It was reported some weeks back that the former senator that represented the good people of Eket Senatorial District of Akwa Ibom State, Senator Nelson Effiong was kidnapped in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital. Since the time he was kidnapped till now, the senator has been with those who …
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Secondus Vs PDP: Court Defers Judgement On Convention Until Friday
The Court of Appeal, sitting in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has deferred to Friday, judgement on Secondus’ suit seeking the stoppage of the national convention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The suspended National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, is seeking the stoppage of the national convention …
Read More »Olamilekan Adeola: Ogun Indigenes Reject Installation Of Senator As Aremo Oba
Plans by the Olu of Ilaro and Paramount Ruler of Yewaland, Oba Kehinde Olugbenle, to install the Lagos West Senator, Olamilekan Adeola, as the Aremo Oba of Yewaland has been generating cold war among indigenes of Ogun State. The Ogun indigenes rejected the planned installation on the grounds that Sen. …
Read More »Dr. Maduka Commissions N1.8b Road He Construed In Umuchukwu (photos)
Dr. Maduka Commissions N1.8b Road He Construed in Umuchukwu Linking Ezukala, Ogbunka and Nneato
Read More »Impeachment: Plateau Lawmakers Fight Over Mace
Lawmakers in the Plateau State House of Assembly nearly exchanged punches on Thursday morning during the Impeachment of the speaker, Hon. Abok Ayuba Nuhu. Newsextra24 gathered that 16 out of the 24 lawmakers voted in favour of the impeachment. The plot of Abok’s removal began about a week ago as the speaker …
Read More »Senate Increases Prisoners’ Feeding Cost To ₦1,000 Daily
Better days are in sight for Nigerian prisoners as the Senate, through its Committee on Interior, on Wednesday increased the daily feeding cost of a prisoner to N1,000 from N750 proposed by the executive in the 2022 budget. This is as the committee planned to converge the Chief Justice of …
Read More »Osun APC Crisis: Heat On Aregbesola As Tinubu Backs Oyetola
As the feud between Governor Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun State and his predecessor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Minister of Interior festers, there are reports that their political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has thrown his weight behind the governor, raising anxiety in the state’s political cycle. The fight between Oyetola and …
Read More »Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu And Dahiru Mangal In Mecca (Photos)
Nigerian billionaire business moguls, Aliko Dangote, Abdulsamad Rabiu and Dahiru Mangal are pictured together in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Newsextra24 reports. See photos below.
Read More »Anambra Election: FG Shouldn’t Ignore IPOB’s Threat- Igbo Community In Akwa Ibom
The President General Igbo community in Akwa Ibom state, Elder Sunday Orie has appealed to the Federal Government not to dismiss the threat by the Indigenous People of Biafra concerning the Anambra elections as a non-issue. IPOB had threatened to declare a one-week sit-at-home order across the South Eastern states …
Read More »4 PDP Governors In Closed-Door Meeting With Mimiko
Four serving Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governors are presently meeting with the former Ondo state governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko behind a closed door in Ondo state. Their visit to the former governor, according to sources, was in preparation for the 2023 general election The meeting was held at his Ondo …
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