A Vice Principal of a secondary school in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State, Ibrahim Tukur, has been arrested by the police for impregnating one of the students in the school. The 12-year-old girl has been delivered of a baby from the pregnancy. Tukur and other suspects were paraded …
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Joe Erico “Jogo Bonito” Is Dead
Former Nigerian goalkeeper and assistant coach of the Super Eagles, Joe Erico is dead. Joe Erico was an apostle of ‘Jogo Bonito’ – an aesthetic football philosophy that is based on the tip-tap playing pattern similar to that of Brazilian Samba. Erico, popularly known as ‘Jogo Bonito Exponent,’ was a …
Read More »Buhari Directs Agencies To Certify Locally Made Helicopter
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) to conclude certification issues on the manufactured Made-in-Nigeria helicopter. The Executive Vice Chairman of NASENI, Prof. Mohammed Sani Haruna, disclosed this on Wednesday when he visited the NCAA headquarters …
Read More »Atiku Writes Biden, Lists Nigeria’s Challenges, Seeks U.S Intervention
The Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the last General election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, Thursday wrote a message of goodwill to the US President, Joe Biden, urging him to strengthen US-Nigeria relationship. In a statement titled: ‘Message of Goodwill To President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’, the …
Read More »Bisola Aiyeola Celebrates Her 35th Birthday (Photos)
Nollywood actress, Bisola Aiyeola took to her Instagram handle to share stunning stunning new photos of herself as she turns 35 today, Newsextra24 reports. The mother of one wrote in one post: “21-01-21 QUEEN BIYESI
Read More »Suspected Armed Robbers Apprehended In Anambra (Photos)
*ANOTHER BREAKTHROUGH BY THE ANAMBRA STATE COMMAND AS POLICE OPERATIVES DISLODGED ARMED ROBBERY SYNDICATES TERRORISING NKPOR JUNCTION,AWKA UKPO AND OBOSI* *Arrested four suspects and recover three firearms, ammunition and other exhibits* Following review of it’s crime prevention strategies and prompt response to distress calls in the year 2021,the Command has …
Read More »Murders”, Death Threats & Indiscriminate Arrests: Post-lekki Shooting Cover Up
Portraits Of Blood(1): Death threats, “murders” indiscriminate arrests, The post-Lekki shooting cover-up Investigative journalist ‘Fisayo Soyombo spent 10 weeks tracing the deaths, disappearances and injuries from the military intervention into the Lekki toll gate protest of October 20, 2020. In the first of this three-part series, he details the death …
Read More »Man Killed By Hit And Run Driver In Anambra (Graphic Photo)
An unidentified driver killed a yet to be identified man along Ihiala Owerri road at about 5pm on Wednesday, January 20,Newsextra24 reports. According to eyewitness, the yet-to-be-identified man was found lying in the pool of his blood by the roadside after he was run over by an unidentified driver. A …
Read More »20-Year-Old Man Kidnaps Father, Collects N2m Ransom From Family Members (Pix)
The Nigeria Police on Wednesday, paraded a 20-year old man, Abubakar Amodu, for arranging with a gang to kidnap his father and collect a ransom of N2 million. Amodu was one of 25 suspects paraded by the Force Public Relations Officer, CP Frank Mba, for various offences in Abuja. The …
Read More »Ultimatum To Herders: SANs Back Akeredolu, Insist Action Not Unconstitutional
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, on Wednesday, threw their weight behind Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, insisting the ultimatum he gave unregistered herders to vacate forest reserves in the state was not unconstitutional. In separate interviews with Newsextra24, the senior lawyers maintained that the 1999 Constitution, as amended, empowered …
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