The Democratic Front (TDF) has expressed delight with Vice-President Kashim Shettima’s push for a permanent seat for Nigeria in the United Nations Security Council. The vice-president made the advocacy at recently concluded UN General Assembly (UNGA). The TDF Chairman, Danjuma Muhammad, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said it …

WHAT is the Dollar to Naira Exchange rate at the black market also known as the parallel market (Aboki fx)? See the black market Dollar to Naira exchange rate for 12th October, below. You can swap your dollar for Naira at these rates. How much is a dollar to naira …

THE United States has accused the Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, of obstruction of justice in an ongoing investigation. In a superseding indictment, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia accused Onyema and Air Peace’s Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, of submitting …

FREEDOM fighter, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has submitted a petition to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, to consider the creation of a Yoruba nation. Newsextra24 understands that Igboho submitted the petition on behalf of Prof. Adebanji Akintoye, the leader of the Yoruba Nation movement. …

  A 26-year-old man, identified as Nura Mas’ud, has reportedly set his grandmother ablaze in Jigawa State. Newsextra24 reports that the state command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Adam, confirmed in a statement on Saturday that the suspect had been arrested. He explained that the woman was admitted to a hospital where …

THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to direct the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) to immediately reverse the second increase in petrol prices in one month. In the open letter dated 12 October 2024 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, SERAP …

Activist-cum-politician Aisha Yesufu on Saturday said she was not a card-carrying member of the Labour Party, LP, or any other political party. Yesufu, a member of the 2023 LP presidential campaign council, made the declaration on Seun Okinbaloye’s podcast, Mic On. https://newsextra24.com/why-i-wont-challenge-edo-election-result-in-court-olumide-akpata/ She also denied ever looking for an appointment …

THE candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the recently concluded Edo State Governorship election, Olumide Akpata, has said he won’t challenge the outcome of the election at the tribunal.  Newsextra24 reports that Akpata, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Recall …

BRAZILIAN authorities, on Friday, October 11, 2024, commenced closing down more than 2,000 betting sites, including those that sponsors popular football team Corinthians and other first division clubs, as part of a push to regulate online gambling. Latin America’s biggest economy is struggling with what Finance Minister Fernando Haddad has …

THE naira, on Friday, October 11, 2024, depreciated at the official market, trading at N1,641.27 to the dollar. Data from the FMDQ Exchange, a platform that oversees the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market (NAFEM), revealed that the naira lost N82k. This represents a 1.15 per cent loss when compared to …