The National Publicity of the Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alex Ogbonnia, has said the Igbo are not silent on the issues concerning the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Ogbonnia, who spoke exclusively to Newsextra24 on Friday, stated that the Igbo have been meeting over the issue of …

FG delegation in court, wants agitator in custody until extradition Desperately wanted by the Department of State Services in Nigeria, with an international arrest warrant hanging around his neck, and facing immigration-related offences in Cotonou, the embattled Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is seeking asylum in the …

Gunfire breaks out at funeral for assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise forcing US and UN delegations to flee as his grieving widow with her arm still in a sling from the attack chokes back tears over his coffin – President Jovenel Moise’s body was laid to rest in his hometown …

How best do you think the Federal Government should handle the case of Yoruba nation, agitator, Sunday Igboho who was arrested on Monday in Benin Republic? Everything should be by due process. We don’t want a situation where we are becoming a police state where every measure of opposition is …

  ‘Topless Tongan’ Pita Taufatofua has once again stolen the show at the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Tokyo – Taekwondo fighter walked out as his country’s flag bearer without a shirt and sporting plenty of baby oil on his torso – 37-year-old soon went viral on Twitter as he won …

Two years after the suspension of the controversial Rural Grazing Area scheme in July 2019, the Federal Government has introduced a replacement scheme called the Livestock Intervention Programme to address the lingering farmer-herder crisis across the country. This comes amid the Federal Government’s intensified efforts to revive colonial-era grazing routes …

  The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will launch its digital currency following an advice by the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo that cryptocurrency should be regulated not banned. The decision to launch its digital currency was reached during a private webinar on Thursday in which the CBN said …

Ryan Giggs allegedly kicked his ex-girlfriend in the back before throwing her out of a hotel room naked, Manchester Crown Court heard on Friday. It is also alleged he sent threatening emails to her friends and employers about the relationship, and was accused of turning up unannounced to her gym. The …

The Federal Government will be constructing three new custodial centres with 3,000 capacity to ease congestion in correctional homes in the country. The Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, made this known on Friday at the inauguration of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Osun State Command Headquarters Complex, in Osogbo. Aregbesola …

Naomi Osaka of Japan holds the Olympic torch after lighting the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYpsAOCBVMU