THE University of Benin management has authorized the indefinite suspension of the institution’s Student Union Government. The university’s Registrar, Ademola Bobola, issued a statement on Monday announcing the suspension of some students believed to be members of the student union. This suspension is connected to an attack on Olumide Akpata, the Edo State Labour Party’s candidate. According to …
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GOVERNOR Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has said he refused to back his former Deputy, Philip Shaibu, to succeed him because the odds didn’t favour him. Obaseki said the political permutations in the South-South state did not favour Shaibu to take over as the leader of the state. Speaking in an …
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THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested 111 suspected criminals between January and March. The Commandant, Olusola Odumosu said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja, that nine of the suspects …
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Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has inaugurated a 23-member Amirul Hajj Committee for the 2024 Hajj exercise. The committee has Sen. Kaka Shehu-Lawan as Chairman while Mohammed Dawule-Mainok would serve as Secretary. Zulum stated this during the inauguration of the committee on Saturday in Maiduguri, and tasked the committee to ensure …
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VICE-President Kashim Shettima has urged political leaders to project the beauty of the nation’s cultural diversity. Mr Stanley Nkwocha, spokesperson of the Vice-President, in a statement on Saturday, said Shettima made the call during conferment of the Chieftaincy title of Asiwaju of Ijebuland on Dr Sulaiman Adegunwa. According to the …
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STAKEHOLDERS in the electoral process have tasked the Federal Government to unbundle the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to make it more efficient, ahead of the 2027 General Election. The stakeholders said this in a communique issued on Sunday at the end of the National Multi-Stakeholders Forum on Electoral Reform …
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THE All Progressives Congress (APC) in Gombe State has emerged victorious in the local council elections conducted by the Gombe State Independent Electoral Commission (GOSIEC). Newsextra24 understands that the party secured all 11 chairmanship and 114 councillorship seats in the state The Chairman of the electoral commission, Saidu Shehu Awak, announced …
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Over the weekend, prominent northern organizations, the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum (AYCF) and the Northern Awareness Network (NAN), voiced concerns regarding potential plots by certain politicians to undermine President Bola Tinubu’s administration and his prospects for reelection in 2027. These concerns were raised amid observations of attempted interference with the President’s …
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FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar has congratulated the former Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, on his emergence as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate in the state. Recall that Ajayi scored 264 votes to defeat other aspirants in the Ondo PDP gubernatorial primary election in Akure, the state capital, on …
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THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited over its alleged failure to account for and explain the whereabouts of the alleged missing $2.04 billion and ₦164 billion oil revenues. The suit followed the allegations documented in the recently published 2020 audited …
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