NIGERIA’sPresident-elect, Bola Tinubu, has been listed in TIME 100 Most Influential People in the World. TIME magazine included Tinubu in its 2023 list under leaders category. The former Lagos governor and the United States President, Joe Biden were among the 19 leaders on the TIME 100 list. The American news …
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The Corps Commander of the Western Nigeria Security Agency, Amotekun Osun, Brigadier General Bashir Adewinmbi has announced that the security outfit has commenced search for a kidnapped herdman, Muhammad Jubril. Jubril, aged 30, was abducted at about 1:40am on Wednesday from his Ago-Igbira Fulani settlement in Ila-Orangun, Osun State by …
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A former presidential aspirant of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adamu Garba asserted that the APC-led federal government facilitated the release of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi from his detention cell in the United Kingdom recently. Newsextra24 recalls that Peter Obi was last Friday, reportedly …
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THE National Assembly has forwarded the harmonised version of the Nigerian Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill after passage by both the Senate and the House of Representatives to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent. It was gathered on Thursday that the transmission of the bill for Presidential assent was done by the …
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THE Lagos State Government has confirmed that some persons were injured in the seven-storey building collapse in Banana Island. Newextra24.com reports that the building at First Avenue, Banana Island, Ikoyi, collapsed on Wednesday around 3 pm. The Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned Non-Profit Organisations (NPOs) in the Northeast against money laundering and terrorism financing. EFCC’s Special Control Unit against Money Laundering, SCUML, met with NPOs in the region at a workshop in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. SCUML Director, Daniel Isei addressed the …
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PRESIDENTIAL candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, on Thursday, refuted a report that the British government has tendered an apology over his detention by immigration officials. The former Anambra governor was reportedly detained by immigration officials at Heathrow Airport in London over alleged impersonation. A report, however, emerged …
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NIGERIA to continue to participate in rules development in the interest of the country and Africa … A delegation from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) met with Nigerian representatives on 4th and 5th April 2023, at a workshop it jointly organized with the Federal Inland Revenue Service …
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THE Nigeria Police Force has dismissed three of its officers for unprofessional misconduct, which included the misuse of firearms. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said on Thursday that the dismissal of the policemen was subsequent to complaints and findings on a video which went viral on Friday, April …
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Nigeria’s federal government has filed criminal charges against Seplat Energy PLC, its chief executive officer (CEO), Mr Roger Brown, and the board chairman, Mr Basil Omiyi, over alleged breach of extant provisions of the Immigration Act 2015. The government also charged the independent non-executive directors (INED), Dr Charles Okeahalam, Mrs …
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