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The federal government’s Special Public Works (SPW) programme aimed at employing 774,000 youths across the 774 local government councils will kick off today, with a formal launch expected on Friday. The project which was initially slated to commence October 1 was shifted to November after the minister of state for …

The Winner of Big Brother Season 5 Agbeleshe Olamilekan popularly known as “laycon” paid a courtesy visit to the Billionaire Philanthropist and Antarctica explorer Prince Ned Nwoko in Abuja. The former shared his experience in the Big Brother House, the lessons and how he intends to use his newly acquired …

Police declare war against looters in Oyigbo Ahmadu Saifu, The Guardian newspaper’s driver in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, leaves his house in Oyigbo by 6:00 a.m. daily to trek for about one hour before boarding a cab to the office in Ikwere road in the bid to escape the 24-hour …

Outrage as Enugu govt accuses Flavour, Phyno of collecting N78m from Ekweremmadu …Flavour participated in the ENDSARS protests like other celebrities — Brother The recent allegation levelled against popular music heavyweights, Flavour N’abania and Phyno by the Enugu State government that the duo collected the sum of N78 million from …

A coalition of human rights activists under the aegis of New Nigeria Network (NNN) comprising of Radical Agenda Movement in the Nigeria Bar Association (RAMINBA), Federation of Informal Workers’ Organization of Nigeria, Coalition for Revolution (CORE), Take it Back Movement, Movement for A Socialist Alternative (MSA) and Socialist Workers and …

Big Brother Naija star, Ozoemena Chukwu, met with the Nigeria Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare. Ozo shared pictures of his meeting with the minister on his Instagram handle, Newsextra24 reports. Ozo wrote: “It was a delight meeting with the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports Development, …

The 2015 presidential election has been described by some as a watershed in the country’s chequered political history. It was the first time in the country that an opposition candidate would defeat the incumbent president at the polls. Prior to the elections, several celebrities supported the then candidate of the …

Ganduje’s aide, Salihu Tanko Yakasai who was recently re-called after been suspended by the Kano State Governor, has hit out at President Buhari again. In a veiled reference to President Buhari, Yakasai reacted to the Zamfara killings which took place on Thursday. Calling the Government a failure for failing to …

The former governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in Imo State, Mr. Uche Nwosu has called on youths not to be in a hurry to compare themselves with others, saying such person overtime have invested in building themselves. While revealing that he once hawked orange and cooked corn in the …

Former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has expressed shock and sadness over the accident that claimed lives of several pupils and staff of Presentation Nursery and Primary School, Awgu, Enugu State during the week, describing it as horrific. According to Newsextra24 reports, Ekweremadu spoke during a condolence …