Army Acquires 60 New Armoured Vehicles From China To Tackle Banditry, Terrorism The Nigerian Army has taken delivery of 60 new VP – 1 Type Tracked Armoured Personnel Carriers manufactured in China to boost the ongoing war against Boko Haram insurgency and banditry in the North-East and North-West. Speaking during …
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Buhari Escapes Air Crash As Presidential Jet Develops Fault
President Muhammadu Buhari and the delegation that recently travelled with him to the United States escaped an air mishap after the presidential jet marked 5N-FGT suddenly developed a fault while they were returning to Nigeria, Newsextra24 has gathered. Buhari had on Sunday, September 19, 2021, travelled to New York for …
Read More »Ondo: Zenith Labour Party Collapses Into PDP
Stakeholders of the Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) in Ondo State have reportedly resolved to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The resolution to join the PDP was reached at a meeting at the Ondo town residence of the national leader of the ZLP Dr. Olusegun Mimiko. This is the third …
Read More »Enaira App Returns To Google Play Store
eNaira App has reappeared on the Google play store barely 24 hours after it was taken down by the Google team following a series of complaints by Nigerians that downloaded the newly unveiled digital currency Speed Wallet Application. Investors King had reported that eNaira app recorded over 100,000 downloads before it …
Read More »CBN Plagiarised eNaira Policy Document From American JLG Website – Gazette
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has been caught plagiarising the policy and terms of use of an American wireless equipment supplier as its own policy on the eNaira website, Peoples Gazette can report. Nigeria’s digital currency, marketed to boost cross-border trade and other financial activities, was launched on October …
Read More »Buhari Approves Construction Of ₦21 Billion 14-Bed Space Presidential Clinic
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed space presidential clinic at a cost of N21 billion. The Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar Tijjani, made the disclosure to members of the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs while presenting the 2022 budget for consideration. …
Read More »Female NSCDC RRS Deployed To Adamawa Schools To Tackle Kidnapping
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have deployed a Special Rapid Response (RRS) female squad to schools across the 21 Local Government Areas of Adamawa State. Commandant of the NSCDC in the state, Usman Waksha disclosed this on Thursday while addressing journalists in Yola, the state capital as …
Read More »FG Spends ₦5 Billion To Feed 228,046 Children In Gombe
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Investment, Sadiya Farouq says no fewer than 228,046 children have benefitted from home grown school feeding in Gombe within the last five years. Farouq also revealed that the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme is one of the Federal Government initiatives aimed …
Read More »IPOB/UGM/ ESN Killings: Chosen Church Moves Popular Crusade From Imo To Lagos
Information minister Lai Mohammed on Thursday said violent extremists collecting taxes from citizens across the northern parts of the country constitute the same security threat as street thugs extorting cash from citizens in the southern parts of the country. The minister said bandits and terrorists operating across the northern region …
Read More »Anambra Kicks As NCAA Suspends Commissioning Of Anambra Int’l Airport
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHGzR6vvSFo Anambra State government has raised alarm over alleged plan to scuttle the proposed commissioning ceremony of the Anambra International Airport, scheduled to hold this Saturday, 30th October, 2021. The Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr. C-Don Adinuba who stated this in Awka gave it a political colouration, stating …
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