A man, identified as Segun Ebenezer, has beaten his wife, Bukola, to death over a dispute arising from ownership of property. Newsextra24 gathered that the incident due to her refusal to hand over a primary school she built in her name to him. Speaking on the incident, the Ogun State …
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Earthquake Kills Over 40, Injures Many In Indonesia
No fewer than 44 people have been killed while hundreds were injured as a shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit an island of Java, Indonesia on Monday. According to NDTV, thousands of buildings have been destroyed by the landslide. The quake was centred in the Cianjur region of West Java but felt …
Read More »World Cup: England, Wales, Others Opt Out Of Wearing One Love Armband
England, Wales and other European teams who had earlier insisted on their captains wearing a ‘One Love’ armband at their 2022 World Cup matches have opted out after FIFA remained adamant on its stand against it. The various football associations have been in a meeting with FIFA this morning to …
Read More »Why I Funded Treatment Of Wounded Soldier – Zulum
The governor of Borno State, Prof Babangana Zulum, has explained the reasons for hiring a private jet to fly an injured Nigerian army officer to Abuja for treatment. Zulum said he was touched by the condition he met the wounded army officer upon hearing that the injuries were …
Read More »Wike Receives Kwankwaso For Project Inauguration
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State on Sunday received the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Rabiu Kwankwaso, in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The former Kano State governor is expected to inaugurate the Mgbutanwo Internal Roads in the Emohua Local Government Area on Monday. Governor Wike had …
Read More »Naira Redesign: Northern Group Names Emefiele ‘Man Of The Year’
A northern group, The Arewa Economic Advancement Promoters, has thrown its weight behind the policy for the redesign of the nation’s currency by the Central Bank of Nigeria and subsequently named the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, its ‘Man of the Year’. Area -P is a group of strategic communication specialists …
Read More »Campaign Billboards: Soludo Gives Political Parties Two Weeks To Pay Or Be Defaced
Awka—THE Anambra State Signage and Advertising Agency, ANSAA, has given the various political parties and their candidates for the 2023 elections two weeks to pay for the billboards mounted across the state or have them defaced. Governor Chukwuma Soludo had earlier complained that some of the billboards were almost causing obstruction, …
Read More »Catholic Priest Kidnapped In Enugu During Adoration Prayers
NSUKKA—The Parish Priest of St. Jude’s Catholic Church in Eburummiri, Ibagwa-Aka, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Victor Ishiwu, was in the early hours of Saturday, allegedly kidnapped while officiating adoration prayers. Newsextra24 gathered that the kidnappers stormed the adoration ground after midnight and started shooting …
Read More »Presidential Amnesty: Why Ex-militants Not Gainfully Employed After Training – Ndiomu
The Interim administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, Maj. Gen. Barry Tariye Ndiomu (retd) has attributed the high number of unemployed trained ex-agitators to the lack of required job competencies. Gen. Ndiomu also contended that: “the training does not produce the required expertise in the former militants which in …
Read More »Nigerian Military Involvement In Politics Is Worst Thing To Ever Happened — Ex-NAF Officer
Group Captain Murtala Salami (retd), has expressed regret over the interference of military in Nigeria politics. Salami, who was Aids-de-Camp to the Military Governor of North Eastern State, Brigadier Musa Usman, in his autobiography entitled “A Fragile Boy and An Air Force Officer,” said that from the first coup in …
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