Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo state has reacted to the gruesome murder of Mr. Ahmed Gulak, a former political adviser to Ex-president, Goodluck Jonathan. Newsextra24.com earlier reported that Gulak was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Ngor-Okpala LGA of Imo state on Saturday evening. Akeredolu described the killing as ‘senseless’. …
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Northern Youths Give Uzodinma Two-week Ultimatum To Produce Killers Of Gulak
The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria, NYCN, has called on Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State, to immediately bring the killer(s) of the ex-aide to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Ahmad Gulak, to justice. The youths threatened to declare Governor Uzodinma persona non grata in the entire northern soil. A statement …
Read More »Buhari Reacts To The Release Of Greenfield Students
President @MBuhari is relieved that the Greenfield University students freed on Saturday are now home safe, at the end of a 40-day ordeal. Once again, the President condoles with the families of the students and staff that were killed by the abductors. The President assures that @NigeriaGov will continue to …
Read More »Umahi Mocks Ipob’s Sit-at-home Order, Says Freedom Fighters Shouldn’t Be Outside
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Saturday mocked the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, saying freedom fighters should not be outside the country and vomiting rubbish. He described the directive of IPOB as an act of foolishness. Umahi who stated this during a live broadcast …
Read More »Olusegun Osoba: How Fake News From Foreign Media Triggered 1967 Civil War
Former Ogun state Governor, Chief Olusegun Osoba, says the Nigerian Civil war, also known as Biafran war, started with fake news spread by Agence France-Presse (AFP), an international media organisation headquartered in Paris. Osoba, who appeared on Arise TV earlier in the week, stated that fake news on AFP that …
Read More »SERAP Tells Buhari To End Six Years Of Disregard For Rule Of Law
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “use the sixth anniversary of his government in power as an opportunity to halt Nigeria’s backsliding from constitutional and international obligations, reverse a steady deterioration of the rule of law and persistent breach of human rights, including the …
Read More »COVID-19: El-Rufai’s Wives Ran Away From Him
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Saturday recalled how he contracted the dreaded COVID-19 from a fellow governor in 2020. El-Rufai, while speaking at the seventh Ahmadu Bello Foundation lecture in Kaduna on Saturday, also said no fewer than 50,000 people would have been killed by the virus last …
Read More »Why The North Cannot Allow Breakup Of Nigeria – Garba Adamu
It hurts me how the oppressed has suffered so much that they’re now too familiar with their suffering and their response is now automated. The North will not let you go because the North keeps its promises in the midst of global politics. Countries are created based on world …
Read More »Illegal Oil Deals: FG To Expose Officials Behind $69bn Loot In US Banks
The Federal Government says it has begun gathering evidence on government officials linked to the alleged looting of $69bn (N28.3tn) stashed in various bank accounts in Texas, the United States. The loot reportedly accrued from illegal oil deals involving some officials of the government-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the …
Read More »Reconsider Position On N385 Pump Price, Senator Gershom Bassey Warns Govs
The Chairman Senate Committee on the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Senator Gershom Bassey, has cautioned state governors against pushing for an increment in the pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol. The Nigeria Governors’ Forum had during its virtual meeting on May 20, considered the report …
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