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Rivers State Governor , Nyesom Wike , has charged the Federal Government to do more for the Nigerian armed forces who are playing a significant part in ensuring that the civil populace enjoys a peaceful country , coupled with their commitment to safeguarding the sovereignty of the country . Wike …

The Chief Executive Officer of Century Power Generation Limited, Dr. Chukwueloka Umeh, says that the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission’s (NERC’s) failure to increase electricity tariff in smaller steady steps from 2015 as stipulated in the Multi-Year Tariff Order (MYTO) has made the almost 100 percent increase for some consumers very …

AN exploratory peace meeting fixed for last Thursday by loyalists of a former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, to end the crisis in the Lagos chapter of the party failed to hold, Sunday Tribune has learnt. The aborted meeting, …

The House of Representatives is considering outlawing secret recruitments by ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government. With this move, any recruitment by any MDA without publishing the vacancy will become illegal and attract a fine. This is being proposed in the Prohibition of Secret Recruitment in the Federal …

…Fate of envoys uncertain …..Some career ambassadors with less than one year in service affected Eighty-three newly appointed Nigerian ambassadors are stranded in the country more than five months after their appointments were confirmed by the Senate. There are no indications yet as to when they will be posted out, …

SERAP asks Buhari to drop plan to borrow dormant account balances, unclaimed dividends Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to use his leadership position “to promptly drop the plan by the Federal Government to borrow about N895bn of unclaimed …

Those who led nationwide protests demanding extensive police reforms with the #EndSARS hashtag must be prosecuted, says Festus Keyamo. Mr Keyamo, a junior labour and employment minister stated this today while speaking with Newsextra24 on the recent blockade of the U.S capitol. Supporters of outgoing president Donald Trump had on …

The Nigeria Customs Service, Kwara Command, has said that three persons died during a mob attack on its sector 3 check point and operational base in Ilesha-Baruba area of the state, according to Mr Zakari Chado, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO). In a statement in Ilorin, on Saturday, Chado …

On Saturday November 14, former Senate President, Bukola Saraki, returned to Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, for the first time since the 2019 political losses he and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), suffered in the hands of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The former governor …

Gov. El-Rufai’s Wife Reveals What Kaduna Stress Has Done To Her Husband’s Hair (Photo) Hadiza Nasir El-Rufai, wife of Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai, took to her Twitter handle to share a photo revealing what the stress from Kaduna State has done to her husband’s hair, Newsextra24 reports. She wrote: …