The Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has said it has deployed 5,255 officers from the twenty-three Local Government Areas of the State for the Saturday Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Rivers State Commandant, Michael Besong-Ogar assured of the Command’s readiness to provide …
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The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has advised corps members who would be on election duty to carry out their tasks with due diligence. Mrs Blessing Iruma, Coordinator of NYSC in Anambra, gave the admonition during a one-day pre-election sensitisation programme for corps members and staff of the scheme in …
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The Osun State Police Command has revealed that it has arrested four suspects in connection with the mayhem in Ilesa and its environs. While revealing that efforts are on top gear to arrest other perpetrators, the Command also appealed to parents and guardians to monitor their children and wards in …
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Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP, growth fell to 3.10 per cent in 2022 from 3.40 per cent in 2021, according to new GDP results from the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS. It stated that growth in the economy’s agriculture and industry sectors dropped in 2022, while the performance of the …
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Nigerians have continued to lament failed online banking transactions owing to the Central Bank of Nigeria’s cashless policy implementation. Financial experts, economic groups and many other Nigerians have not hidden their disdain for the haphazard, chaotic implementation of the cashless policy by the CBN. Recently, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group …
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it has discovered other means through which politicians have perfected plans to buy votes during the upcoming elections. Chairman, Abdulrasheed Baw, who spoke on Channels Television on Wednesday, said intelligence at its disposal has shown that some politicians are planning to buy …
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The Labour Party senatorial candidate for Enugu East Senatorial District, Mr. Oyibo Chukwu has been murdered. This is coming about three days to the Presidential and National Assembly elections. Newsextra24 learnt that he was set ablaze alongside other party members late Wednesday evening at Amaechi Awkunanaw, Enugu South Local Government …
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A magistrate Court sitting in Port Harcourt has remanded the lawmaker representing Etche-Omuma Federal Constituency, Ephraim Nwuzi, at the Nigeria Correctional Center in PortHarcourt for 10 days. This follows a remand proceeding preferred against Nwuzi by the Rivers State Police Command. The Police had filed a remand warrant against him, …
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Two men said to be citizens of the Republic of Benin have been arrested at Idiroko border, Ipokia Local Government Area of Ogun State. The two, Kazeem Moye (25 years) and Kokuyi Moye (20 years), were arrested by operatives of the So-Safe Corps on Monday, at about 02:45am while trying …
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The Anambra State office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has kept mum on the discovery of a bag containing thousands of PVCs in a forest in Nnewi. The PVCs were discovered by a hunter on Tuesday, who took them to a popular radio station in Nnewi, Authority FM. …
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