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President of the Senate, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, yesterday, lauded Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, for promoting national unity and integration across party divide. Speaking during the 10th year anniversary of the death of Senator Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu’s father, Late Chief Johnson Uzor Nsiegbe Kalu, held at Igbere, Bende …

A prominent man of God has warned the Igbos of a possible setback in its ambition to produce the next President of Nigeria in 2023. Alexander Ibezim, the Anglican Bishop of Awka Diocese and Archbishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of the Niger said Igbo Presidency may suffer setbacks with the …

    Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has approved the deployment of modern technology in the security system to fight crimes in the State. The Governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has debunked speculations that he plans to dump the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress. …

A former Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Sunday, narrated how he survived the February 1976 military coup d’etat, involving Lieutenant Colonel Buka Dimka. Obasanjo said it was General Olu Bajowa (retd.) that indirectly saved him from being killed in the coup. The former Head of State gave the revelation …

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu may be the next Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) governor to defect to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Newsextra24 has gathered. Credible sources said talks between Ikpeazu and the APC had reached an ad­vanced stage while some of his foot soldiers are already in the party as …

Emoney meets Ooni of Ife and former president Obasanjo in Ondo State, at an event they all attended together. See video below;    

Retirees in Anambra State have threatened to embark on hunger strike over unpaid gratuities. The state chairman of the pensioners, Anthony Ugozor, disclosed this to our correspondent in Awka, the Anambra State capital on Sunday. While stating that the state government was owing pensioners in the state four years arrears …

A survey by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences has found that an estimated N9.4bn bribes exchanged hands in the judicial sector between 2018 and 2020. The report said the level of corruption in the justice sector was heightened by the “stupendously high amounts of money offered as …

Mr Chika Nwoba was until recently the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress in Ebonyi State. He tells Newsextra24 why he resigned his appointment immediately Governor David Umahi showed interest in joining the party, among other issues Why did you leave the APC when the governor joined the party? Well, …

The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church in Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has slammed people who criticised a sermon in which he commended a former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, for his contributions to the country. Bakare, while describing his critics as ‘undertakers,’ urged those with …