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A three-storey residential building was on Tuesday gutted by fire in Umuoji street by old road Nkpor, Anambra State. The fire, which affected the topmost floor of the building located close to a hospital, was reportedly caused by electrical fault. The Nation gathered that no death was recorded in the …

THE Emir of Daura, Katsina State, Dr Umar Farouk Umar, has raised alarm over what he described as multifaceted security threats facing the nation, saying what Nigeria is experiencing now is worse than civil war. Dr Umar, who is the emir of President Muhammadu Buhari’s community, solicited for prayers, advice and goodwill …

A Lagos Magistrates’ Court sitting in Igbosere, on Tuesday, handed down five years jail term to a customer service representative of Airtel Nigeria Ltd, Jeremiah Mustapha, for facilitating a fraud to the tune of N2.2 million. Newsextra24 Reports Mustapha, 32, alongside one Nurudeen Salimu, 35, was arraigned on June 14, …

Operation Commander of Youth volunteer CJTF in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State, Arramma (Malaminta), has been found dead. He went missing on sunday after a deadly attack by Boko Haram terrorists in Damboa while escorting notorists from Maidugri to the town. Ten persons of the Nigerian Army were …

Four humanitarian workers and a security guard, abducted by Boko Haram terrorists earlier this month, have appealled to the federal government as well as their respective organisations to intervene for their release. Newsextra24 Reports This was contained in a two minutes and 37 seconds video clip released by the terrorist …

The FCT Police Command has arrested ten suspected cultsists at Angwan Dadi, Nyanya. DSP Anjuguri Manzah, Public Relations Officer, made this known in a statement on sunday. He said the suspects are members of ‘supreme vikings confraternity’ aka, ‘Aro Bager’. They were nabbed by Police Operatives from Nyanyan Division on …

The corpse of a six-year-old girl Khadijah Ya’u suspected to have been raped to death by her captor(s) was found in a mosque located at New Road, Kurmi Mashi by Nnamdi Azikiwe bypass, Kaduna North local government area of Kaduna State. The incident, which happened on Friday, drew the attention …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have recovered six rifles from an uncompleted building on church premises in Asaba. The resident pastor of the church, Fidelix Nwansa, was also arrested. Nwansa, who is in charge of the Christ Holy Church, was nabbed for alleged gunrunning on the pretext of …

Alex Kueng (pronounced king), one of the ex police officers accused of abetting murder in the death of George Floyd, is an African-American. Specifically, he has a part Nigerian ancestry – his father was Nigerian and his mother is a Caucasian American. He had recently enlisted to be a cop, …

The soldiers were on patrol when they were attacked and killed some metres from Damboa town. At least 10 Nigerian soldiers were killed on Saturday evening when Boko Haram terrorists struck in Damboa community in Borno State on Saturday evening. The soldiers were on patrol when they were attacked and …