Nollywood actress Belinda Effah has shared stunning pictures of herself to celebrate her 31st birthday, Newsextra24 reports. The Azonto Babes star wore a one hand blue gown in an Instagram post on Monday. She captioned her post saying, “New Chapter – GCB Life Is A Gift.” In another post she …

Nigerian singer, Tems has gone on hunger strike after being arrested alongside Omah Lay in Uganda. Afrolic reported that the Nigerians singers were arrested and charged with “negligently doing acts likely to spread infectious diseases” after performing in a show in the country. While Omah Lay was taken to Kitalya …

..Says intelligence, right equipment, training of security forces needed to crush insurgency A South African military contracting company, Conella Services Ltd., engaged by President Goodluck Jonathan administration to contain the Boko Haram insurgency in 2014, yesterday expressed its readiness to return to the country, if asked to by the federal …

COVID-19: Kaduna govt orders shutdown of schools Following the rising cases of people affected with COVID-19 in Kaduna State, the Ministry of Education has directed all schools in the State to close on Wednesday, 16th December, 2020. In a statement on Tuesday morning, Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Shehu Usman Muhammad …

The Founder, Econet Global and owner of Liquid Telecom, Strive Masiyiwa, says work has commenced on a new data centre facility in Lagos valued at $100m. Masiyiwa said the data centre, which would be the largest facility outside South Africa, had been named Africa Data Centre, Atlantic and would be …

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki’s motion seeking to strike out the names of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu and the All Progressives Party (APC) from the petition filed by the Action Democratic Party (ADP) has suffered a setback at the Edo State Elections Petition Tribunal sitting in Benin City. Besides, Newsextra24 …

Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday swore-in four senators recently elected through bye-elections in states across the country. The new Senators include Senator Adetokunbo Abiru (Lagos East), Senator Henry Seriake Dickson (Bayelsa West), Senator Cleopas Moses (Bayelsa Central) and Senator Nora Ladi Dadu’ut (Plateau South). The Clerk to the Senate, …

The Deputy Speaker of the Kano State House of Assembly, Hamisu Ibrahim Chidari has emerged the new Speaker. Similarly, Zubairu Hamza Masu from Sumaila local government emerged the new Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly. The changes came on the twilight of the resignation of AbdulAziz Garba Gafasa as …

The sporting world longs for Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury to throw punches at one another in the boxing ring. But they already have. For while Joshua’s win over Kubrat Pulev on Saturday intensified calls for him to face Fury in 2021, the pair actually tussled in 2010. On his …

A Kwara state Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ilorin, on Monday, sentenced a church founder, Pastor, Gabriel Josaya, aka Eli-Wakuku, to four years’ imprisonment for dealing in human parts. Josaya, who is the prophet and founder of St. Moses Orimolade Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ilorin, was convicted after a long …