Following a stampede by worshippers at the Comfort Life Mission International Church, Lagos, on Thursday, at least two persons have lost their lives. The incident was confirmed by the Lagos State Police Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who told the Newsextra24 that the incident occurred at about 11.00 a.m. on …

As the seeming rancour within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers State continues, properties belonging to the presidential candidate of the PDP, Atiku Abubakar’s allies have been sealed off in Port Harcourt A filling station in Port Harcourt which allegedly belongs to a member of the House of Representatives, …

An attack by terrorists on Wapa village in Kurfi LGA of Kastina state has been foiled, police in the state have said. According to the Katsina State Police Command, many terrorists were killed in the botched attack while two kidnapped victims were rescued. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, …

A former governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Anambra State, Valentine Ozigbo has resigned his membership of the leading opposition party.   52-year-old Ozigbo was the PDP candidate in the 2021 Anambra governorship election. In a statement on Friday, the ex-President of Transcorp has pledged to work for …

More than 5,550 bottles of alcohol worth N3.2million have been burnt by the Jigawa State Hisbah Command. This was disclosed by the State Hisbah commandant Ibrahim Dahiru, after the bottles of alcohol were destroyed in Kazaure local government. Ibrahim Dahiru, said the alcohol was intercepted in the command’s ongoing operations in …

Zamfara State government has said that in its efforts to address the teething insecurity situation ravaging the State, it has established an emergency call centre for the general public. This was contained in a press statement issued to newsmen in Gusau, the State capital, by the Commissioner for information, Hon. …

Dr Cosmos Ilechukwu, the General Secretary, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria has stated that same-faith ticket, either Christian-Christian or Muslim-Muslim, will not augur well for the unity and future of Nigeria. The position of the group was made known by Ilechukwu at a press conference on the state of the nation, …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has expressed disappointment at the shocking revelations made last Friday, by the Minister for Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, that the payment platforms, which the Buhari-led administration deployed for both payments of salaries and receipt of its revenue, were never tested or …

Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has cautioned the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, on the risk of shunning the votes from his state. Wike stressed that Rivers State is too strategic politically to be ignored by any serious- minded politician who wants to win election. In …

A Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja on Thursday sentenced a man identified as Moses Joseph for forcing a 13-year-old girl to suck his manhood and inserted his finger in her private parts. Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo, who handed down the verdict, held that the state proved its case …