STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR DR GODKNOWS IGALI. NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF PANDEF AT PRESS CONFERENCE ON SITUATION ON RIVERS Ladies and Gentlemen, Ordinarily, this press conference would have been dedicated solely to expressing PANDEF’s appreciation to His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, for graciously receiving the high-level South-South delegation at the …

NIGERIA is ready to thrive in the digital economy by leveraging its youth and global demand for digital skills, says Francis Sani. Sani is Technical Adviser (Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Capital) to the Minister of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, Dr ‘Bosun Tijani. He spoke at the launch of Darey.io and …

THE Kano State Joint Task Force Committee on Peace Restoration and Youth Rehabilitation says it has arrested 53 suspected thugs and drug dealers in the state. Dr Yusuf Ibrahim-Kofarmata, the Chairman of the Committee and Commissioner for Science, Technology and Innovation, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Kano. …

WERDER Bremen defender, Felix Agu has said he is open to playing for Nigeria, Newsextra24 reports. Agu, 25, was born in Germany to Nigerian parents. The full-back has made two appearances for Germany at the U-21 level. Despite that, he is however still eligible to represent Nigeria at the senior …

GOVERNOR Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State has approved the appointment of two new Executive Secretaries to the Zamfara State Electricity Agency, ZAEA, and Zamfara Geographic Information System, ZAGIS. Conveying the approval, the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, SSG, Malam Abubakar Mohammad Nakwada said the appointments take immediate effect. He …

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has sued the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, over the failure to reverse the patently unlawful suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, saying the purported suspension is based solely on the peaceful exercise of her right to freedom of expression. It could be recalled that …

GUNMEN, who recently abducted the winner of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition, Abdulsalam Rabi’u are demanding for the sum of N30m ransom as condition for his release. Newsextra24 recalls that the criminal elements had on Tuesday kidnapped Rabi’u along with his father and brothers near Labin Bangori in Katsina State. Rabi’u, …

IMO State Chapter of Labour Party under the chairmanship of Callistus Ihejiagwa, has suspended 14 members of its State Working Committee and others following what the party described as gross indiscipline and indulging in act that is capable of disparaging the party. Addressing journalists after its State Executive meeting in …

A massive fire at the Pulse nightclub in Kocani, North Macedonia, has reportedly claimed the lives of at least 50 people. The blaze erupted in the early hours of Sunday, with thick smoke and flames engulfing the venue. According to reports from the state news agency, citing the interior ministry, …

THE United States has conducted a precision airstrike in Iraq’s Al Anbar Province, eliminating Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, also known as Abu Khadijah, a key leader of the so-called Islamic State (ISIS). Abu Khadijah was the Chief of Global Operations for the terror group and its second-in-command worldwide. The strike, …