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Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, has tested positive for COVID-19. Trump just made the announcement on Twitter. He wrote: “@RudyGiuliani, by far the greatest mayor in the history of NYC, and who has been working tirelessly exposing the most corrupt election (by far!) in the history of the USA, …

Protesters on Monday hit streets in Osogbo capital of Osun State demanding the release of all detained protesters and unfreezing of their accounts by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The protesters converged at the Ogo-Oluwa area and marched to the Osun State House of Assembly along with the State …

Following his suspension from office as Chief of Staff to the Abia state governor, Dr ACB Agbazuere has blamed unnamed “enemies” as being responsible for his ordeal, Newsextra24 reports. This is even as Agbazuere who was suspended after he was caught on camera ‘spraying’ money on a popular clergyman at …

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki has cautioned the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, against interfering in the party’s current reconciliation efforts. Saraki warned that he and other members in the reconciliation committee, which he chairs, would not hesitate to resign if Secondus and his …

Bello condemns fresh #ENDSARS protests, Lagos command warns organisers The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has appealed to Nigerian youths to shelve any plan of embarking on another round of #EndSARS protests. He said such move would be premature, dangerous and counterproductive. This is just as the Lagos State Police Command …

Seyi makinde burst into tears during the service of songs in honour of his late mum Abigail Makinde. My remarks during the service of songs held in honour of my mother, Chief (Mrs) Abigail Omojolagbe Amope Makinde (nee Omoregie), last night.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zciFlt3rdJA

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Cleopas Moses, winner of the Bayelsa Central Senatorial by-election. The PDP candidate defeated the All Progressive Congress, APC, candidate and nine other political parties and their candidates with a wide margin to emerge …

Wee hours of the morning and the internet is awash with censures as a section of the country register their grouse with the current minister of works, Mr fashola Most users are of the belief he’s the reason for the incessant killings and accidents on major highways in the north …

Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has said he is not in support of zoning. Fayemi stated this while speaking to Newsextra24 yesterday. The governor was reacting to various calls for Nigeria to have a president from the Southern part of the country in 2023. Fayemi said he understands why those …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday said it would not end the strike it embarked on until government paid all the salaries of its members it withheld. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in a telephone interview with our Newsextra24 correspondent in Lagos, said government should not …