Sanctions must be placed on Nigeria after horrific Christian persecution, lobby group says IS UK foreign policy about to acquire some teeth? First, Boris Johnson announces that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for International Development are to be merged into a single Whitehall unit – a new …

The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has approved new postings and appointments of 37 generals and five colonels to different formations and units. The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr Musa said that the posting, which was approved by Mr Buratai, …

Policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation Department on Monday seized two official bulletproof vehicles of suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Newsextra24 gathered that one of the vehicles was recovered in Abuja and the other in Maiduguri, Borno State. It was gathered that …

The Supreme Court has dismissed Timi Alaibe’s appeal challenging the candidacy of Duoye Diri as the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the November 2019 election in Bayelsa State. Alaibe who had earlier lost a similar suit at the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal …

The Nigerian Police Force announced Saturday that online applications for enlistment as constable will begin on Tuesday 14 July. Its portal www.policerecruitment.gov.ng will remain open till 23 August. Interested applicants for the 40,000 vacancies, according to an advertisement signed by DCP Frank Mba, must have National Identity Number(NIN). They must have five …

Some Nigerians are not happy with the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God leader, Pastor EA Adeboye over the message he posted while celebrating his wife Foluke Adeboye’s birthday. Recall that the clergyman had taken to his page to frown at women trying to usurp their husbands’ …

Policemen in Plateau state have arrested a man for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl after taking shelter in her mom’s shop on a rainy day. Abdul Abdul, 39, was arrested by the Police in Jos, Plateau State. Abdul, a married father-of-six who lives in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area, …

Edo 2020: Youths reject APC guber candidate, Ize-Iyamu, as running mate escapes attack Youths in Edo North Senatorial District have rejected Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 19 gubernatorial election in the state, after his running mate, Gani Audu escaped an attack by …

The Supreme Court on Tuesday struck out the suits filed by Lagos and Ekiti state governments challenging the validity and constitutionality of the Virtual court sittings procedure for been speculative in nature without any valid cause of action. A seven member panel of the Supreme Court led by Justice Bode …

Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok Ibas has been given 7 days to appear before the House of Representatives committee on public accounts to defend a query on N11.5 million unaccounted for by the navy. Ibas was served the query by the office of the auditor-general which said that N11.5 million …