The North-Central Renaissance Movement (NCRM), a political pressure group, has appealed to the major political parties to consider zoning their 2027 presidential ticket to the North-Central. Prof. K’tso Nghargbu, the NCRM Chairman, made the appeal on Saturday in Abuja, saying Nigerians should discard the habit of low expectations from the …

Justice M. Itsueli of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City, on Thursday, August 21, 2025 convicted and jailed the trio of Efosa Richard, Victor Nwachukwu and Ekaye Emaike for internet fraud. They were prosecuted by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on …

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede has charged legislators on accountability and good governance. He gave this charge in Abuja  on Thursday, August 21, 2025 while speaking at the Policy Dialogue and Public Unveiling of the  10th National Assembly’s Deliberative Barometer and Policy Focus …

TROOPS of the Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have neutralised several terrorists in multiple operations across Borno and Yobe States, a military source has said. The source told the Newsextra24 that the operations were part of sustained efforts to deny Boko Haram and Islamic State of …

THE wife of the Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kaduna State Council, Alhaji Abdulgafar Alabelewe, is dead. Mrs Hajara  Alabelewe died in the early hours of Sunday at about 1 a.m. in a hospital in Kaduna following a brief illness. Confirming the incident, the NUJ chairman said …

Gov. Sheriff Oborevwori of Delta State has called for caution and restraint following reports of rising tensions between the Itsekiri and Urhobo communities in Warri South Local Government Area. In a statement on Saturday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Festus Ahon, the governor appealed to residents and stakeholders in …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Officer, (NDLEA) has detained a 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, over attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine. A statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja said that the suspect used fake pregnancy as a façade to …

THE Police Command in Nasarawa State says it has detained for prosecution an alleged notorious kidnap kingpin in his hideout in a forest in Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Lafia. The …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted no fewer than 825,000 pills of opioids in separate operations in Kano, Adamawa and Kogi States. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.. Giving a break down, Babafemi said that …

  THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has destroyed 75, 544 kilograms of skunk in operations carried out across forests in Edo, Delta, Ondo and Taraba States. NDLEA’s  Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said …