Beyond the Headlines
• Tougher days ahead unless govt tackles insecurity, says Shettima • Teriba blames COVID-19 for hunger crisis • Food inflation triggered by herdsmen’s killing, says farmers’ leader Nigeria seems to be plunging a new dimension of economic crisis as food inflation reached a new high in northern regions, hitherto considered the food basket of the […]
Two petrol tankers loaded with petroleum products have been razed by fire at Rumuolumeni area of Port Harcourt. The two tankers cut fire on different occasions Erico area of Rumuolumeni on Monday and another at a Heritage Filling Station, on St. John in the same area. It was gathered that both fire incidents that started […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday said those criticising the National Water Resources Bill 2020 currently before the National Assembly were ill-informed. The Minister of Information and Culture , Lai Mohammed, said this at a press conference he addressed with the Minister of Water Resources , Suleiman Adamu, in Abuja . Mohammed said those condemning the […]
A traditional ruler in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State , Bulus Chuwang Jang, has been killed by gunmen. The Chairman of Berom Youth Moulders in the neighbouring Heipang district in the LGA , Rwang Tengwong , confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Jos on Tuesday. Tengwong said that the diseased paramount […]
…If Allowed, Tinubu And Oshiomhole Would Destroy Our Democracy says Obasseki The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday presented certificate of return to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Phillip Shaibu. The National Commissioner, INEC in charge of Edo, Rivers, and Bayelsa, Mrs. May Agbmuche-Mbu made the presentation on Tuesday at the […]
The Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese and a member of the National Peace Committee, Mathew Kukah, has charged politicians to desist from the habit of running to pastors and imams in order to seek for their endorsements ahead of an election, noting that in the stead, the people should be approached for engagement. This was […]
Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa has reacted after her mother Sofia Laine granted an interview where she claimed she kicked her out of her house and collected her car after Kobe’s death. Sofia Laine in her interview with Univision‘s El Gorda y La Flaca claimed: “[Vanessa] told me, ‘I need you to get out of this […]
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Tuesday ordered a 25-year-old student, Akeem Yakubu, to cut grass in the Gwagwalada Divisional Police station for two days for stealing two cell phones worth N8,700. The police charged Yakubu with theft. He pleaded guilty to the charge and told the court that he sold the phones […]
The management of Air Peace has announced an increase in the number of flights from Lagos to Enugu, with effect from Sept. 22. This is contained in a statement in Lagos by Mr Stanley Olisa, External Relations Officer, Air Peace on Tuesday. He assured Enugu passengers of seamless flights. “As we commence a daily second […]
A fashion designer, Kudrat Oyewole, on Tuesday, petitioned an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, seeking dissolution of her two-year-old marriage with her husband, Sikiru. Kudrat is seeking the divorce on grounds of harassments and unfulfilled marital life. The mother of one testified before Chief Henry Agbaje, the court’s President that she had endured sadness and […]
