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The All Progressives Congress, APC, in Delta State has expressly stated that presidential media aide, Lauretta Onochie is not a card carrying member of the party. In a communique on Sunday signed by Cyprian Ashibuogu, Clement Ozegbe, Nkem Osu and Onyeisi Nwokolobia, the party admonished the Senate to ignore protests …

A potential 3rd wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic has hit Lagos, NEwsextra24 has learned. This is according to a statement by the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwoolu on Sunday. Governor Sanwoolu while giving an update on the state’s battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, disclosed that from the beginning of …

KADUNA UPDATE: KDSG declares 12th July work-free day for late Bantex The Kaduna State Government has formally announced the death of former Deputy Governor His Excellency, Barnabas Yusuf Bala (Bantex). The state government has declared Monday, 12th July 2021 as a work-free day in honour of his memory and service …

Scores of well-wishers, on Friday, defied the rain and stormed the residence of the Osun State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Engr. Oluremi Omowaiye, to celebrate with him on his birthday, Newsextra24 reports. The glamorous celebration in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, had in attendance notable persons who gathered in …

Public and civil servants in Osun State have been mandated to wear Adire (a distinctive local fabric) uniform to work every Thursday to promote Nigerian fashion and culture. Governor Gboyega Oyetola of Osun made the remarks during the state’s International Fashion Week in Osogbo. The spokesperson to the governor, Ismail …

Parents of the schoolgirls abducted from the Federal Girls’ College Yawuri, Kebbi State, have raised an alarm over the claim of the kidnappers that their daughters have been married off. According to the children’s parents, the kidnappers are sending them video footage showing that their daughters are already married and …

A primary school in England has offered to let kids come to school late on Monday morning (tomorrow) after the Euro 2020 final which will hold Sunday night July 11, in order for them to work better during the day. I initially thought the letter below was a prank, but …

Hajia Amina Jauro, the wife of the Senator representing Bauchi South District in the National Assembly, Lawal Gumau, has been accused of housing property fraud in the Gwarinpa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, according to several documents sent to Newsextra24. Hajia Amina, whose husband was elected on the …

More details have emerged of how Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was rearrested by the Nigerian government. A source privy to the illegal abduction of the IPOB leader has revealed to NEwsextra24 how Kanu was abducted in Kenya and brought to Nigeria. Nigeria’s Attorney General …

The immediate-past deputy governor of Kaduna State, Bala Bantex, has died aged 64. Sources at the Kaduna Government House confirmed the death to Newsextra24. Mr Bantex served as deputy governor to Governor Nasir El-Rufai between 2015 and 2019 when he resigned to aspire for Senate.