A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, and ex-Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, may be on their way out of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Lawal disclosed this in an exclusive interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday. Lawal and Dogara have been critical of the …
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The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has said the flagbearer of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, is part of the “old political order” in Nigeria. Kachikwu made this comment during an interview with Channels Television on Tuesday night. According to him, ADC would rather …
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Akwa Ibom state police command said it has apprehended two suspected kidnappers terrorizing people of Etim Ekpo local government area of the state and rescued five kidnapped victims during a shoot out with combined forces of the police and the Nigerian Army. The state Commissioner of Police, Olatoye Durosinmi, who …
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Paris Saint-Germain forward, Lionel Messi, will decide his future after the 2022 World Cup, according to the UK Sun. However, the 35-year-old has so far had no concrete offers from any club. Messi signed a two-year contract when he joined PSG from Barcelona in the summer of 2021. There has …
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THE Chairman of the Bauchi State Chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, on Wednesday, reacted to statements linked to Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara in which he condemned the idea of a Muslim-Muslim ticket in the forth-coming 2023 presidential election. Recall that Dogara had last week warned Christians in Nigeria not …
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THE Lagos State Examinations Board has fixed October 6 as the new date for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) resit. Director of the Board, Orunsolu Adebayo made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday. The examination, initially scheduled for September 28, would still take place in various designated …
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Following the directives by the management of Benue State University, (BSU), on Tuesday, directing all staff to resume, with immediate effect, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Benue State Chapter, has called on its members to remain calm and await directives from the union leaders. Newsextra24 recalls that the …
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BENUE State Governor, Samuel Ortom, Tuesday dismissed as untrue the reports making the rounds that he has abandoned the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike amid the struggle to retool the National Executive structure of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Newsextra24 recalls Wike’s strategic team demanded the removal of the …
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THE lawmaker representing Remo North, Solomon Osho, who was recently suspended by the Ogun State House of Assembly has apologized. Osho was suspended on September 13 alongside the former Deputy Speaker, Dare Kadiri for the alleged breach of the provision of the Legislative Houses (Power and Privileges) Act, 2017. While …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by the Federal Government of Nigeria, seeking to extradite a Nigerian citizen, Andrew Chidiebere Ibe to the United States of America (USA) for trial in wire fraud charges. The suit instituted by the Attorney General of the Federation …
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