Kano State Elders, under the aegis of the Kano Unity Forum, has petitioned the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the National Assembly and the Federal Ministry of Finance, asking them to stop the N300bn loan the state Governor, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, plans to obtain from China. In the petition, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of a national centre for the control of small arms and light weapons, the national security adviser, Babagana Monguno, said. The centre will be domiciled under the office of the NSA and efforts are on to give it a legal backing, Mr Monguno …

FANS of some clubs are dreaming of signing Lionel Messi after a Twitter discovery – and they include both Manchester City and Chelsea. The six-time Ballon d’Or winner sent a fax to chiefs on Tuesday demanding Barca exercise a clause in his contract that would allow him to leave for …

Evicted BBNaija housemate, Lilo has taken to her social media handles to share a very delectable photo of herself. In the photo, she flaunted her adorable and enviable curves, and we got the message she was trying to put across for her fellow ladies. Sharing the photo, she wrote; “I …

A 55-year-old man chained by his father for 30 years at Rogo LG in Kano state was rescued by the police and human rights organizations on Thursday, August 20. Newsextra24 reports that this comes a few days after another man, Ibrahim Lawan who was chained for 15 years by his …

Scientists racing to save the northern white rhino from extinction have harvested 10 more eggs from the last two females alive which they hope will help create viable embryos that can be incubated by other rhinos acting as surrogates. Neither of the remaining northern white rhinos on Earth – a …

Senator Femi Okurounmu, former Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee on the 2014 National Conference on Thursday the Muhammadu Buhari administration is fast moving towards dictatorship by raising the fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5m. Speaking in an interview with Newsextra24, the Afenifere chieftain who also described Nigerians as docile …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State has conducted primary elections to elect candidates that will its flag as councilors in all the 368 wards in the 31 local government councils of the state. The local government elections are scheduled to hold on October 31 according to the …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it will oppose any postponement of Edo and Ondo State governorship elections. The PDP National Chairman, Mr Uche Secondus at a news conference in Abuja, said the September 19 scheduled for Edo and October 10 for Ondo governorship elections should be sacrosanct. Secondus called …

The Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on Thursday assured that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) will be presented to the National Assembly in the next few weeks. Sylva said the executive arm would be requesting the lawmakers to specially reconvene to receive and begin deliberations on the …