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The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, says his successor, Ibrahim Attahiru, was on the verge of making the nation proud before his tragic death. Mr Buratai, an ambassador-designate, in his tribute to late Mr Attahiru, said he was making tremendous progress in the counterinsurgency and counterterrorism efforts …

This should be a lesson to Southern leaders and Governors and even followers who must begin holding leaders accountable. If Governors keep sycophantically accepting the dictates of Northern leaders plus their illiterate and archaic herder groups like Miyetti Allah, instead of acting to challenge the regressive status quo and protect …

President Joe Biden said Friday there has been no shift in his commitment to Israel’s security, but insisted a two-state solution that includes a state for Palestinians remains “the only answer” to that conflict. Biden spoke at a White House news conference on the first full day of a cease-fire …

The federal government has increased the number of beneficiaries under the N-power programme from 500,000 to 1,000,000 in efforts designed to actualise its target of taking 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years. The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Sir Joseph Ari stated this at the …

• Says ‘I Won’t Pay Redundant Workers’ • Pledges To Redress Damage On Economy By NLC Strike Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai has pledged to redress the damages done by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on the state’s economy during its five-day warning strike, insisting that Government was not …

Youths Caution Gbajabiamila Against Interfering In Surulere APC Council Chairmanship Primaries Lagos APC council chairmanship primaries: Youths urge Gbajabiamila to steer-clear Ahead Lagos State Local Government Council elections, a group, Surulere Youth Movement (SYM), has urged House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, to listen to yearnings of people and allow …

  Amidst national grief on the day the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ibrahim Attahiru, is being buried, some Northern governors and ministers rather than join Nigerians to mourn, attended the wedding ceremony of Abubakar Malami’s son. Mr Attahiru died on Friday in a plane crash with 10 other …

Kassim Afegbua, Spokesman to Former Military leader, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida(IBB) has reacted to his reported expulsion from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stating that he will seek legal redress on the matter. In a statement made available to Newsextra24 on Saturday night, Afegbua disclosed that he is yet to receive …

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said yesterday that it was shocked and embarrassed at the defection of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Ayade switched camps on Thursday after a meeting with an APC delegation in Calabar. He moved to his new party …

All Progressives Congress National Leader, Sen. Bola Tinubu, has described the death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 others as tragic and an unspeakable loss for the nation. Tinubu, in a condolence message on Saturday in Lagos, prayed for repose of the souls of …