Governor Nyesom Wike has claimed that helped his predecessor, Rotimi Amaechi to become Governor of Rivers state, Newsextra24 reports. Wike who served as Chief of Staff during Amaechi’s tenure, made the disclosure during an interview with BBC pidgin on Friday March 19. The Rivers state Governor stated in the interview …

Alake Of Egbaland Tackles Igboho, Others, Warns Against Calls For Nigeria’s Breakup The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, has appealed to those calling for Nigeria’s secession to shelve the idea. The monarch warned that those beating the drum of war in Nigeria are calling for chaos in the country …

Fashion entrepreneur and actress Temi Otedola has shared pictures of herself on social media in a fashionable black dress to mark her 25th birthday, Newsextra24 reports. “TWENTY FIVE,” she captioned the pictures posted on Saturday. Her elder sister DJ Cuppy also shared a picture slide of Temi that displayed some …

JUST IN: Ekiti by-election: Three persons feared killed, as thugs attack voters at Senator Biodun Olujimi’s polling unit

This came barely 24 hours after their member, Frank Onwuachi, who was abducted by gunmen was found dead. Lawyers in Anambra State have declared a three-day strike, starting from Monday, over insecurity in the state . This came barely 24 hours after their member, Frank Onwuachi, who was abducted by …

The Independent National Electoral Commission has suspended Saturday’s bye-election to fill the vacant seat of Ekiti East Constituency 1 in the State House of Assembly. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Tella Adeniran, in a statement in Ado-Ekiti, said the commission suspended the poll following the violence unleashed on voters and …

Buhari directs release of Funds for FG Public Works Programme President Muhammadu Buhari has graciously directed a release of the funds for the payment of stipends to the 774,000 participants of the SPW programme. I have consequently directed the NDE to begin processing the payments and participants should begin to …

CEO of iROKOtv Jason Njoku has penned a lovely tribute to his wife and actress Mary Njoku on her 36th birthday,Newsextra24 reports. In a tweet on Saturday, Jason revealed that he met Mary when he had nothing and that she gave him everything. “Today is @MrsMaryNjoku birthday. First time she …

I singled out clergymen for attacks after my ugly experience with gay reverend father A robbery suspect under investigation for attacking a reverend father has said that he singled out clergymen for attacks because his life was ruined by one of them. Federick Ugah, who is currently cooling his heels …

Gunmen on Saturday night razed the Isiala Mbano Divisional Headquarters located at Umuelemai in Imo State. The gunmen, who freed suspects held in the detention facility, invaded the divisional headquarters armoury and carted away arms. Our correspondent gathered that gunmen on arrival condoned off the Divisional Headquarters located at Umueze …