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A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking to nullify the election of Hope Uzodinma and his Deputy Prof Placid Njoku and declare the governorship seat of Imo State vacant. Justice Taiwo Taiwo held on Monday, July 19, that the applicant, Mcfyne C. Chikwedu, had no locus …

Some aggrieved men of the Nigeria Police protested against Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle. They alleged poor welfare and negligence by the state government. The incident occured at Ahmad Sani Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital in Gusau, the State capital. Matawalle visited the morgue where the corpses of the 13 policemen …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has kept mum over the reported arrest of Yoruba Nation Activist Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho in Cotonou, Benin Republic on Monday. Spokesman of the DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya, did not respond to calls and messages on the matter at the time of filing …

The United Kingdom Parliament has stated that the Nigerian government has to explain the roles it played and the manner of the arrest of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, from Kenya. The UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth, Lord Tariq Ahmad, demanded that the …

South Africa’s Ramaphosa among 3 presidents targeted in Pegasus spyware case, including France’s Emmanuel Macron and Pakistan’s Imran Khan. The phone of President Cyril Ramaphosa was on a list of potential targets for potential surveillance in the now infamous Pegasus spyware saga exposed earlier this week by a global consortium …

Chief Yomi Alliyu (SAN), the lead counsel for Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has said that the arrested rights activist cannot be extradited from Benin Republic because he is a “political offender”. In a statement on Tuesday, Alliyu explained that the 1984 Treaty and an …

Not fewer than 100 victims who were kidnapped in Manawa village, Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara state have regained their freedom after spending 42 days in captivity. Confirming the development, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Hussaini Rabiu, said the command in collaboration with the State Ministry of Security …

Everton released a statement on Monday night confirming they will assist the police with any enquiries following the suspension of their player An Everton footballer has been arrested on suspicion of committing child sex offences and released on bail pending further investigation. The player had his home raided by police …

A suspected thief caught was caught on Monday morning, July 19, in Abuja and tied to an electric pole with the generator he allegedly stole, Newsextra24 Reports.

Fresh facts have emerged about how self-styled Yoruba Nation agitator, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a. Sunday Igboho, was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic on Monday night. Credible sources within the Benin Republic’s security services told Newsextra24 on Tuesday morning that Igboho was arrested by the operatives of Brigade criminelle (Criminal Brigade) …