A diamond believed to be the third largest ever found has been put on display in Botswana. The stone – weighing 1,098 carats – was shown to President Mokgweetsi Masisi, two weeks after the diamond firm, Debswana, unearthed it. The huge gem is only slightly less heavy than the …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another strike over the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, the ASUU chairman, University …

Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, on Saturday, urged local hunters and vigilantes to use all their powers against bandits. Fayemi, who is the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, NGF, made the appeal while addressing local hunters and vigilantes groups in Birnin Kebbi, the Kebbi State capital. He also noted …

51 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-41 Rivers-5 Gombe-3 FCT-1 Akwa Ibom-1 167,206 confirmed 163,550 discharged 2,117 deaths Today’s report includes: ✅Backlog of data from Lagos State recorded over the last three days ✅ 0 cases reported from Plateau, Imo, and Bauchi States

Governor Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has said two weeks before bandits attacked Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, there was an intel on bandits presence. The school wasn’t closed, instead a detachment of special Anti-terrorism Task Force was deployed there. When he visited the school in Birnin Yauri for …

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  Publicity Secretary of Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze, Alex Ogboannaya, has slammed a coalition of Northern groups for placing a bounty on the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Newsextra24  had reported that a coalition of 75 northern groups under the aegis of Northern Consensus Movement …

  Popular Nigerian singer, Tekno, has revealed the reason he cannot be with one woman. The ace singer who has a child with his colleague, Lola Rae, noted that although he wants to be with one woman for the rest of his life, there are so many beautiful women around …

How side chic drugged and stabbed Super TV CEO and Nigerian billionaire Michael Usifo Ataga to death in Lagos It is a sad day for family and friends of Michael Usifo Ataga, the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, and a director in Super Network Limited, a telecoms firm, as …

  Okays retracing exercise in non-conflict zones Not all pastoralists can afford ranching –Agric ministry In spite of the overwhelming outcry against the plan to retrace and recover grazing routes across the country, the Federal Government is not showing signs of relenting. Newsextra24 findings revealed that stock routes, popularly called …