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More than seven years in prison and then likely deportation is the fate of a Nigerian citizen who with his wife admitted laundering nearly $1.9 million obtained by making false pleas for money on social media. Jabin Godspower Okpako, 36, of Sayre, was sentenced Tuesday by U.S. Middle District Judge …

A woman identified simply as Maimuna allegedly killed her husband, Mallam Nasiru Dagana in Jattu-Uzairue, Etsako West Local government of Edo. This is coming barely a week after another woman allegedly killed her husband in the same Dagana family. It was earlier reported that the man identified as Abdulateef Dagana …

Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria says that the statement by Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, rubbishing the report of the Lagos panel on the Lekki shootings, when his principal, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), is awaiting the White Paper to be released by the Lagos State Government …

A Nigerian lady, Amaka Enekwe, pictured right, has died three weeks after she lost her sister, Onyinye, pictured left, in the Ikoyi building collapse, Newsextra24 Reports. From The Information Gathered By Newsextra24, Onyinye, 26, who was gearing for her wedding in December, was among the 43 persons who died in …

The Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa, has employed the services of 55 local hunters to protect lives and property in and around its campus. The FUD Chief Information Officer, Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya, announced this in a statement in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital on Tuesday, News Agency of Nigeria reports. …

It was on the 18th of November, 2021. Early in the morning of that Thursday, my father, in his usual and habitual way of spraying grains for domestic animals, was outside feeding them when he observed some military men roaming about in the street right beside his car. He really …

I pity those that said I was arrested. They are filled with hate and live on fake news. Since when did an invitation and a friendly chat become an arrest? And even if I had been arrested, SO WHAT? I am not above the law and neither does joining APC …

Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a trained medical doctor and retired Army captain, has taken a team of medical personnel to the forests in Kogi State where they offered medical services to Fulani herdsmen and their families. Gumi, who recently established a school for the herdsmen in a Kaduna forest, is at the …

•Compromise by Police frustrating war against hard drugs— Abia monarch •Lack of focus, proper training reason youths resort to drugs— Rev Emeaba •Govt should tackle unemployment — NMA It is often said that speed kills and that is the truth of life. Mkpuru mmiri falls under the drugs called Speed …

Former Nigerian Aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode has stated that he was never arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Newsextra24 reports. Yesterday, Fani-Kayode was reportedly arrested by the Lagos Zonal Office of the anti-graft agency and held under an investigation for alleged forgery and manipulation of documents. …