Beyond the Headlines
The Catholic Bishop of Makurdi Diocese, Most Rev. Wilfred Anagbe, has suspended all pastoral activities at St. Peter’s Parish, Low-Level, in Makurdi, following a desecration of the Holy Eucharist and the looting of sacred vessels in the Church. Rev. Fr. James Utav, the Diocesan Deputy Director of Communication, confirmed the development on Tuesday, in a […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Saturday’s suicide bombing in the border village of Zeleved in northern Cameroon. About six civilians were killed and 10 others injured in the attack, media reports quoted security sources as saying. Guterres’ reaction came through his spokesman, Mr Stephane Dujarric, at his daily news briefing in New York […]
Mr Mike Igini, INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Akwa Ibom, on Tuesday said that three university lecturers had been confirmed to have been involved in electoral malpractice during the 2019 general elections. Igini, who addressed newsmen at the INEC office in Uyo, said that three officials of the electoral body had also been sacked […]
Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb. Tijani Muhammad-Bande, on Tuesday bowed out of office as President of the 74th session of the General Assembly. He handed over the gavel to Turkish diplomat and politician, Volkan Bozkir, who will be steering the ship of the 75th session of the 193-member lawmaking body. The News […]
Nollywood veteran actor Kanayo O Kanayo has shared on social media that he is now a lawyer. The actor said he always wanted to go back to school to get a law degree, he has done it. He donned a courtroom wig and robe on Instagram with a caption that said, “To God be all […]
At least two people were wounded in southern Israel by rocket fire from Hamas-controlled Gaza on Tuesday, emergency services said, in an attack that coincided with Israel’s signing in Washington of normalisation deals with the UAE and Bahrain. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, meanwhile, warned that the deals would “not achieve peace in the region” until […]
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, Tuesday, denied that he accused members of the National Assembly of fraud concerning contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC. The minister had, during an investigative hearing at the House of Representatives, claimed that 60 percent of NDDC contracts went to the federal lawmakers. However, as […]
Babcock University Ilishan -Remo, Ogun state has confirmed that it asked students resuming for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic session to pay N 25, 000 for a COVID – 19 test. The university explained that it could not afford to toy with the lives of its staff and students on the school premises […]
As FG admits poverty as potent weapon against it The Senate has called on stakeholders in the country not to kill the Nation’s economy with the adopted European style of fighting the Coronavirus, COVID -19 pandemic. The Senate raised the alarm yesterday against the backdrop of the imported idea of fighting COVID -19. Speaking during […]
A total of 1, 785 new lawyers were admitted into the Nigerian Bar on Tuesday, with Chairman of the Body of Benchers, Chief O. C Okocha, SAN, urging them to embrace professionalism at all times. At the ceremony that held at the Eagle Square in Abuja, the Director-General of the Nigerian Law School, Prof Isa […]
