Prof. Fatima Waziri-Azi, Director General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has disclosed plans to boost the campaign against the societal ill with increased sensitisation in secondary schools. She announced plans to inaugurate Anti-Human Trafficking and Violence Against Persons Vanguards in 50 secondary schools in Delta. …
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THE Police Command in Yobe said it has arrested one Saminu Garba, 23, for allegedly vandalising transformer cable at State Low-Cost in Damaturu. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, spokesman of the command, stated this in a statement in Damaturu on Saturday. He said personnel of the command arrested Garba in possession of …
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THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) says the bloc is now an emerging tourist destination. Anthony Elumelu, ECOWAS acting Director, Private Sector Investment, communicated this in an interview with newsmen after a strategic meeting between ECOWAS officials and private sector tourism stakeholders on Saturday, in Abuja. The News …
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Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, says he is confident that All Progressives Congress (APC) will defeat the ruling Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in the2026 governorship election in the state. Oyetola said this while receiving prominent PDP members, Dotun Babayemi, a former governorship aspirant and Mr Shuaibu …
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Pastor Isaac Oyedepo, the son of Bishop David Oyedepo, the founder of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, has admitted to facing challenges with pornography at a certain stage in his life. The clergy confessed recently that he became involved in pornography while on a trip to a European country. …
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THE initial group of 423 aspiring pilgrims from Lagos State commenced their voyage to Saudi Arabia on Friday for the 2024 Hajj pilgrimage. Newsextra24 reports that at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, the Chairman of the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, Jalal Arabi, and other officials bid farewell to the …
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THE National Judicial Council (NJC) has recommended Justice Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, the wife of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for promotion to the Court of Appeal. Newsextra24 reports that in addition to Mrs Wike, who is currently a judge at the Rivers State High Court, 21 other judges were …
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ARSENAL goalkeeper, Aaron Ramsdale seems to be set to leave the north London side after a difficult 2023-2024 season. Ramsdale started his professional football career at Sheffield United before he moved to Bournemouth on January 31, 2017. He had loan spells at Chesterfield FC, and AFC Wimbledon before he returned to …
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THE 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has said he has no plans of retiring from active politics. The former vice president stated this during an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBCC) on Friday in Abuja. Atiku, the Turaki of Adamawa, also refuted a …
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THE Director General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum Secretariat, Asishana Okauru, has made the decision to retire voluntarily. Newsextra24 understands that his retirement will take place effective Monday, July 1, 2024, following a pre-retirement leave scheduled for Monday, May 20, 2024. Okauru announced his retirement in a letter titled “Notice of Voluntary …
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