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In its continued bid to further open up the country’s economy to international capital and attract foreign investment, the Nigerian government, in collaboration with the Africa Business Roundtable, is organising the second edition of the Nigeria International Economic Partnership Forum (NIEPF), a global economic investment platform, this time in New …

A grassroots mobilisation group, Ekiti/Ondo Atiku Movement, has deplored the call by Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on the Peoples Democratic Party National Chairman, Dr Iyochia Ayu, to vacate his seat, saying the position was not supported by fact nor predicated on reason. The group’s Publicity Secretary, Dr Ade Ajepe, …

Spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Festus Keyamo, says the Labour Party and its presidential candidate, Peter Obi, owe Nigerians an explanation over the latter’s promise to remove fuel subsidy once elected. Keyamo, who made the claim in a statement issued on Saturday morning, disclosed that Obi’s …

Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike threw bants on Friday when he said he wasn’t like his Kogi counterpart, Yahaya Bello. He spoke at the launch of a book, “Selected Leading Judgments of the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court,” authored by retired Justice Abdu Aboki, NA reports. Wike said his visit …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has accused the Federal Government of alleged plans to take education out of the reach of the poor masses. The students’ body said the current government has failed in all ramifications, adding that “the current administration should have been sacked a long time …

The Wife of the Ekiti State Governor, Erelu Bisi Fayemi, has warned youths in the country to shun drug abuse and all acts of criminality. The Governor’s Wife made the call in Benin at the “Say No to Drugs’ seminar of the Betsy Obaseki Women Football Tournament BOWFT. Erelu Fayemi …

Ahead of the 2023 elections, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has expelled its presidential candidate, Mr. Dumebi Kachikwu from the party. The National Chairman of the party, Ralphs Nwosu in a statement issued Saturday said Kachikwu was expelled for anti-party activities and violation of the party’s constitution. He said the …

There is fracas in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State where the supporters of Peter Obi of Labour Party gathered, Saturday morning, for their one-million-man march. Newsextra24 learnt that Obi’s supporters, popularly called ‘Obidients’ were to take off from the People’s Club area but some thugs allegedly working for another …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has said democracy and the rule of law in Nigeria is constantly under threat. The Governor made the assertion on Friday in Abuja at the lunch of a book, “Legal Paradigm in Nigeria: A New Direction in the Study of Law and Practice,” in honour …

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has reserved judgment on a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State against State House of Assembly Candidates of the All Progressives Congress in the state. When the matter resumed for hearing on Friday, counsels representing the parties presented, …