President Buhari presides over an Emergency Meeting of the National Security Council, at the State House on 8th June 2021.

The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has announced its resumption of receiving applications for new passports in the state. The new Comptroller of the command, Safiya Mohammed, announced this on Tuesday, in Ibadan, at a send forth for Usman Babangida, the outgoing Comptroller. The NIS had …

Lightning strikes killed 27 people and four passengers on a flight were hospitalised after severe turbulence during monsoon storms in eastern India, officials said on Tuesday. Lightning strikes during the June-September annual monsoon are fairly common in India. Officials said West Bengal was hit by thunderstorms on late Monday, with …

The Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, has urged the Federal Government to jettison traditional orientation and “achaic” sentiment that cannabis is a “devil’s plant” by setting up legal machineries in motion to enable its use in Nigeria. He said “cannabis is a multi-billion naira industry that can help diversify the …

The house of representatives has summoned Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, over the suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. At its sitting on Tuesday, the house mandated its committees on communication, justice, information and culture, and national security and intelligence to immediately commence an investigation into the suspension of …

The Nigerian Army will be spending not less than N700 million on the retirement of 29 Major-Generals and Brigadier-Generals who will leave the service going by the appointment of Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the Chief of Army Staff. NEwsextra24 learnt that the 29 Generals’ retirement benefits would gulp a large …

Nigerian- American, 22 year-old Steve Ezeonu, has won the Grand Prairie City Council run-off election in Texas, United States. Ezeonu, a Democrat clinched 3,903 votes to beat his closest rival Greg Giessner who garnered 3,720 votes in the June 5 run off election. Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians In Diaspora …

Radio Now says it is “not convinced a ban on Twitter, and a directive by NBC, barring broadcasting stations from using the platform is the right way” A Lagos-based radio station, Radio Now 95.3FM, has faulted the recent directive from National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) that television and radio stations should …

The envoys of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the European Union in Nigeria, on Monday, insisted that the suspension of Twitter in the West African nation is a violation of freedom of expression. The ambassadors stated this at a meeting with the Nigerian Minister of …

Paul Onuachu has won the Ebony Shoe award for the Best African player In Belgium for the 2020/21 season, reports Newsextra24.com. The Nigeria international succeeded Antwerp and Congo Democratic Republic forward Dieurmaci Mbokani as the winner of this year’s award. The 27-year-old was top scorer in the Belgian Pro-League with …