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 Presidency slams PDP over ex-service chiefs, says party doing Boko Haram’s work The Senate appears poised for a showdown with President Muhammadu Buhari over his nomination of the recently retired service chiefs as non-career ambassadors. Some senators, Newsextra24 gathered, are mobilising efforts to block the confirmation of the retired military …

Northern Youths in Jigawa State, on Saturday, pleaded with Governor David Nweze Umahi of Ebonyi State to contest for 2023 Presidency. Newsextra24 reports that Umahi who was on working visit to Jigawa State was welcomed by thousands of youths in the State. The Youth were holding ply cards with different …

Young Girl Who Grabbed Osinbajo’s Hands At A Market Is Now VP’s ‘Daughter’ (Photos) Chinaza, a young girl who grabbed Vice President Osinbajo’s hands at Nyanya Market, Abuja has visited him at the presidential villa, Newsextra24 reports. The personal photographer to Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Tolani Alli, on Saturday, February 6, …

Rivers State Governor,  Nyesom Wike, has condemned the posture of some ethnic groups in the Niger Delta region that behave as if the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) belongs to them. The governor said the commission belongs to all states in the region and that no particular ethnic group could assert …

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), has won Saturday’s rerun election into the House of Representatives for Magama/Rijau Federal Constituency in Niger state. The election which was marred by violence saw the APGA defeating the ADC and the People’s Democractic Party (PDP) in the result released by the Independent National …

Beneficiaries of a federal government monthly “survival” grant, who work in a hotel in Akwa Ibom State, have been forced to surrender the money for three months to the hotel management. Ten employees of the hotel, Duran Hotels, Uyo, including the hotel CEO, in October, enrolled in the Survival Fund …

Yoruba rights activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, a.k.a Sunday Igboho, in this interview conducted in Yoruba language by Newsextra24 clears the air on his recent visit to Ogun State to drive out killer herders, the apprehension by his wife and children, just as he denied allegations of fundraiser and the burning …

WEEK 28: Ongoing Repair Works on Third Mainland Bridge: We are happy to tell you that our work is almost done. A lot of removals and casting of new joints to make sure the bridge is strong and safe for everyone The Federal Controller of Works, Lagos State was also …

Yesterday at the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for victims of police brutality and other related matters, the panel voted 5-4 in favor of returning the toll gate to Lekki Concession Company (LCC) after the company filed an another application for it to be returned. What surprised a lot …

Former governor of Abia state and Chief Whip of Nigerian Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has urged Ndigbo and people of other zones in the country to take advantage of the APC membership registration and re-validation exercise to join the party. According to Kalu in a verified Facebook post, President …