Beyond the Headlines
Gunmen in a fresh attack on Southern Kaduna communities allegedly killed eight persons and injured many others . This was despite the peace efforts to end the persistent killings in the area . The National Public Relations Officer, Southern Kaduna Peoples Union , Mr Luka Binniyat , made this known in a statement on Friday. […]
THE National Assembly has postponed its resumption date for plenary sessions by two weeks. The postponement was announced in a statement Friday by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, CNA, Ojo Olatunde Amos. According to him, the earlier date of resumption by the lawmakers which was scheduled for Tuesday, 15th September is now shifted […]
The National Consultative Front being piloted by a former Speaker of the House of Representatives , Umar Na ’ Abba and former presidential candidate, Pat Utomi , on Friday condemned the third invitation extended by the Department of State Services to a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Obadiah Mailafia . […]
Two children of the late MKO Abiola , Kassim Abiola , and Aliyu Abiola , have filed a N 100m fundamental rights enforcement suit against the Commissioner of Police over their arrest and detention by men of the Special Anti -Robbery Squad since September 2. In the fundamental rights suit filed on their behalf by […]
…..I Will Make Edo The Dubai Of Nigeria – ZLP’s Akhalame ……If Elected, Nobody Will Have To Leave Edo State For Treatment – AMP Candidate Ibe Pascal Arogorn Five candidates vying for the Edo Governorship seat on Friday pitched their plans for the state in a debate organised by Channels Television. The candidates were Iboi […]
Operatives of the Uyo zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two music producers and four others over their alleged involvement in cyber crimes in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The music producers are John Obot and Odok Valentine. Others are; Emdiong Iwoenang ; Christian Alvan Okechukwu, Innocent Japhet and Edem […]
A 35-year-old pregnant woman, Risikat Saliman, was shot dead during a bloody clash between suspected cult groups at Aleke community in Ikorodu, Lagos State on Thursday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that dozens of suspected cultists invaded Aleke community market around 8p.m. and started shooting sporadically, killing the woman. The Baale of Aleke, […]
A forum in Mali debating how to restore civilian rule on Friday discussed a proposal to appoint a two-year transitional government, heavily influenced by the military junta. The proposal, made by junta-appointed experts, has been submitted to about 500 participants from political parties, unions and NGOs at a three-day conference in the capital Bamako. The […]
Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Ibrahim Gambari, says the hike in prices of food items should be seen as a transient situation. Speaking on Thursday during the national food security council meeting, held at the State House, Abuja, Mr. Gambari said the recent prices of grains show a significant decline which suggests that […]
Frederick Nwabufo Nothing puts greater timbre on the parlous state of security in the country than the denudation of the virtual hedges and moats around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and the disarray of the phalanx of boots in the city. Abuja was once assumed to be impregnable and residents lived with a false sense […]
