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FORMER Director-General of the Labour Party Campaign Council, Doyin Okupe has congratulated Prof Akin Oshuntokun on his appointment as his replacement. Okupe had, on December 20, resigned from his position as the Obi-Datti campaign DG following his conviction for breaching the Money Laundering Act by a Federal High Court in …

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday night condemned the “heinous and senseless” killing of Omobolanle Raheem, a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), shot by on-duty policemen on Christmas Day. Buhari said he was deeply shocked and saddened to learn of the brutal killing of Raheem. The President also directed …

A former aide of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, has said the reason why northerners are behind the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, is a result of the provocations from Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State. Omokri, in a post on his social media handles, …

THERE was a palpable fear about what might be the outcome of yet another round of meetings by the five aggrieved governors within the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP fold, named: ‘G-5, as they are currently in the United Kingdom, UK to decide on who they will support as the 2023 …

RESPITE seems not in sight for commuters plying the deplorable Akure/ Ado Ekiti highway, as the contractor awarded the N30b contract, three years ago, to fix the road, has instituted legal action against the Federal government. The contractor, Dantata and Sawoe, has dragged the government to court for terminating the …

A former minister of aviation and member of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, Femi Fani-Kayode said Akin Osuntokun, the new Director General of Labour Party’s Peter Obi’s presidential campaign has joined the losing side. Fani-Kayode made this assertion in statement via his verified Twitter handle …

THE Labour Party, LP, has appointed former Political Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo, Akin Osuntokun as the new Director General of its Presidential Campaign. This was confirmed by the party’s National Chairman, Julius Abure, in Abuja, on Tuesday. According to Abure, the decision was reached after comprehensive consultations with party …

The news about the unfortunate death of a female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, hit social media early on Monday morning, a day after Christmas.   Raheem’s unfortunate demise occurred on Sunday, Christmas Day, after a policeman, identified as ASP Drambi Vandi, shot at her car in the Ajah area of Lagos …

President Muhammadu Buhari says he will not be hanging around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), after May 29, 2023, in order not to meddle in the affairs of the office of his successor. The president gave this indication when he hosted residents of FCT, led by the Minister, Malam Mohammed …

A special joint arrangement by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and 30,000-member independent petroleum marketers will lead to mass supplies of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol in Lagos, Calabar, Port Harcourt and Ogara beginning next month, findings by NEWSEXTRA24 have revealed.   The move is part of the …