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Thirty-two of the remaining sixty-three abducted students of Bethel Baptist High school, Damishi, in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state have been released from captivity. The chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna state chapter, Joseph Hayab confirmed this to Newsextra24. He said the students were released Friday evening and have …

  An upper Sharia Court in the Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Thursday married off two sisters whose father, Abdullahi Malammadori, had reportedly refused to give out in marriage. The court had earlier given Abdullahi Malammadori 30 days to marry off the women but he refused to …

Troops of the Nigerian Army and military aircraft searching for Major Christopher Datong, abducted by bandits during an attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna State, are reportedly having a tough time, top military sources told Newsextra24. Newsextra24 learnt that apart from the unfriendly weather which makes the terrain …

Nollywood actor and chairman of the Board of Trustees, Actors Guild of Nigeria, Prince Ifeanyi Dike, is dead. He died in Lagos today, August 27. He had been battling a kidney-related ailment. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

The Plateau State House of Assembly has asked residents in troubled areas in the state to take up arms and defend themselves. Hundreds have been killed in the crisis engulfing several areas in Plateau State. Chairman, House Committee on Information, Philip Dasun at a news conference on Friday said the …

GATES SEALED: AROUND 150 Brits will be left behind in Afghanistan after the airport gates were sealed this morning, the Defence Secretary has said.   Ben Wallace confirmed that 1,000 Brits and Afghans already inside Kabul airport will be the last civilians to be evacuated today. It means desperate Afghans …

A 26-year-old student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), has reportedly committed suicide. Elijah Jude Anuoluwapo is said to have consumed illicit drug substances. According to reports, the 400 Level student of English Language died on Thursday morning, August 26, at the hospital where he was rushed to by his …

IS-K – or to give it its more accurate name, Islamic State Khorasan Province – is the regional affiliate of the Islamic State group that is active in Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is the most extreme and violent of all the jihadist militant groups in Afghanistan. It was set up …

A comedian, Gabriel Uzoma, reportedly escaped assassination attempt after his jilted lover, Victory Kelechi Joseph, allegedly hired suspected armed robbers in Military uniforms, who invaded his house in Lagos to kill him. Newsextra24 reports that the incident happened at Uwagboe Street, Ipaja area of Lagos, where Uzoma resides with his …

The Taliban will ban music in public their spokesman has said, because the movement considers it un-Islamic. Afghanistan’s new rulers said they hoped to persuade people to abide by the new rule, rather than force them. The stricture would be a return to one of the strict rules of the …