Five teenagers have been accused of raping an eight-year-old girl, Christine (not real name), on Adepeju Street, in the Bariga area of Lagos State. The victim’s father, Asuquo, who demanded justice, said the rape was discovered by his wife’s sister. He said, “My wife travelled to her hometown in November …

The Oyo State Police Command on Tuesday removed the three mutilated bodies of youths who were murdered by yet-to-be-identified persons in Ibadan, the state capital.   NEWSEXTRA24 learnt that the victims were killed in the early hours of Monday around Office Bus Stop, after World Oil Petrol Station, New Ibadan-Oyo …

FORMER Director-General of the Labour Party Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe has congratulated Prof Akin Oshuntokun on his appointment as his replacement. Okupe had, on December 20, resigned from his position as the Obi-Datti campaign DG following his conviction for breaching the Money Laundering Act by a Federal High Court in …

Cristiano Ronaldo is the biggest casualty as the French daily newspaper L’Equipe named their team of the year. The Portugal captain is the biggest absentee from the XI following his difficult calendar year with Manchester United and Portugal. To many people, it’s not surprising to see him omitted from the …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night condemned the “heinous and senseless” killing of Omobolanle Raheem, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), shot by on-duty policemen on Christmas Day. Buhari said he was deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the brutal killing of Raheem. The President also directed …

A former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said the reason why northerners are behind the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, is a result of the provocations from Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Omokri, in a post on his social media handles, …

LAGOS State Government has taken over the prosecution of the policeman who fatally shot Bolanle Raheem. The lawyer was killed after ASP Drambi Vandi opened fire on Christmas day after flagging down Bolanle and her husband. Vandi and his team, now in custody, were attached to the Ajiwe Police Station …

THERE was a palpable fear about what might be the outcome of yet another round of meetings by the five aggrieved governors within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP fold, named: ‘G-5, as they are currently in the United Kingdom, UK to decide on who they will support as the 2023 …

RESPITE seems not in sight for commuters plying the deplorable Akure/ Ado Ekiti highway, as the contractor awarded the N30b contract, three years ago, to fix the road, has instituted legal action against the Federal government. The contractor, Dantata and Sawoe, has dragged the government to court for terminating the …

A former minister of aviation and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Femi Fani-Kayode said Akin Osuntokun, the new Director General of Labour Party’s Peter Obi’s presidential campaign has joined the losing side. Fani-Kayode made this assertion in statement via his verified Twitter handle …