Billionaire banker and entrepreneur, Oleg Tinkov, on Monday said he renounced his Russian citizenship because of the conflict in Ukraine, which he had previously criticised. “I have taken the decision to exit my Russian citizenship. I can’t and won’t be associated with a fascist country, that started a war with …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has arrived in London, United Kingdom, for his routine medical check-up. Newsextra24 reports that Buhari left Nigeria for London on Monday for medical check-up. Special Adviser to the President on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, wrote in a tweet that Buhari will return from …

The Kogi State Government has directed the stoppage and operation of miners using crude methods of mining in the state following the death of two persons at a mining site in the Olamaboro Local Government Area of the state. The directive was issued after the Kogi State Ministry of Solid …

The All Progressives Congress candidate for the Kano Central Senatorial District, Abdusalam Zaura, also known as AA Zaura, was noticeably absent as his alleged $1.30m fraud case was being heard in court. This came after the court received a statement from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that AA Zaura, …

The Lagos State Government has disclosed its collaboration with Alayo City Development to commence the distribution of food packs to nursing mothers who benefitted from the Mother, Infants and Child programme. The Special Adviser to the Governor on Civic Engagement, Aderemi Adebowale, according to a statement on Monday, made this …

Over five million Nigerians out of the 93m who registered to vote have yet to claim their Permanent Voter Cards barely four months to the 2023 election. Findings by Newsextra24 across 19 states indicate that Lagos, Ogun, Delta, Ekiti and Enugu states are leading the states with huge numbers of unclaimed …

The faction of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State backed by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has expressed surprise over his omission in the party’s Presidential Campaign Council. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Newsextra24o onMonday, the group’s publicity secretary, Abiodun Agboola, said it was surprising that Aregbesola …

THE shrinking value of the Nigerian naira and currencies of most developing economies are driving up food and fuel prices in ways that could deepen the food and energy crises that many of them already face, according to the World Bank’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook report. In US dollar terms, …

A woman, Cecilia Idowu, has been arraigned before an Ondo State Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Akure, the state capital, for allegedly killing her tenant, Stephen Haruna, and burying his corpse in a well. The incident occurred on Oke-Igbala Street, Oge, Okeagbe, Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of the …

THE Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria, on Monday, threatened to withdraw its service over incessant increment on the price of the premium motor spirit in the Eastern part of the country. The marketers, in a statement, blamed private depots for the hike in price. According to them, they were …