SOME unknown gunmen have reportedly killed the uncle (name yet to be known) of the spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, Ikenga Ugochinyere. According to Ugochinyere in a seemingly distressed tweet on Twitter Saturday afternoon, the unknown persons are also setting a house ablaze, suspected to be his …

SINGER, Olawale BrymO, has apologised over his tweets on the possibility of south-easterners producing a Nigerian president. This comes after thousands of Nigerians signed a petition to stop the singer from winning the All Africa Music Award where he was nominated in the ‘Songwriter of the Year’ category. The singer …

THE Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a couple, Busola Oyediran and her partner, Akebiara Emmanuel, for allegedly torturing her two children in the Egbeda/Idimu area of the state. Newsextra24 gathered that neighbours of the couple who saw them subjecting the minors to torture resulting in the …

THERE was tension in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State on Friday as gunmen killed two members of the vigilante group in the community. Newsextra24 gathered that the incident which happened on Thursday night led to the blockage and burning of tyres along the major streets at Amukpe …

MANCHESTER United beat their Manchester rival, City, 2-1 in a fierce game at Old Trafford. Marcus Rashford’s strike in the 82nd minute gave United the late lead to triumph over their arch-rival. Manchester City were the first to score after substitute Grealish scored to give the away team the early …

THE Nigeria Professional Football League has rescheduled several fixtures in the 2022/2023 football season. Home matches involving the three clubs based in the Southeast States will kick off at 3pm on Sunday. A statement from the Interim Management Committee (IMC) directed all the clubs to take note of the fixture …

Daughter of a former deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Sonia, has denied trafficking a man, David Ukpo, into the United Kingdom to harvest his kidney for herself. Sonia Ekweremadu, 25, is charged alongside her father, mother, Beatrice Ekweremadu and a Nigerian medical doctor, Obinna Obeta. Ekweremadu, Beatrice and Obeta …

THE Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by family members of  former head of state, late General Sani Abacha, seeking to stop proceedings aimed at recovering more loot traced to them. Son of the late leader, Mohammed Abacha, sought to stop the re-opening of the criminal forfeiture proceedings against …

IT could perhaps be the bad side of history when last week, the 92-year-old immediate past Wazirin Bauchi, Alh Muhammad Bello Kirfi was dethroned from the office he was hitherto occupying in the Bauchi Emirate Council for what some schools of thought perceived as mere political machinations. So, that was …

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has been asked to order the inspector-general of police to provide adequate security and protection for Peter Obi,  the presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 presidential elections. The plaintiff, Mr Ken Eluma Asogwa, prayed the court to declare that Mr …