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Many residents of Geidam town in Yobe State no longer have network on their phones as Boko Haram fighters have razed the masts of Airtel and MTN in the town. Geidam is the home town of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba and the immediate former governor …

Operatives of the Eastern Security Network ESN and Nigerian soldiers are currently engaged in fierce fire fight in Awo-Omamma in Oru-East Local Government Area of Imo state, eye eyewitness has informed Newsextra24. Witnesses report said there were heavy shooting and residents took cover to avoid stray bullets. The ESN, a …

Islamic cleric, Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has urged the Nigerian government to take his advice and grant amnesty to bandits for them to lay down their arms. Gumi was reacting to the killing of three students of Greenfield University, Kaduna by bandits who abducted them from their school. Speaking to our …

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma has announced that 50 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent attacks in Imo state, newsextra24 reports. Uzodinma who spoke while addressing newsmen after meeting President Buhari on Friday April 23, Uzodinma alleged that those funding this banditry are politicians. He also asked …

No fewer than 20 women mostly married were kidnapped by armed bandits while attending a naming ceremony at Gidan Bido village of Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina State on Friday afternoon, Newsextra24 has learnt. According to our remote reporter in the area, the incident occurred on Friday, 23rd of …

Unknown gunmen have attacked the country home of the governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma. The gunmen who invaded the governor’s house in Omuma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Saturday killed two security men on duty before torching it. It …

Some unknown person suspected to be hoodlums have set Ablaze, the house of Imo State governor, Hope Uzodinma, Newsextra24 reports. The incident happened on Saturday morning in Omuma, the governor’s hometown. Details about the incident remains sketchy as the time of filing this report.

Abubakar Sadiq Yusuf Sanga and Precious Nwakacha have been identified as the remaining two of the three students of Greenfield University, killed by their abductors. Precious was from Nnewi Anambra state. Sadiq Yusuf was the son of Malam Yusuf Mu’azu, a Director of Kaduna Ministry of Works. Burial prayer for …

Herdsmen attacks: Over 600,000 persons displaced in BenuePublished on April 24, 2021By Ochogwu Sunday Following repeated attacks in Benue communities by suspected herdsmen, no fewer than Six Hundred Thousand residents have been displaced across the state. In an interview with Newsextra24 correspondent, the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency, …

Popular Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh has vowed that Yoruba actor, James Olanrewaju a.k.a Baba Ijesha who allegedly raped a 14 year old girl for seven years rots in jail. He was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command on April 19, 2020. Dikeh said: If the allegations are true. I …