Angelina Jolie is moving on from her role as a United Nations special envoy for refugees, and will be engaging “on a broader set of humanitarian and human rights issues,” the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, and the actress said in a joint statement. Jolie – who has worked with UNHCR …

AT least 30 persons have reportedly died in Ekureku Community in Abi Local government area of Cross River state following the outbreak of Cholera. Ekureku Community is made up of 10 villages including Agbara , Ngarabe, Ekureku-be ,Akpoha , Akare-for , Anong, Emenekpon ,Etegevel, Egboronyi, Emegeh shares boundary with some …

France star, Ousmane Dembele, has revealed the advice Argentina captain, Lionel Messi gave him at Barcelona ahead of both teams’ 2022 FIFA World Cup final clash on Sunday. Dembele and Messi were teammates for four seasons at Barcelona before the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner joined Paris Saint-Germain in 2021. The …

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has congratulated President Muhammad Buhari on his 80th birthday. In a goodwill message to President Buhari, Ortom praised him for his steadfastness and indomitable spirit in upholding the ideals of nationhood. While urging President Buhari to sustain the transparent lifestyle that has been his …

The Ministry of Interior has denied dates purportedly circulating online as the official dates for the yuletide holidays. In a statement to Newsextra24 on Saturday, the Director of Press and Public Relations, Afonja Fatai Ajibola denied the trending news purportedly credited to the Ministry on the announcement of Public holidays …

THE insurgents were said to have come out from Sambisa where they had been hiding and waging campaigns of terror from the forest. Four top Commanders of the Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād Boko Haram terrorists group have surrendered to the Nigerian Army in Borno State. A counter-insurgency expert, in …

The unprovoked attack occurred on Friday morning at Berger Bus Stop, adding that he committed no offence to warrant such level of brutality from the government officials. A commuter, identified as Lawrence was on Friday assaulted and brutalised by the Lagos State enforcement team tagged Ministry of Transportation, (MOT) task …

According to him, Corps Members’ welfare still remained a cardinal policy thrust of the NYSC. The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has stated that its orientation camps are not five-star hotels but are still among well organised locations for the grooming of Nigerian graduates. The NYSC in a release on …

One of the volunteer workers said the state government might have released the money but corrupt officials might be delaying the payment COVID-19 health workers who were brought in as volunteers with the Lagos State BioBank are currently in distress going by the failure of the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s administration …

From the fleet records, debts from preceding years are usually carried over to the following year, and this has become the tradition. The Presidential Air Fleet has confirmed receiving N11.13billion to maintain the jets used by Presidential Muhammadu Buhari for 2022, which represents 98 per cent of the total fund …