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Following attacks on some of its assets and staff by Boko Haram insurgents, the United Nations has suspended humanitarian operations in Dikwa and Damasak both in Borno State, North-East Nigeria. UN Resident Humanitarian Coordinator In Nigeria, Edward Kallon, made this known in a statement on Saturday, titled, ‘Statement On Un …

A National Youth Corp Member Ndiana abasi uwem from Akwa ibom just passed on. He was posted to ondo state just March this year, According to his friends, he went for a short break in his home town and died mysteriously. May his soul rest in peace.

A Police Inspector identified as Ochofie Ijimbile attached to MOPOL 55 Aba, Abia State on Friday allegedly shot and killed himself while servicing his rifle in readiness for the day’s job, Newsextra24 reports. He was before his death serving as a hotel guard in Aba metropolis. Police spokesman in the …

Adeyemi Salau is a 33-year-old clearing agent in Lagos State. In this interview, he tells Newsextra24 how an officer with the Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service shot him in the leg at Berger checkpoint after the vehicle he picked up was successfully cleared When and why were …

Suspected Fulani herdsmen militias have invaded Mbakyondu, in Gwer-West Local Government Area of Benue State, killing no fewer that 11 persons, while others were left injured. Newsextra24 gathered that the incident occurred at about 4:am on Friday night when the residents were fast asleep. A media aide to the LG …

Nigerian Policeman caught on camera requesting bribe from a Spanish man currently on world tour with his bike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRVBXtM0syU

A 21-year-old man who drank 4 energy drinks a day was hospitalized with heart and kidney failure The man spent more than a week in intensive care, and nearly two months total in the hospital recovering from his energy drink-induced heart and kidney failure. . >A 21-year-old man in the …

The Oyo State Police Command said on Friday that the three women abducted by gunmen at Onipe on Ibadan/Ijebu-Ode Road have regained their freedom. The Police Public Relations Officer in the command, Mr Adewale Osifeso, said this in a statement made available to our correspondent on Friday. He said the …

When Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme collapsed in December 2008, $65bn vanished overnight, devastating tens of thousands of small investors, charities and religious groups who continue to struggle to this day. The former chair of the Nasdaq stock market’s confession that his fabled investment company was “one big lie” came at the …

Eight Ex-Governors Whose Over N500 Billion Corruption Cases With EFCC Have Been Swept Under Carpet There are more than eight former governors who were once arrested and were being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before their cases came to a gradual halt, SaharaReporters can report. The …