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Samuel Ogundipe, a top Nigerian journalist in Abuja, has resigned from Premium Times. His resignation seems to be related to the story he did about Bello El-Rufai, who threatened to gang rape someone’s aged mother. El-Rufai’s son publicly threatened to deal with Samuel for writing the story, but Premium Times …

Police, Hoodlums Take Over Building Belonging To Nigerian Embassy In Congo DR After Evicting Staff, Stealing Valuables Policr officers and some armed hoodlums have taken over a building belonging to the Nigerian Embassy in Kinshasa, Congo Democratic Republic, Newsextra24 has learnt. The building, it was gathered, houses staff of the …

Protest In Osogbo As SARS Officers Chase 3 Suspected Fraudsters To Death (Photos) After SARS officers allegedly chased three suspected internet fraudsters to their death in Osogbo, Osun State on September 15, young men in Osogbo, Osun state took to the streets to protest. An eyewitnesses account revealed to Newsextra24 …

JUST IN: Three suspected internet fraudsters chased to death, while one other sustained injuries in a road accident allegedly caused by operatives of the Joint taskforce in Osogbo.

The police in Anambra state have arrested five members of a child stealing/trafficking syndicate operating in the state and rescued eight stolen children suspected to have been stolen from different states including a fifteen-year-old pregnant girl, Newsextra24 Reports. In a statement released today September 15, As Obtained By Newsextra24, Haruna …

Bauchi Police arrest 20 suspects for sexual, gender-based violence in two months In an effort to stem the tide of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), Bauchi State police command has arrested no fewer than 20 suspected rapists across the state within the last two months. A press release from the …

67-year-old man arrested for defiling 12-year-old girl Police operatives have arrested 67-year-old James Olajoyetan for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl who came to spend the recently marked Sallah with her visually impaired grandfather in Ejigbo area of Lagos State. The suspect, a commercial tricycle operator, was alleged to have defiled …

A one storey building collapse in the wee hours of Tuesday morning has claimed the lives of two teenagers and members of the same family in Gwammaja ‘Yan kosai, Dala Local Government Area of Kano State. It was also gathered that eight other members of the family survived with various …

The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, Tuesday, denied that he accused members of the National Assembly of fraud concerning contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The minister had, during an investigative hearing at the House of Representatives, claimed that 60 percent of NDDC contracts went to …

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a 33-year-old operative of the Department of State Services, Sadiq Abdullahi Bindawa, despite receiving N5m as ransom, Newsextra24 has gathered. The late Bindawa, who worked with the intelligence department of the service in Abuja, was kidnapped alongside his four-year-old son on Saturday at …