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Falmata Abubakar, the mother of the late vicious Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, said she regretted giving birth to him because he was a tragedy to humanity. Shekau died in May 2021 after waging a deadly war against the Nigerian state that led to the death of over 100,000 thousand …

Blood shed currently at Meiran/Ile-iwe road, Command bus stop, Lagos state as police officers and keke drivers including aggrieved youths engage in a fatal fight. Our correspondents who was active on ground during the incident reports that the fight started when a particular keke rider refused to give the police …

HORROR PLUNGE : A WOMAN plunged 100ft to her death while posing for photos at the edge of a cliff. Zoe Snoeks, from Belgium, was on a trip in Luxembourg with her husband of almost a decade when she tragically fell yesterday morning. The 33-year-old plummeted at least 30 metres …

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Wednesday, urged Nigerian youths not to join or be distracted by gangs of fraudsters popularly called ‘yahoo boys’, saying they will end up in jail, rather they should make efforts to access various programmes set up by the Federal Government and the Central Bank of Nigeria to …

Three days after he was detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for alleged money laundering, popular socialite and businessman, Obinna Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, has been released The Anambra-born club owner, who was arrested on Monday, breathed the air of freedom on Thursday evening. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson …

The Nigeria First Movement and True Nigeria Patriots, on Wednesday, raised the alarm over an alleged plot by some persons to use their names to carry out a protest in Abuja and London against President Muhammadu Buhari. The two groups, however, said they have petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Usman …

Gov. Ugwuanyi at Nza Street accident scene, visits survivors at hospital, takes care of medical expenses Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on receiving news of the unfortunate accident this evening at Nza Street, Independence Layout, Enugu, involving a truck vehicle and Tricycles (KEKE), immediately visited the scene of the …

The police have reportedly rescued the six staff of the University of Abuja abducted by gunmen on Tuesday and reunited them with their families. Details of the rescue operation were sketchy but the Federal Capital Police Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement this morning. Newsextra24  had …

Fear has gripped residents of Anambra after unknown gunmen killed six police officers on Thursday. The gunmen were said to have attacked the policemen in two separate police formations in Anambra State, in the early hours of Thursday. Several other police officers were said to have also sustained gunshot injuries. …

A member of Emmanuel Baptist Church, Kakkau Daji in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mr. Joshua Alamageni, has narrated how suspected gunmen numbering about 50 stormed the church in broad daylight, and kidnapped 66 members during service. Newsextra24 recalls that suspected kidnappers had stormed the church on October …