Beyond the Headlines
Eighty – three migrants were saved last week after their smugglers abandoned them in the Sahara desert in northern Niger, the International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday. A team from the IOM and Niger’ s Civil Protection service found the group 230 kilometers ( 140 miles) from the crossroads town of Dirkou on September […]
The Federation Accounts Allocation Committee shared N 3. 879trn to the Federal Government , states , local governments , and other statutory recipients in the first half of this year , the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative has said . A breakdown of the disbursements showed that N 1. 53tn went to the Federal Government […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office, has arraigned a banker, Ezeagbor Chijioke and two others: Anthony Chidiebere Nneji and Ibenegbu Chukwudi Francis before Justice Muhammad Muhammad of the Sokoto State High Court on four -count charges bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining money by false pretences to the tune of N1,000,000.00 […]
A native doctor and a philanthropist in Okija, Ihiala local government area of Anambra State, Mr. Henry Okam, popularly known as Chinyereze was allegedly killed by a member of his family, with the connivance of some people and buried in a shallow grave. The police have already recovered the decomposed body in the shallow grave […]
The Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN), Cross River Chapter and other women organisations on Tuesday embarked on a peaceful protest against kidnapping in the state. The other women groups include International Federation of Women Lawyers, Holy Child Old Girls Association, Nigerian Women of Journalists and Presbyterian Women. The peaceful protest, which was organised by […]
The Progressives Governors Forum has commended the Federal Government for getting the United Kingdom Commercial Court to order a stay of execution on the $9.6 billion Process and Industrial Development (P&ID) debt judgment against Nigeria. This is contained in a statement signed by Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, who is its chairman on Tuesday in […]
The Federal Government has approved the inclusion of Wondfo HIV I and II rapid test kits for use to stem spread of the scourge in the country. The National Coordinator, National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCP) Dr Akudo Ikpeazu, made the this known while presenting the evaluation report on the kit, on Tuesday in Abuja. “The […]
….assures Nigerians of better days ahead The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) says it would no longer provide a price band at which marketers will sell petrol,The Punch reports. The newspaper quotes Abdulkadir Saidu, PPPRA executive secretary, as saying the retail price of petrol would henceforth be determined by demand and supply of the […]
Senior Police sources at the Force Intelligence Bureau, Force headquarters, under which the Police Gender Unit operates, on Tuesday affirmed that the Nigerian Police Force has charged the Kogi State Commissioner for Water Resources, Abdulmumuni Danga to court for allegedly raping and assaulting a lady, among other charges, over a Facebook post. The lady, one […]
The Federal Government on Tuesday, urged the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD), to suspend its ongoing industrial action across the country. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment said this in a statement signed by Mr Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Head, Press and Public Relations in Abuja. Ngige said that it was imperative […]
