the elected members of the party in Edo, Abia and other states …
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NIGERIAN artiste Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Alabama aka MohBad is dead. The former Marlian record signee reportedly died Tuesday at the age of 27. Music executive Ovie shared the sad news on his X page #Ovieo on Tuesday evening. “Confirmed. MohBad is dead. Sad, sad day,” he tweeted.
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Ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State, a former deputy governor of Kogi State, Yomi Awoniyi, has officially joined the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Awoniyi had last week tendered his resignation letter to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Awoniyi was officially received into APC at …
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FORMER Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, is yet to be recognised as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, by the Federal Capital Development Authority FCDA on its official website, https://www.fcda.gov.ng/. This is despite the Ikwere-born politician being inaugurated as the 18th FCT minister on August 16, 2023. Wike, …
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THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismissed reports making the rounds that about 30 residents were killed in the Kuje Area Council. Unconfirmed reports surfaced last week claiming that 30 people had died in a landslide in the nation’s capital due to illegal miners’ actions. Newsextra24 recalls that …
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LAOLU Akande, a former senior special adviser to ex-Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has urged President Bola Tinubu to openly admit that the country’s electoral process requires fixing. The late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua once admitted that the process that brought him to office was flawed. Speaking on Channel Television’s Sunrise …
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