Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, elderstatesman and Second Republic presidential liaison officer in this interview with Newsextra24, shares his thoughts on alleged coup plot, fears over Nigeria’s breakup and the 2023 general election. Excerpts: The Presidency last week said there are alleged plot by some Nigerians, working with foreign elements, to overthrow …
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Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has promised to give the sum N20 million each to the families of police officers killed during the recent attacks on police formations in the state on behalf of the state government. The governor made the announcement when he visited the state Commissioner of Police, …
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The Federal Government has re-introduced a nationwide 12am to 4am curfew as part of efforts to curtail further spread of COVID-19. The National Incident Manager, Mukhtar Mohammed, disclosed this at a press briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee on COVID-19 in Abuja. Mohammed said the curfew would take effect from …
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The Chief of Staff to the Kogi State Governor, Pharm. Abdulkareem Jamiu Asuku has urged Nigerian Youths to become active and join the politics of 2023 leadership. Details in the video below Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5hkuwXTwLU Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkJFjY2iMMc Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47p6LsI6Frg
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Against the backdrop of financial misdeeds allegedly perpetrated by suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Hadiza Bala-Usman, Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Monday, inaugurated an 11-man investigative panel to probe the books of the agency. Vanguard reports that Bala-Usman was suspended by President Muhammadu Buhari following allegations …
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The Federal Government is further investigating the unremitted Value Added Tax deductions to Federal Inland Revenue Service by the Nigerian Ports Authority under the leadership of the suspended NPA Managing Director, Hadiza Bala-Usman. It was gathered on Saturday that the NPA during the tenure of Bala-Usman failed to remit VAT …
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The only student of Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, still left in the custody of a criminal gang which abducted some persons while journeying along the Okigwe-Uturu Road, has been released, Newsextra24 reports. Governor Okezie Ikpeazu made this known in a statement made available to Newsextra24 on Saturday night. The …
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The Rivers State Security Council has called for calm following an overnight attacks on police personnel in the State. Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, who presided over an emergency meeting of the Security Council at the Government House, Port Harcourt on Saturday, condemned the attacks by unidentified armed assailants on some …
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Primate Elijah Ayodele, the INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church leader, has cautioned the Southeast against contesting the 2023 presidential election. Primate Ayodele warned that the presidency would elude the Southeast in 2023. He spoke while reacting to comments that the Igbo Presidency was the solution to Nigeria’s economic and insecurity challenges. …
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Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, says his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, uses the insecurity in his state to attack the Federal Government in order to cover up his own failure. El-Rufai, therefore, stated that he no longer takes Ortom seriously. The Kaduna governor said this while responding to a …
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