THE Nigerian Army on Sunday, said it has zero tolerance for any act inimical to the rights and wellbeing of the citizenry, just as it vowed to deal with any officer involved in unprofessional conduct. Newsxtra24 recalls a provocative and unacceptable video footage trending on the social media, in which …

THE member of the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has warned against picking Senator Godswill Akpabio as the next Senate President. Musa Saidu, who is the leader of the Arewa community in Southern Nigeria, warned that Akpabio’s emergence as Senate President would spell doom for Nigeria. Saidu noted that no true …

AS the May 29 inauguration date of President-elect Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu draws closer, Kenyan president, Dr Williams Ruto, has sent a special envoy to discuss areas of mutual interest between Nigeria and Kenya with the president-elect. Ruto, in a letter he personally signed, congratulated Tinubu on his victory at …

FOLLOWING a 30 minute exchange of heavy gunfire with armed men escorting a large consignment of drugs loaded in two long trucks, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilograms (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at …

SENATOR-elect for Imo North Senatorial District, Engr. Patrick C. Ndubueze, has joined the race for the Senate Presidency of the 10th National Assembly. This was as he also the National Working Committee NWC of his ruling All Progressives Congress APC and the over 100 Senators-elect to support his ambition. The …

Abdul’Aziz Yari, former Zamfara State Governor and a Senator-elect, has vowed to go ahead with his Senate presidency bid. Daily Trust reports that other contenders for the position, like Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi and Senator Ali Ndume (Borno) have withdrawn from the race and backed the party’s choice of …

THE Bishop, Diocese of Ijebu South-West, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev. Dr Babatunde Ogunbanwo, has said that the national life of the country under the outgoing regime had gone from “being a failed state to a nation that is sleeping, dormant, lethargic and almost dead.” The Anglican Bishop …

INDICATIONS have emerged that the President-elect, Bola Tinubu, will take tough decisions when he assumes duty in order to revive the ailing economy. Some of the decisions he is likely to take include the implementation of the Stephen Oronsaye panel’s report on the reform of the civil service and the removal …

THE Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers who invaded the Computer Village in Abeokuta, the capital of the state. The suspects, Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu, and Temitayo Oresanya, had reportedly invaded the computer village and killed one trader on April 12, 2023. They were later apprehended on …

EIGHT hundred and thirty-six Nigerians fleeing war-torn Sudan arrived on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. They were airlifted via Max Air, Azman and Tarco Airlines. Max Air and Azman Air landed with 410 and 324 evacuees respectively with stranded Nigerians from Aswan, Egypt. Tarco airlifted 102 Nigerians from Port …