Immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is still on the run 107 days after being declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission. EFCC had on April 18, 2024, declared Bello wanted in connection with an alleged case of money laundering to the tune of N80,246,470,089.88. Saturday …
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Rwanda authorities have closed 185 churches in Musanze district as part of a nationwide crackdown on places of worship failing to meet legal standards, a government official announced on Friday. Jean Claude Musabyimana, Rwanda’s local government minister, stated that the closures followed an inspection conducted earlier this week. The affected …
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Captain Ibrahim Traore, head of Burkina Faso’s ruling junta, inaugurated the country’s first state bank, Burkindlim, on Friday. The bank, located in the capital, Ouagadougou, aims to enhance Burkina Faso’s economic and financial independence. ‘With integrity as its compass, this bank is a tool and a symbol of Burkina Faso’s …
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THE Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, secured the Democratic party’s presidential nomination on Friday. Newsextra24 reports that the development confirms Harris as the party’s standard bearer in November’s showdown against Republican Donald Trump. Harris was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote …
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REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Donald Trump announced late Friday that he has agreed to debate his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, on Fox News on September 4. “I have agreed with Fox News to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. It was …
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SOME protesters in Jigawa returned to the streets in continuation of their protest in spite of the 24-hour curfew imposed by the state government on Friday. The Jigawa Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Lawan Shiisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Dutse that no fewer than 50 suspected hoodlums …
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Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, on Friday, described corruption as a deadly cankerworm that lays great nations in ruins. While speaking at the 26th Annual Wole Soyinka Lecture organised by the National Association of Seadogs, known as Pyrates Confraternity, to mark his 90th birthday, Soyinka stated that corruption put people at …
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American hip-hop star, Cardi B has confirmed the paternity of her third baby. Newsextra24 reports that Cardi B recently announced that she’s expecting her third baby one day after she filed for a divorce from her husband of nearly seven years, Offset. The pregnancy announcement amid her divorce from Offset, …
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Organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protests against economic hardship say the nationwide rallies which entered the second day on Friday will continue till President Bola Tinubu addresses their demands. Damilare Adenola, Director of Mobilisation of Take It Back Movement, a non-governmental organisation, stated this on Channels Television’s The August Protests …
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THE Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, on Friday expressed deep sadness over the violent incidents that occurred in Kano during the nationwide protests. Speaking with newsmen at his palace in Kano on Friday Sanusi described the destruction of lives and property as very unfortunate. The Emir extended his …
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