Abba Bichi, son of the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), has been given a five-bedroom duplex at Hilltop Estate, Apo, Abuja. According to the Group Managing Director of BSTAN, Engr. Becky Olubukola, the duplex is worth N90 million. She announced the gift while inaugurating the young …

I was at the residence of the Leader of our great party, Asiwaju Ahmed Tinubu, on a condolence visit over the recent building collapse in Lagos, where several Nigerians lost their lives. I prayed for the repose of the souls of those who died in the unfortunate incidence. I also …

As the announcement by the Federal Government that it will give N5,000 each to 40 million “deserving” Nigerians beginning from July next year when it plans to end fuel subsidies continues to generate reactions, analysts at CSL Research have expressed doubts over government’s ability to remove subsidies on the proposed …

President Buhari has renewed his calls for all security agencies to double their efforts in tackling all those challenging Nigeria’s sovereignty and creating insecurity through criminality in whatever way, Newsextra24 reports. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this after a Security Council meeting presided by President Buhari on Thursday …

*As another batch of 172 Libya returnees arrive Nigeria One of the 172 returnees brought to Lagos early, yesterday, from Libya, Omoniyi Azizat, has expressed regret for deceiving her father to raise N800,000 for her botched trip to Libya. The airlift of the 172 persons arrived the Murtala Muhammad International …

Chief Olabode George, a former Deputy National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has slammed a N500m lawsuit against a chieftain of the party, Dr Adetokunbo Pearse over alleged defamation of character. Pearse, a state chairmanship aspirant of the PDP in Lagos State was alleged to have said that …

Finally Court seals fate of billionaire kidnapper, Evans Billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike known as Evans the kidnapper has been sentenced to death by a Lagos High Court on Thursday. At the sentencing by an Igbosere High Court in Lagos, Evans who was charged with kidnapping had pleaded not guilty. He …

Police comb forest Suspected kidnappers have again abducted a Principal, Joshua Adeyemi, his Vice, lfedayo Yesufu and three other teachers along Auga-Ise road in Akoko North East council area of Ondo state. Adeyemi is the Principal of Auga Community Grammar School while lfedayo is the Vice. The three abducted teachers …

The Federal Government may deduct at least N2.4tn from the Federation Account to fund the N5, 000 cash palliative that will be handed over to 40 million poor Nigerians after the fuel subsidy has been removed next year. This is just as Newsextra24 learnt on Thursday that the list of …

A rescue team searching for 35 miners who are trapped deep underground following an explosion at a mine in Eastern Russia have failed to return to the surface. The blast took place 820ft below the surface at Listvyazhnaya coal mine in Siberia shortly after 9am Thursday, when coal dust in …