Beyond the Headlines
A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Thursday dissolved a 21-year-old union between a painter, Ojo Ayeni and his wife, Sade, over her refusal to cook food for her family for two years. Earlier, Ayeni, alleged that wife stopped cooking for him and his three children in 2018. Delivering judgment, Odunade, dissolved in the interest […]
The Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to investigate the management crisis rocking the University of Lagos has submitted the report of its findings. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, received the report on behalf of the Federal Government in Abuja on Thursday. He said the recommendations of the panel will […]
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the establishment of a new anti-corruption agency, Daily Times Nigeria has learnt. According to reports, the new anti- corruption Agency will engage with proper coordination of all recovered looted assets. corruption agency, Daily Times Nigeria has learnt. According to reports, the new anti- corruption Agency will engage with […]
By Frederick Nwabufo The campaigns of the first-tier contenders in the Edo governorship election have been largely ensconced in the agitprop of godfatherism. While Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of the state, claims he is wrestling against the forces of recidivism who have held Edo down and who want to keep lording it over the state […]
When Florence Abu, a hairstylist, left the shores of Nigeria in 2012 for Russia, she thought she was moving to the proverbial greener pastures. She thought the trip would be the key to unlocking a better life for her and her family. But things did not turn out as she expected. Ms Abu, an indigene […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has said the South – East governors and the Ohanaeze Ndigbo will live to regret their alleged role in its proscription by the Federal Government . It described the proscription as the greatest mistake the Ohaneze Ndigbo and the South -East governors had made in history . IPOB alleged that […]
Africa’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, has resumed passenger flights from New Jersey, United States, to Lagos and Abuja. This follows the recent reopening of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja, and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Sept. 5. Mr Million Legesse, Ethiopian Airlines’ Traffic and Sales Manger in New York told the News […]
The police authorities in Bayelsa State have foiled the kidnap of a medical doctor working at the General Hospital in Odi, Kolokuma/ Opukuma Local Government Area of the state. According to a statement issued by police public relations officer, Asinim Butswat, the state command arrested five suspects in connection with the incident. “Credible intelligence revealed […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office , on Wednesday , re -arraigned one Alice John and her boyfriend, Fadi Alloush , before Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court , Ibadan, for fraud involving the sale of charcoal . The lovers were re – arraigned on three counts of conspiracy […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration on , Wednesday , demolished makeshift houses and brothels in Daki biyu community, Jabi District , Abuja . The operation was led by the Director, Development Control Department, Muktar Galadima , accompanied by security personnel and vigilante groups. Galadima said the operation was necessitated by the rising cases of security […]
