President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Nigeria on Saturday for an official trip to Paris, the France capital. Newsextra24 learnt from top sources that the President would be in Paris for at least four days, where he has also been scheduled to meet his doctor. “Buhari will be heading to Paris …
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• Miyetti Allah: Governors’ move is a call for secession • KACRAN: Ban on open grazing negates 1999 constitution • Yakasai, Ndume fault governors’ position • Akeredolu: Why we banned open grazing in South • Southern senators, Reps endorse resolutions, say action timely Divergent reactions continue to trail Tuesday’s call …
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The crisis rocking Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is centred on moves by Governor Godwin Obaseki to ensure his own man becomes the state chairman of the party, Daily Independent has exclusively gathered. Chairman of Edo State PDP, Anthony Aziegbemi, had on Tuesday petitioned Prince …
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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said the continuous detention of Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha, is based on legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions in the state Ministry of Justice. He also said the actor would not be released until the Judiciary …
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Some restructuring advocates want Nigeria disintegrated – Forum • Houses to get bills soon, lawmakers seek legal backing for resolutions • With 2014 confab report, no need for fresh dialogue, says Middle Belt Southern governors’ resolutions at their meeting on Tuesday generated more nationwide reactions on Wednesday. The northern sociopolitical …
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Nollywood actor, Yomi Fabiyi, has reacted to the legal action taken against him by his colleague, Iyabo Ojo. Ojo had, via her Instagram page, published a letter from her lawyers, demanding N100m as payment for damages caused by Fabiyi’s ‘defamatory publication’ during a protest held today. Fabiyi staged a protest …
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The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Her Excellency, Catriona Laing on Wednesday evening paid a courtesy visit to the former Governor of Abia state and current Chief Whip of the 9th Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu at his Abuja residence,NEwsextra24 reports. Laing who arrived at Kalu’s residence at precisely …
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday asked Nigerians to pray against kidnapping, banditry and blackmail. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the President made the call in his Eid-il-Fitr message. The statement was titled ‘On the occasion of …
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It’s the first in sub-Saharan Africa and one of the three such cutting-edge facilities on the continent, with top prime global certifications for smart card manufacturing and it is based in Lagos, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, relished yesterday afternoon while touring SecureID company’s premises, and affirmed Nigeria’s extremely bright …
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The Nigerian Army has said it has arrested the Second-in-Command to the neutralised commander of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Aba town in Abia State during the raid. The army arrested 48-year-old Awurum Eze, a native of Umoneke Nta in the Isiala-Mbano …
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