Beyond the Headlines
Suspected armed thugs have set ablaze buildings inside Ajeromi Local Government in Lagos State . The LG ’ s Chief Press Secretary , Sheriff Fakunle , confirmed the incident to our correspondent. When contacted at 01. 13pm , Fakunle said the attack was ongoing in the council . He said , “ As I am […]
Hoodlums set Lagos police station on fire Senate in emergency closed door meeting Ibe Pascal Arogorn Lagos State Governor , Babajide Sanwo- Olu has imposed a 24-hour curfew on the state effective 4pm on Tuesday ( today) . He said , “ I have watched with shock how what began as a peaceful #EndSARS protest […]
The Chairman of the Governing Board of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), Dr. Tonye Clinton Jaja, has hired the services of the former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Kanu Agabi and Mr. Femi Falana, SAN to challenge his allege attempted illegal removal from office. Jaja, in a letter of instruction, addressed […]
Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has inaugurated a Judicial Panel of Inquiry that will look into alleged police brutality and related extrajudicial killings in the State with an appeal to the protesting youths on #EndSARS and others hurt by the activities of the disbanded formation to take advantage of the Commission to get […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released its framework for National Mass Metering Programme, NMMP. The framework was released by the Development Financing department of the apex bank through its official website on Monday. It stated that introduction of the Service-Based Tariff, SBT, in the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry, NESI, effective September 1, had […]
The naira fell slightly at the parallel market on Monday , as it exchanged to the dollar for N 460/$ as of the close of work . The naira had exchanged to the dollar on Friday for 458/$. This is as the country’ s external reserves continued to maintain its downward trend . Figures obtained […]
Guinea’s opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo declared Monday, without waiting for official results, that he had won a presidential election against incumbent Alpha Conde, who is seeking a controversial third term. Speaking at a press conference in the capital Conakry a day after the hotly contested first-round vote, Diallo said he had emerged “victorious” despite […]
A coalition of nine renegade militant groups in the Niger-Delta region has declared support for the raging EndSARS protests across the country, saying they were ready to resume hostilities, attack oil and gas facilities if Federal Government did not meet the demands of protesting Nigerian youths. The militant groups under the aegis of the Reformed […]
…Ayade swears in another Chief Judge, urges him to be fair Legal practitioners under the auspices of Concerned Laywers in Cross River State, yesterday, blocked the entrance to Governor Ben Ayade office in Calabar, demanding the appointment of a substantive chief judge for the state. Ayade’s had earlier in the day, sworn-in Justice Effiom Ita […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said he envisions a better Nigeria where fundamental human rights of people will be respected after the #EndSARS protests. The minister, who spoke at a Special NAN Forum on Monday in Abuja, said that the vision would, however, be achievable if the protesters would give peace […]
