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One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of hands, though perhaps not in public. In an interview with The Associated Press, Mullah Nooruddin …

Commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada and Task Force, Thursday, were at war in Ajao Estate, Lagos. One policeman has been confirmed dead and scores wounded.

Tonto Dikeh sent a public message via her Instagram handle to those who intend to sue her, after her ex Prince Kpokpogri, filed a lawsuit against the actress and the DSS and demanded N10 billion In damages, Newsextra24 reports. Tonto in a new post wrote: “My lawyer aren’t hidden, if …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSqODemM6vk OFFICER DEHUMANIZING CORPS MEMBER IN VIDEO HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL AND UNACCEPTABLE The Nigerian Army (NA) has taken cognizance of a video clip currently making the rounds on the social media, where a female officer was seen dehumanizing a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Calabar, Cross River …

Operatives of the Delta State Police command have foiled a cult initiation ceremony in Agbor and arrested two suspected cultists. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, September 23, said a suspected member of a three-man robbery gang died after sustaining injuries …

BATTLE STATIONS: US spy planes have been deployed to Russian and Taiwan as Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping’s forces stage war games. The RC-135 aircraft have monitoring massive missile firing drills in the Black Sea and a sizable Chinese air force incursion into Taiwan’s airspace. Russia’s navy practised firing at …

GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom of Benue State on Thursday accused the President, Major General Muhammad Buhari (retd.), of promoting nepotism and acts of sectionalism in all his appointments. Ortom, who said such act violated the principle of federal character as enshrined in the constitution, added that the lopsided federal appointments and …

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday fixed Nov. 30 for judgment in a suit filed by deposed Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi II against the Kano State government and others over alleged violation of his rights. Newsextra24 learned that Justice Anwuli Chikere fixed the date after counsel to parties in …

Ms Precious Chikwendu, the estranged wife of the former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has approached the Federal High Court in Abuja to secure a restraining order against him. Chikwendu, in the suit she filed through her team of lawyers led by Mr Abdul-Aziz Jimoh, also cited the Inspector …

Over 300 suspects arrested by the Nigerian government for funding Boko Haram terrorists have been released, Newsextra24 has gathered. Newsextra24 had in April reported how over 400 persons were arrested by security agencies during a nationwide crackdown on the suspected financiers of terror in Nigeria. The operation was said to …