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An Edo State citizen, Mr. Paul Alaba Lawani took to his Facebook page to decry a poor-quality Federal Constituency project being done in his area, Igarra, Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency, Edo State, NEwsextra24 reports. In the video he shared, he showed the poor quality of roads and drainages being done. The …

Wole Soyinka, Nobel laureate, says Nnamdi Kanu was kidnapped by the Federal Government. Kanu was on Sunday extradited to Nigeria to face trial after he jumped bail and fled the country in 2017. Speaking with BBC Pidgin on Monday, the literary icon said there would be an uproar in the …

Hackers were on Monday demanding $70 million in bitcoin in exchange for data stolen during an attack on a US IT company that has shuttered hundreds of Swedish supermarkets. Researchers believe more than 1,000 companies could have been affected by the attack on Miami-based firm Kaseya, which provides IT services …

The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, AYCF, has cautioned the Nigerian government on the handling of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. AYCF National President, Yerima Shettima cautioned the Nigerian government against allowing a situation that would lead to Kanu escaping again. In a chat with Newsextra24, …

The next President of the country, the southern states governors have agreed, must be from the South. This was part of the decisions reached at the meeting of the southern states governors today (Monday) in Lagos. According to the communiqué released, the forum also deliberated on insecurity, constitutional amendment, PIB …

Sunday Igboho: Take permission from us before carrying out operations in our states — Southern Govs The Southern Governors’Forum, SGF, on Monday, insisted that any law enforcement agency carrying out an operation in any of the states in the South must take permission from the state governor, who is the …

Maryam Katagum, Nigeria’s minister of state for trade and Investment collapsed during an official function in Bauchi on Monday. Newsextra24 learned that Katagum was in the state to launch an empowerment programme when she suddenly slumped while trying to deliver a speech at the ceremony. She was immediately rushed to …

  COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MEETING OF THE GOVERNORS OF SOUTHERN NIGERIA AT THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IKEJA, LAGOS STATE, ON MONDAY, 5TH JULY, 2021 NIGERIA. The Southern Governors Forum at the end of the meeting held on Monday, 5th July, 2021 reviewed the situation in …

  The Southern Nigeria Governors Forum meeting holding in Lagos State Government Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja-Lagos, has commenced. Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu,SAN, who is coordinating the meeting addressed journalists briefly before the closed door meeting. Governor Akeredolu who welcomed his brother governors to the Centre of Excellence, assured that …

  Biafra Separatist Leader Kanu Was ‘Abducted and Tortured’ In Kenya, His Lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor Claims There is a collaboration between the federal government and Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja to deny Biafra separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu a fair trial, his lawyer Ifeanyi Ejiofor has alleged. …