THE National and State Assembly Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin City, has dismissed two petitions filed against the declaration of Dennis Idahosa as winner of the February 25 Ovia Federal Constituency election for lack of merit and being incompetent. The petitioners, Epele Asemota of the Labour Party (LP) and Barr …
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THE Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara on Saturday announced a N100 million bounty on one Gift David Okpara Okpolowu, a.k.a. 2-Baba and members of his gang over the gruesome murder of a Divisional Police Officer, Bako Angbashim. Newsextra24 recalls that the DPO was killed on Friday night while in an …
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RIVERS United have been ranked as the best team in the Nigeria Professional Football League by statistics website, Opta. The statistics and analytics medium released the rankings for clubs across the continent. According to Opta the clubs were ranked by “Elo algorithm” used to analyse match results from over 2,500,000 …
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ARSENAL have confirmed that the club has decided to terminate Nicolas Pepe’s contract. In an official statement on Saturday, the Gunners announced that the 28-year-old has left the Emirates. Pepe has agreed a short-term contract with Turkish outfit Trabzonspor. The Ivorian winger spent last season on loan with Nice in …
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THE tribunal in Kaduna State on Saturday affirmed the election of Lawal Adamu-Usman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the senator representing Kaduna Central. Abdullahi Muhammad-Sani of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had filed a petition challenging the election of the PDP senator on four grounds that include school …
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THE Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has condemned the gruesome murder of the Divisional Police Officer, Ahoada Division in Rivers State, Bako Angbashim. Newsextra24 earlier reported that the DPO was killed on Friday night by gunmen suspected to be cultists terrorizing the area. According to a viral video, …
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PASTOR Taiwo Odukoya, founding pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Lagos, is dead. The church announced his death in a statement on Tuesday, sayin Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, founding pastor of the Fountain of Life Church, Lagos, is dead. The church announced his death in a statement on Tuesday, saying …
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AS President Bola Tinubu marks his 100 days in office, some experts have expressed divergent views on the state of the country’s security situation. Newsextra24 reports that terrorism, banditry and other criminal activities were the major crisis bedeviling the nation prior to May 29 2023 when President Tinubu took over …
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VICE President Kashim Shettima lamented on Saturday in Maiduguri that the Boko Haram insurgency had inflicted damage worth $9 billion on the Northeast. According to a statement by Olusola Abiola, the Director of Information at the Office of the Vice President, Shettima stated this while inaugurating the distribution of palliatives …
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FRIENDS and family members of the late founder of Fountain of Life Church (FOLC) in Lagos, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya, bade farewell to the preacher as he was laid to rest on Saturday. In his sermon, Bishop David Abioye of the Living Faith Church, Lagos, described the late preacher as a …
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