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The Supreme Court has today affirmed the judgement of the Court of Appeal sentencing a former Assistant Director in the Federal Civil Service, John Yakubu Yusuf to six years imprisonment. Yusuf was one of six federal officials, tried for stealing N32.8 billion of Police Pension fund. They were part of …

A young Liberian man identified as Preston Dolo allegedly killed his girlfriend identified as Grace Menlor before Killing himself. Newsextra24 gathered that the ugly incident happened in the Glenilu community, Ganta City, Nimba County, northeastern Liberia. An eyewitness account revealed that after Killing the young lady, Dolor killed himself by …

A University lecturer, Sani Muhammad Mazadu and a tailor, Safiyanu Sa’id, have been killed during a clash between two rival groups popularly known as Sara Suka around Yankwaba, in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Mazadu and Safiyanu Saeed died in the late hours of Monday, April 11, …

Power and rail infrastructure are the most attacked assets in Nigeria in the last three years. This was disclosed in a report by a socioeconomic research firm, SBM intelligence, yesterday, titled: ‘Attacks on infrastructure in Nigeria.’ According to the report, an overwhelming majority of attacks on infrastructural installations since 2019 …

DISTRESS ALERT: Bandit-Terrorists overnight reportedly kidnapped unspecified number of female students of College of Health Technology in Tsafe, Zamfara State. More details later

Thirteen suspects have been arrested by the Nigeria Security as Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), for allegedly abducting an 18 years old girl in Kogi State. The suspects consist of nine males and four females. The arrested suspects are, Mohammed Abdul aged (25), Mohammed Ibrahim, (24), Samuel Adesina, (23), Malik Mohammed, …

Family and friends of a young man identified as Isaac Chukwu AKA Ochudo have taken to social media to mourn him after he was killed by unknown men in Ebonyi state. Newsextra24 gathered from a source closed to the deceased that he was killed just few days away from his …

The Oyo State Coordinator of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) Mrs. Grace Ogbuogebe, on Monday, April 11, paid a condolence visit to the family of a corps member, Olaleye Bukola Olukolade, at the family compound in Ilora, Afijio local government area of the state. Late Bukola (IM/22A/2156) who was …

Following an escalation of intelligence operations that followed the terrorist bombing of the Abuja-Kaduna railway track and abduction of passengers, a joint Nigerian Army and Nigerian Airforce intelligence team have intercepted a ‘huge’ amount of ransom (#60million) meant for the freedom of some captives in the custody of armed bandits …

A middle-aged man, Taofeek Gbolagade, on Tuesday morning, beat his pregnant wife, name withheld, to stupor over her failure to prepare Ramadan meal for him. Vanguard learnt that the incident happened around 4a.m at their residence in Ogbere housing estate in Ibadan, Oyo State. An eyewitness said: “This man always …