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The British High Commission says it is “in the process of seeking clarification” from the federal government regarding the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Dean Hurlock, a spokesperson of the British High Commission, disclosed this in a message sent to Newsextra24 on Wednesday. …

  Donald Rumsfeld, former congressman and US defense secretary best known for his role in advocating the 2003 invasion of Iraq, has passed away just short of his 89th birthday, according to his spokesman. Rumsfeld died on Wednesday, surrounded by relatives in Taos, New Mexico. “History may remember him for …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, has said the cost of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, in the country should be N256 per litre. Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, GMD, of NNPC disclosed this while appearing on Channels Television yesterday. Kyari noted that there is nowhere in the world where Diesel …

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has insisted that the current polarisation and inherent injustices in the country are neither fuelled by ethnicity nor religion, but Nigerians themselves. Buhari said this while receiving members of the Muhammadu Buhari/Osinbajo Dynamic Support Group, recently at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. His Special Adviser …

Ohanaeze Ndigbo disowns statement on Nnamdi Kanu Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has disowned a statement credited to it on the re-arrest and arraignment of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Chief Alex Ogbonnia, the National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze, said the group is …

  Nnamdi asked his boys to behead me anywhere they see me. They did not spare my Children as they extended the same fatwa to them. He also did not spare the names of every other person who speaks against him dream land, Biafra. While they were looking for me I …

  The Jude Okeke led leadership of the All Progressives Grand Alliance APGA, have screened and cleared two aspirants for the July 1 gubernatorial primaries billed to hold tomorrow in Awka the Anambra State Capital One of the contestants is member House of Representatives, Hon. Chukwuma Umeoji, representing Aguata Federal …

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated the founder and Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, on his appointment by French President, Emmanuel Macron, as President of the France-Nigeria Business Council. President Buhari believes the appointment of the BUA Chairman, after inauguration of the France-Nigeria Business Council, further highlights the warm …

The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship primary elections which held on June 26, 2021, has been nullified by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Newsextra24 reports. According to the monitoring team for the election, it has been confirmed that the election that produced Andy Ubah as its winner is nonexistent as …

Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, was, on Tuesday, brought back to Nigeria to continue facing his treasonable felony trial which he fled from almost six years ago. “Recent steps taken by the Federal Government saw to the interception of the fugitive Kanu on Sunday,” …