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A 46-year-old Olatunji Sobola has told the police that he killed his wife after seeing some suspicious text messages on her phone. Sobola, a staff of Remo North Local Government, has confessed that he suspected his wife of 20 years of “having extra marital affairs because of some text messages …

The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Southeast zone, has expressed its readiness to support the authorities to go after criminals and rid the forests and cities of such bad elements in order to make life better for everyone. Its chairman, Alhaji Gidado Siddiki, stated this on Monday …

No fewer than 81 Boko Haram terrorist fighters have been killed while a soldier paid the supreme price in a fresh onslaught against the insurgents by the Nigerian military in Sambisa general area. Newsextra24 yesterday gathered that the soldier died from a landmine attack while four others sustained various degrees …

An international fraudster , Obinwanne Okeke better known as Invictus , who was once listed on the Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 will on Tuesday (today ) be sentenced by a Virginia Court in the United States . Okeke, who was on August 6, 2019 arrested by the Federal Bureau …

The Lagos Police Command in separate operations between Thursday night and early hours of Friday 12th February 2021, arrested eight ( 8 ) suspected traffic robbers in Ketu Area of Lagos State, Newsextra24 reports. Five of the suspects were arrested on Thursday, February 12, at about 1030pm, by a team …

Edo teenager Osaro dies after gun in his pocket blows off his testicles Pandemonium rocked Ayen, a small community in Uhunmwode local government area of Edo state, last weekend, when a locally-made gun carried by a 17-year-old boy accidentally exploded, and its bullet chopped off his testicle. The boy simply …

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday sentenced one Sodienye Mbatumukeke to death after finding him guilty of two count charges of murder and armed robbery. The accused who has been on trial since 2017 alongside alongside one Excel Naabee. However, Nabee was acquitted and discharged …

Family members, an employee, a pastor, and others related to a Nigerian business mogul undergoing trial, Obiwanne Okeke, have flooded a U.S. court with appeals for leniency ahead of his sentencing for wire fraud. In a series of letters of attestation to character sent to Rebecca Smith, the judge handling …

– Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu has reacted to the insinuations that President Buhari is not doing enough to address the herdsmen crisis in the country. – Shehu said the insinuations are untrue, noting that many criminal herdsmen are being tried and convicted – The presidential spokesman also wants the Nigerian …

Bandits have aducted 21 passengers on board a bus belonging to the Niger state Transport Authority (NSTA) on Sunday afternoon at Yakila village in Rafi local government of Niger state. The bus was said to be traveling from Kontagora town to Minna, the state capital before it was intercepted by …