https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOwfzkrxlKw A Reuters photographer saw several shops being looted in the town of Hammersdale, Kwazulu-Natal, on Wednesday. Local TV stations meanwhile showed more looting of shops in South Africa’s largest township Soweto, and in the Indian Ocean port city of Durban. Soldiers have been sent onto the streets to …
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Police Close Roads In Katsina For Buhari’s Thursday Visit
The Katsina Police Command on Wednesday announced scheduled closure of some highways in the state as parts of security measures for the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari’s (retd) visit. The affected highways are Dutsinma-Kankara and Dutsinma-Tsaskiya. Also to be closed are adjoining roads to them. The closure will be from …
Read More »Igbokwe Defends Kanu’s Arrest: Bandits Are For Business, IPOB Is Calling For War
HO: You posted one very dramatic picture on hearing about the arrest of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu; raised your hands in the air, thanking God for your life. What was going through your mind? Joe Igbokwe: “He (Kanu) said, on Radio Biafra, that if they see me, his boys, they should …
Read More »Supreme Court Stops FG From Ceding 17 Oil Wells To Imo
The Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the Federal Government and its agencies from ceding 17 oil wells to Imo State. The oil wells are located in Akri and Mgbede communities where their boundaries are being disputed by the Rivers and Imo State governments. The order of injunction was granted to …
Read More »COVID-19 variant: UNILAG closes campus indefinitely, lectures will be virtual
BREAKING: UNILAG to close by 12pm tomorrow School closes following recent reported case of #COVID19 on its campus. The Management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has announced the indefinite closure of campus from Thursday, 15th July due to the spread of COVID-19. This is as the institution directed that …
Read More »Anambra 2021! Maduka: I Belong To The People’s Faction, Not Factions Of PDP
Maduka: I Belong To The People’s Faction, Not Factions Of PDP A Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Anambra State, Dr. Godwin Maduka, has declared that the people of Anambra State, remain his priority. “I belong to the people, not to a faction of PDP. I belong to the …
Read More »Senate Rejects Lauretta Onochie As INEC Commissioner
The senate has rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie, presidential aide, as a commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The upper legislative chamber rejected her appointment after Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the INEC committee, presented a report in plenary. Onochie was nominated for the job by President Muhammadu …
Read More »Petrol Subsidy Ends After Buhari Signs PIB – Timipre Sylva, Minister
The assent of the Petroleum Industry Bill by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), will put an end to petrol subsidy in Nigeria, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, announced on Monday. Sylva announced this while speaking at the Nigeria/Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries: 50 …
Read More »Sara Omalicha Lists The Problems Of Nigeria Apart From Politicians
1. Secessionists are not the problem of Nigeria 2. Violent protesters are not the problem of Nigeria 3. Traffic offenders are not the problem of Nigeria 4. Yahoo boys are not the problem of Nigeria 5. Those who deface & destroy state properties are not the problem of Nigeria 6. …
Read More »2023: Youths Begin Search For Buhari’s Successor
Less than 18 months to the next general elections, youth leadership across the country have commenced the search for a youthful consensus presidential candidate to vie for the nation’s plum job in the 2023 poll. NEwsextra24 learnt that the youths, who are from different fields of endeavours, have been meeting …
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