Beyond the Headlines
AN angry ‘mad’ man (name withheld) in the early hours of Saturday, was reported to have killed an Okada Rider, Mr. Elias Ofoke in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State Capital. The victim, a father of six children, hails from Agbaja Unuhu in Abakaliki Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. He left his family this morning in […]
The federal government has withdrawn the approval granted to Emirates to conduct international flight operations in the country. Hadi Sirika, minister of aviation, disclosed this via a post on his Twitter handle on Friday. The ban will take effect on September 21, 2020. The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) had, in a memo earlier in […]
……Say Executive Order Compelling States To Fund The Judiciary Is Unconstitutional The Executive Governors of the 36 states of the Federation have filed an action against President Buhari before the Supreme Court of Nigeria over the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 which grants financial autonomy to the legislature and the judiciary in the […]
Residents of Trinity Road Layout and its environs in Owerri North Council of Imo State, under the aegis, Trinity Neighbourhood Association, are living in palpable fear of erosion in the area. Some have been forced to relocate, abandoning their edifices and other structures, while two major churches: St. Philip’s Anglican Church and Trinity Pentecostal Church, […]
….Says it cannot stand Member representing Mbaitoli in Imo State of house assembly, Rt. Hon Okey Onyekanma said that the controversial ACJL which Gov. Uzodimma’s assented,didn’t passed before the state house of assembly. According to the lawmaker he said that the strange Section 484 which allows suspects to be detained at the pleasure of the […]
Police in Rivers State have arrested two pastors for allegedly raping a 27- year old member of the National Youths Service Corps . The corps member is observing her primary assignment at the Obio /Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The pastors , identified as Austin Emmanuel and Peter Davies, are currently being detained […]
Lafarge Africa Plc on has expressed optimism of the country’s cement market in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr Khaled El Dokani, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, said this at Lafarge Africa virtual ‘Facts behind the figures’, at the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE). He said that Nigeria’s cement market was promising considering its teeming population […]
…….FG, EU meet, review sanctions …….Don’t disrespect Nigeria on visa ban , FG tells US, UK The Federal Government says Emirates Airlines has been included in the list of airlines not allowed to operate in Nigeria as part of measures to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country . Minister of Aviation , Hadi […]
……..DPR warns IPMAN against exploitation The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) says 78 companies will bid for the rehabilitation of oil pipelines and depot infrastructure across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that over 300 companies applied through the official portal published in the national dailies on Aug. 7 and only 78 […]
U.S. President Donald Trump has abandoned his plans to deliver a speech at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in person, the White House Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, said. Meadows added that Trump would address participants of the 75th Session of the UNGA in a televised format. The current session of the UNGA started on […]
