Beyond the Headlines
Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, fondly known as Burna Boy, is still traumatised, three days after the shooting of #EndSARS protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos State. In a tweet on his handle, Friday, the artiste revealed that since the incident, he has not slept. “I HAVE NOT SLEPT since 20/10/2020. I close my eyes […]
Television Continental (TVC) is back on air about four days after its headquarters in Lagos was attacked by hoodlums. A mob had attacked the company’s head office at Ketu on Tuesday amid the unrests that trailed the #EndSARS protests. Checks on the station on Saturday, however, showed it is still battling technical glitches. The development […]
Pope endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary film Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue. The remarks came in a documentary called Francesco that was released on Wednesday. “Homosexual people have […]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, claimed that his regime ’ s decision to accept the demands by youths who protested against the disbanded Special Anti -Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force emboldened them to become violent . His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity , Femi Adesina , in a statement , quoted the […]
Following three days of curfew, partial normal activities on Friday evening retuned in most parts of Lagos State. The normalcy was restored few hours after Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the ease of curfew from Saturday, October 24, 2020. Sanwo-Olu had on Tuesday imposed a 24-hour curfew to curtail the arson and widespread violence […]
Ben Ayade, Governor of Cross River State, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state starting from 6 pm on Friday. Ayade made this known in a statement signed by the Special Adviser Media and Publicity to the governor, Christian Ita. The curfew followed “the hijacking of the peaceful protest against police brutality in the […]
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Suspected hoodlums on Friday looted COVID palliatives kept in warehouses located on the premises of Cocoa Processing Industrial , Ede , Osun State . In video footage of the incident obtained by our correspondent , people were seeing carrying packs of noodles and bags of rice out of the premises . The lawmaker representing Ede […]
A police officer was on Thursday beheaded and burnt by hoodlums during an attack on police stations in Nnewi, Anambra state. Haruna Mohammed, the state police spokesperson, in a statement, said three other police officers also sustained varying degrees of injuries. He said the victims were taken hospital for medical attention and that they are […]
At least seven soldiers were killed by Boko Haram insurgents in Doska, Borno state, military sources have told TheCable. The troops were said to be on a patrol to the area when they got tricked by the insurgents who appeared in military uniforms and gun trucks. Doska, a village in between Ajigin and Talala in […]
