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The Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence, Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar, on Monday hailed the harmonious working relationship between Ekiti State Governor/ Chairman Nigeria Governors’ Forum ( NGF), Dr Kayode Fayemi and Sokoto State Governor/ Vice Chairman of NGF, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, describing it as a good example in leadership. Sultan …

Senator Kola Balogun has resigned his membership in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The resignation of the senator, representing Oyo South Senatorial District was contained in a letter addressed to the chairman of the party in Ward 12, Ibadan North-East Local Government Area. According to a statement by the media …

President Muhammadu Buhari says efforts were ongoing to ensure safe return of captives being held by bandits who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna train. Buhari said he had directed security agencies and the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) to provide more regular and detailed information to families. The President said the government would …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9mR9YwfvfY The Transgender community in Abuja held a public protest against the Federal government of Nigeria on Sunday, May 1, Newsextra24 reports. The protest took place at an open park with several protesters rocking T-shirts with various inscriptions including “Trans lives matter,” and “Queer rights are human rights.” They also …

While he is publicly seeking the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket, the governor of Bauchi State, Bala Mohammed, secretly obtained the nomination form and has been cleared to contest in his state’s governorship primary, Newsextra24.com Mr Mohammed will serve out his first term as governor of the state in 2023. …

PRESS RELEASE- Ebute Meta Building Collapse Update (Video) 1. As we achieve Ground Zero of the Search and Rescue Operations, it is to be noted that the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service can account for the followings: i. 24 (twenty four) were rescued alive with varying degrees of injury …

Sa’ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), has asked Nigerians to accept the winner of the presidential election in 2023 as Allah’s choice. Mr Abubakar, who said this in his Eid-el-Fitr Sallah message to Nigerians in Sokoto, urged Politicians to allow …

United States-based Nigerian social critic, Prof Farooq Kperogi says former Senate President, Bukola Saraki won’t pay Nigerian workers if elected as President. In a lengthy article via his social media page on Sunday, Kperogi, a professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at Kennesaw State University in Georgia accused the former …

The coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP alongside members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in Imo state have called for the removal of the party’s national secretary, Samuel Anyanwu alias Sam Daddy. Newsextra24 learned that Anyanwu has been at the centre of a crisis currently rocking the party after …

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo is the preferred candidate of Nigerians to succeed Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s next president in 2023, according to a recent nationwide survey carried out by the Intellectual Forum on Politics and Governance (IFP&G). In the survey, which was carried out by the group in February this …