Trouble is rearing its ugly head again in the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) ahead of the July 24 polls into the 20 local government areas and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs), Daily Independent has gathered. Some aggrieved members of the party, who are …
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Usman Yusuf, former executive secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme ( NHIS), says bandits “want genuine peace”. Yusuf said he has learned from several meetings with the bandits that they are willing to listen to religious leaders. Speaking during an interview on Newsextra24 on Tuesday, he said the bandits …
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ASABA- Southern Governors Forum (SGF), has yesterday resolved on immediate ban of open grazing across the Southern part of Nigeria as they requested for a national dialogue on restructuring. The meeting which was held yesterday in Asaba had in attendance 15 Governors from South- West, South-East, South- South, …
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The Edo state chapter of Peoples Democratic Party has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of causing problems within the party. The chapter made this known through a letter written by Chief Tony Aziegbemi and Hillary Otsu, the state party chairman and secretary respectively, and addressed to Prince Uche Secondus, the PDP …
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved new security measures for the Southeast and South-South regions of the country. This was one of the outcomes of the series of security meetings held in the last eleven days and concluded on Tuesday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman …
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The Lagos State Government has resolved to ban the use of motorcycles and tricycles (keke) in the state, citing security concerns. The state advised residents to access opportunities provided in agriculture and empowerment programmes of the state. This was contained in a communiqué issued after a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday …
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The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has revealed that Northern Nigeria will never support secession calls because there’s nothing wrong with the extant structure in the country. Across the country, calls for secession have continued to gain momentum. There are the Indigenous People of Biafra in the South-East while there are …
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Akwa Ibom State Governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel has comisserated with the state Police Command over the loss of officers of the Police force in the wake of attacks on security formations in the state, Newsextra24 reports. Governor Emmanuel gave the condolences when he led members of the state Executive …
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Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, elderstatesman and Second Republic presidential liaison officer in this interview with Newsextra24, shares his thoughts on alleged coup plot, fears over Nigeria’s breakup and the 2023 general election. Excerpts: The Presidency last week said there are alleged plot by some Nigerians, working with foreign elements, to overthrow …
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A fruit vendor in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, Abdulkadir Musa, has been shot dead by a gunman suspected to be a soldier for refusing to allow the assailant to go away with his bunch of bananas without paying for it. The father of the deceased, Alhaji Mustafa Musa, told Newsextra24 …
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