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The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has sacked over 42 of its newly recruited workers without paying them a one-year salary. Newsextra24 reports that the sacked workers were recruited in December 2019 – a couple of months before the sack of former Director-General Mustapha Maihaja. While trying to finalise documentations …

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) loyal to the Chairman of the party in the South-West and former governor of Ekiti State, Eddy Olafeso and Ayodele Fayose respectively, met in Lagos on Tuesday to discuss the way forward for the party. Newsextra24 learnt that the meeting was centred …

The Director-General of the Progressives Governors Forum, Dr. Salihu Lukman, has cautioned the leadership of the All Progressives Congress against admitting former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, into the party. Lukman described as disturbing, the circulation of pictures of a meeting between the APC National Chairman, Governor Mai Mala Buni; …

…urge residents to report all suspicious activities The FCT Police Command on Tuesday dissociated itself from the viral article trending in some sections of the social media suggesting that the Command arrested or rescued one hundred and fifteen (115) young mothers from a ‘ human milk factory’. A statement by …

It has been a minute since I wrote one of these — the last was in 2018 — but the state is deserving of one at this interesting time. Nigeria is a difficult place to write satires, seeing how satirical the country itself gets. But here is the disclaimer; this …

Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have raised the alarm over alleged threats to life of its members by suspected Nigerian security agents. It said while some of the members have been marked for elimination, others were being hunted by the security personnel. In a statement issued by the Media and …

A chieftain of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and Chancellor Gregory University Uturu, Prof Gregory Ibe has said Abia Charter of Equity must take its course come 2023, insisting that Abia North must produce the next governor of the state. The don who spoke on Tuesday when he featured on OPEN …

Founder of Stanbic IBTC Bank Atedo Peterside has hailed northern governors for admitting that open grazing was no longer sustainable, Newsextra24 reports. The governors reached this conclusion during an emergency meeting on Monday held virtually to discuss issues affecting the region and the nation in general. In a tweet on …

The Reps spokesperson says the Nigerian legislature is the poorest in the world, ”hence its members are dying from illnesses. The Spokesperson of the House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, on Tuesday said the National Assembly is the poorest parliament in the world. Mr Kalu stated this while responding to a …

Today, I have the privilege of revalidating my APC Membership status in Ward One, Ikenne, Ogun State.