SENATE President Godswill Akpabio, on Thursday, distanced himself from a planned solidarity rally in his hometown in Akwa Ibom. Akpabio said that he was not familiar with the organisers of the rally. The clarifications came in a statement by his Special Assistant on Media Matters, Jackson Udom. In the statement, …

AS part of its reorganisation, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) will today name a new Group Chief Operating Officer (GCOO), General Counsel/Company Secretary and two new Executive Vice Presidents (EVP) alongside a few other appointments expected to be announced before the close of business Friday, according to …

THE Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has said President Donald Trump’s tariff policies are being monitored. Newsextra24 reported that Trump, at an event he tagged ‘Liberation Day’, on Wednesday, slammed a 10% tariff on all goods coming into the United States from all countries of the world. According …

  THE High Court of Bayelsa State, sitting in Yenagoa, has issued an interim order restraining associates of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, from holding a planned rally in the state. The rally, which was scheduled to take place in Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, on …

THE Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has reassigned the case filed by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan against Senate President Godswill Akpabio and others to Justice Binta Nyako. Newsextra24 reports that the case, which was previously before Justice Obiora Egwuatu, will now proceed under Justice Nyako, with the …

A Prominent Bauchi-based Islamic cleric, Idris Abdul’aziz Dutsen Tanshi, has died after a prolonged battle with an undisclosed sickness. Newsextra24 reports that Tanshi, the Chief Imam of Dutsen Tanshi Jummaat Mosque, died in Bauchi after returning from medical treatment in India. One of the scholar’s close disciples, Abdulhakeem Shaaban Baban Keke, confirmed …

SOUTH Korea‘s highest court has delivered a unanimous decision to oust impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol from his position due to his controversial declaration of martial law, prompting new elections after a prolonged period of political instability. Newsextra24 reports that Yoon, aged 64, faced suspension from lawmakers following his attempt …

SAUDI Arabia has debunked reports of issuing a visa restriction or entry ban against Nigeria and 13 other countries. The authorities in the country issued the denial following the emergence of a memo which claimed countries including Nigeria, Egypt, India, Pakistan, Morocco, Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria, Jordan, Sudan, Iraq, Indonesia, Ethiopia, …

THE Supreme Court has set aside the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which, until Friday morning, recognised Julius Abure as the National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP). In a unanimous judgement on Friday, a five-member panel of the apex court held that the Court of Appeal …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it did not verify the signatures in the petition submitted for Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s recall. Newsextra24 reported that INEC, in a statement, on Thursday, rejected the recall process against the Kogi Central Senator who accused Senate President Godswill Akpabio of sexually harassing her. The commission said its …