The federal government has cautioned Nigerians against panic buying and stockpiling of cement as it allayed fears that the commodity would be scarce. The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Nasir Sani-Gwarzo, in a statement, blamed the rise in the price of cement on the reduction …

Olusegun Obasanjo: commander in chief Lt. Gen. Victor Malu (Benue): May 1999 – April 2001 Lt. Gen Alex Ogomudia (Delta): April 2001 – June 2003 Lt Gen Martin Luther Agwai (Kaduna): June 2003 – June 2006 Lt Gen Owoye Andrew Azazi (Bayesla): June 2006 to June 2007 Umar Musa Yaradua: …

The Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, on Tuesday, rubbished the remark by the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore that Fulani herdsmen own all the lands in Nigeria. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima insisted that nobody owns any land in Nigeria. Speaking with Newsextra24, Shettima said the government owns all the lands …

No fewer than 20 members of courses 34 and 35 may proceed on retirement as the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday removed service chiefs and appointed a new set of officers to replace them. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in …

Nollywood actor Desmond Asuzu is dead, Newsextra24 can confirm. According to information gathered by our correspondent, the actor was said to have slumped and died around 9pm on Tuesday. His wife was said to have called fellow actor Desmond Elliot to announce the death to him. Until his death, Ernest …

FOLLOWING last week’s fire incident that razed Sokoto Central Market, the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has donated N50 million to the Sokoto State government and victims of the fire incident with a resolve to lobby the Federal Government to fulfil its pledge of assisting in the rebuilding of the market. …

Abuja is under siege. Terror lives and breathes here. Citizens are kidnapped every day from their homes but sadly, some of these tragedies escape outrage and alarm. There is a false sense of security in the federal capital territory (FCT) – the flawed assumption of safety – which has enabled …

Telecommunications companies have been licensed to register people who do not have National Identity Numbers so as to reduce the large crowds at the offices of the National Identity Management Commission , the NIMC has said . Director – General, NIMC, Aliyu Aziz, said some other private and public organisations …

The Federal Government said it would spend the sum of thirty billion Naira on the upgrade of Umaru Musa ‘Yar’adua International Airport, Katsina. The Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika disclosed this at an empowerment program organised by the National Directorate of Employment, NDE, in Katsina. The minister added that …

Residents and indigenes of Uratta Community in Aba North Local Government Area of Abia are living in fear following the death of a Police Sergeant killed by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums. Our correspondent gathered the late police sergeant identified as Okezie was unlucky not to have escaped the attack on his police …