The National Emergency Management Agency donated 370.5 tonnes of assorted grains to the Zamfara State government in Gusau on Friday for onward distribution to flood victims and vulnerable persons. The Zamfara deputy governor, Sen. Hassan Nasiha, received the grains on behalf of the state government from the NEMA Director of …
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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has advised law enforcement officers against harassment and extortion of the public in the discharge of their duties. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, gave this advice during the Law Enforcement Training Institute 2022 passing out parade held at …
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Family members of a woman, Rosemary Obidinma, who reside in Ibafo, in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have cried out after she did not return home from her shop on Tuesday. Newsextra24 gathered that the mother of five spoke to her first child, Daniel, that evening on her …
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities is set to summon an emergency meeting of the National Executive Council following the decision of the Federal Government to pay the lecturers half salaries for the month of October, 2022, Newsextra24 reliably gathered. Though no date has been fixed yet, our correspondent gathered that the …
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A Lagos-based music producer, Casey Akajiaku, aka Qasebeatz, has demanded a refund of the sum of N150,000, allegedly extorted from him by some policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi. Akajiaku, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, demanded the arrest and prosecution of the cops. …
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The police have arraigned a former worker of Stanbic-IBTC Bank, Ajayi Olusola, before a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, for allegedly defrauding the bank of the sum of N205m. The defendant is facing three counts bordering on conspiracy, obtaining by false pretences and unlawful conversation preferred against him by …
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ORGANISERS of the annual Lagos Women Run have confirmed that about 25,000 runners will be participating in the November 12 race. The coordinator for the Lagos Women Run, Tayo Popoola, disclosed this in Lagos on Thursday. “In this year’s edition, we are expecting about 25,000 runners in the categories of …
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The Federal Government may present a supplementary budget to the National Assembly due to a further depreciation of the naira and galloping inflation that have made the 2023 budget nearly unrealistic. The 2023 budget benchmarks the foreign exchange at N435/dollar and inflation at 17.10 per cent but the severe scarcity …
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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa said the agency needs more sniffer dogs to tackle cases of drug trafficking and the cartels responsible. Marwa, made this known while defending his budget before the House of Representatives Committee on Narcotics, in Abuja today Thursday …
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Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, has revealed the interior of the Aristotle Onassis’ Christina O super luxury yacht, he rented to celebrate his 60th birthday, as he dined with his family and friends. Recall that Truth News Live had reported that he rented the yacht for three days to celebrate birthday on …
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