THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command, has nabbed three suspects for allegedly gangraping a 16-year-old girl. Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday, the state Commandant, Augustine Padonu, said the victim was eventually impregnated and forced to carry out an …

Legendary music icon, Onyeka Onwenu, has been laid to rest  in Lagos. TRUTHNG reports that Onwenu, popularly known as the “Elegant Stallion”, died on July 30, after collapsing at an event. The funeral service held on Friday at the Fountain of Life Church, Ilupeju, and was followed by a private burial …

  THE United States and Ghana have entered into a significant commercial agreement that marks a major step forward in their civil nuclear cooperation. According to a statement from the US State Department, the agreement was signed between Nuclear Power Ghana (NPG) and Regnum Technology Group, a US developer specialising in …

IN 2022, Ghana saw 18,000 hectares of forest disappear—an area roughly the size of 30,000 football fields. Despite these troubling deforestation rates, the Ghanaian government has introduced measures that could put its protected woodlands at even greater risk. In November 2022, the government enacted legislation that allowed mineral extraction in …

  THE US government has announced plans to expand the Lobito Corridor, a critical railway project that currently connects Angola to Zambia via the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), extending it all the way to the Indian Ocean through Tanzania. This ambitious expansion aims to enhance regional trade, connect African …

  THE Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has strongly criticised President William Ruto for denying knowledge of police abductions during recent anti-government protests, labelling his statements as a ‘blatant lie.’ The commission’s condemnation came in response to President Ruto’s remarks during a town hall session on Thursday, where he insisted …

A Florida man convicted of the brutal murder of a college freshman and the rape of the victim’s older sister during a 1994 camping trip was executed on Thursday. Loran Cole, 57, was put to death by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, where he was pronounced dead at 18:15 …

SUSPECTED bandits on Thursday night stormed Zone A (Back of Primary School) in the Ushafa community of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, killing a man identified as Mr Felix Chuks and leaving with his entire family. Newsextra24 gathered that the gunmen stormed the area around midnight with heavy gunfire. According …

ITALIAN Serie A club, Napoli have reached an agreement with Saudi football club, Al Ahli to sign Nigerian forward, Victor Osimhen, with the total package for the move worth N141 billion. It was gathered that the final green light to seal the move is up to Osimhen, who is linked …

  Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun says the state is working towards generating its own electricity and will also distribute it to neighbouring states when achieved. Adeleke said this on Thursday in Ilesa, at the inauguration of the construction of the Obokun 33KV feeder line, a project expected to enhance …