THE Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has said the Green Chamber would have no option but to reconvene before the presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25 if the Central Bank of Nigeria failed to address the hardship Nigerians face due to its currency swap policy. …

THE residents of Imoru, Arimogija and Molege communities in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State have called on the state and federal governments to save them from the incessant attack of suspected killer-herdsmen. The residents said no fewer than eight members of the communities had been killed in the …

THE Executive of the Taraba state chapter of the All Progressive Congress Apc on Saturday sacked the state Chairman of the party, Hon Ibrahim El-Sudi. The Apc party’s zonal Chairman South, Hon Dauda Ayuba Dakinjo while briefing journalists in Jalingo said the state party Chairman, Hon Ibrahim El-Sudi l-Sudi continued …

A republican councilwoman, Eunice Dwumfour, has been shot dead in front of her home in New Jersey, United States of America. She was the wife of a Nigeria-based pastor, Eze Kings, according to the Foundation for Investigative Journalism. New York Post gathered that Dwumfour, 30, was hit with about 12 …

FOLLOWING the new naira notes swap policy by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Point of Sales, POS, operators have resorted to exploiting Nigerians. Prior to the introduction of the policy, POS operators charged N100 for every N1000 cash withdrawal, but the situation has changed. Newsextra24 reports that POS operators …

Former Aston Villa man, Gabriel Agbonlahor has told the FA to arrest and discipline Casemiro after the incident that saw the Brazilian sent off against Crystal Palace on Saturday. According to Agbonhalor, the former Real Madrid man thought he was a super star wrestler and wanted to strangle Crystal Palace’s …

ONE of the spokespersons for the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, LP, Ndi Kato, has said that Nigerians would need at least two weeks public holiday to recover from the President Muhammadu Buhari led-All Progressives Congress, APC, government when his tenure might have ended. The statement was contained in …

AS both the new and the old naira notes remain scarce around the country, operators of Point of Sale, popularly known as POS have become the new lords. Newsextra24 reports that with the situation, many people queue endlessly before bank Automated Teller Machines (ATMs), and even fight, even with no …

A pressure group, Zikist-Aminu Kano Patriots, ZAP, has urged Nigerians to use their votes to retire septuagenarians, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and the national leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. The organisation claimed that voting for Atiku, who is the presidential candidate of Peoples Democratic …

USANI Usani, a former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party, PRP in Cross River, narrowly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers along the Calabar-Ikom highway. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that two unidentified persons were, however, not lucky as they were killed …