Beyond the Headlines
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in a virtual meeting with former Nigerian leaders and security chiefs. The meeting started at 10am with Buhari presiding from the council chambers of the presidential villa, Abuja. The meeting may be connected to the #EndSARS crisis and current security challenges in the country. Former leaders participating virtually from their […]
Most opinion polls and ratings by the American media networks reported that Joe Biden, the presidential candidate of the Democrats easily thrashed incumbent Donald Trump in their final verbal showdown. And this was despite Trump’s restraint and better behaviour, unlike during the chaotic first debate in Cleveland, Ohio. The CNN in a poll gave Biden […]
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed Thursday’s attack on Uburu Police Station in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state by suspected hoodlums. The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Mr Philip Maku, said suspected hoodlums attacked some police officers on duty, after which they razed the station down. According to him, some of the […]
The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has begun the defense of the budget proposals for his Ministry in the 2021 Budget with the assertion that focus would be on the completion of priority road projects, especially those on the routes A1-A9. The routes, which are those leading to ports and major agricultural hubs […]
Folarin ‘Falz’ Falana, singer, actor and activist, has said Buhari’s promise to reform the police was infuriating and frustrating as his administration had been making the same promise of reform since 2017. He said this in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, when a short clip of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Thursday’s Speech was played. In […]
Rivers State Commissioner of Police (CP), Joseph Mukan, has accused proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as masterminds of Wednesday’s armed attacked which left two police personnel killed and two police stations razed. Mukan, counting his Command’s losses over the development on Thursday said rampaging IPOB members masquerading as #ENDSARS protesters attacked four police formations […]
The Senate may have suspended the screening and confirmation of the nominees of President Muhammadu Buhari for appointment as Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission, due to the inclusion of Ms . Lauretta Onochie , on the list . Onochie , from Delta State , is the Special Assistant to the President on New […]
The Ebonyi State Government on Thursday announced the proscription of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Non -Academic Staff Union and others at the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The only body currently allowed to exist in the university is the Students ’ Union Government . The Ebonyi State Governor , David Umahi, who met […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences commission has arraigned a member of the House of Representatives , Oghuma Egwakhide, for collecting N 1. 6m bribe from three contractors. In the four -count filed before Justice Adebukola Banjoko of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory , Jabi , the ICPC said the […]
THE meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities deadlocked again on Wednesday, following the disagreement over the payment platform that would be used in disbursing the salary arrears and the N 30bn Earned Allowances of the university lecturers. The FG team led by the Minister of Labour and Employment , […]
