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Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, says Nigeria needs only about N150 billion to procure COVID-19 vaccines. Osagie Ehanire, minister of health, said in December 2020 that the federal government needs about N400 billion for COVID-19 vaccines. According to Ehanire, about the sum would be required to vaccinate 70 …

The wife of the Vice President, Mrs. Dolapo Osinbajo has thanked God almighty for sparing the life of her husband and nine other crew members from the helicopter incident 2 years ago in Kogi State. Speaking on the helicopter crash, Mrs Osinbajo said she was on her way to Lagos …

A former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, has dismissed media reports that he has finally forfeited $669,248 and N24.3 million to the Federal Government. statement by his spokesperson, Mayowa Oluwabiyi, on Sunday said although Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had ruled that Yari …

A former Vice President and 2019 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, has said the country has been badly damaged and broken, adding that there is need for urgent rescue. Atiku specifically lamented over what he described as hunger in the Northern Nigeria and indeed …

Herdsmen are vacating Ondo forests, but leaving on their paths trails of destruction, blood and tears Ayede Ogbese is one of the communities in Ondo State where Fulani herdsmen are wreaking havoc. In this interview with Newsextra24 Chief Oladimeji Abitogun, the Odopetu of Ayede Ogbese in Akure North LGA, speaks …

Buratai Reduced Army To Hausa-Fulani Caucus, 142 Northerners Out Of 210 Promoted – Intersociety The International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law has said the outgone Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, reduced the Nigerian Army to a Hausa-Fulani group as he allegedly promoted 32 northerners …

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed he knew the late President Musa Yar’Adua was ill before he supported him to emerge the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2007. He however said he got medical advice that Yar’Adua, who had a kidney transplant, was fit to act as …

Ohanaeze youths call for removal of Army checkpoints in Southeast, kick against extortion of motorists An Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Youth Council, (OYC), has called on the new Chief of Army Staff Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru to act quickly to withdraw all army checkpoints in the South East to avoid possible community …

Twitter Users React As Bashir Ahmad Attends A Wedding Where Most People Didn’t Wear Facemask (Photos) Personal Assistant to President Buhari on New Media, Bashir Ahmad has been tackled on Twitter after he shared photos of himself at a wedding in Bauchi state on Saturday January 30, Newsextra24 reports. He …

Operation Controller, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Benin field office, Ebi Ogiowo, has said that the federal government is considering transportation of petroleum products to various part of the country through the rail system. Ogiowo said this at the weekend while speaking with journalists on the sideline of the 2020 …