Beyond the Headlines
The Federal government on Monday warned that with the ongoing #ENDSARS protest across the country, cases of COVID-19 will definitely increase in the coming weeks. Issuing the warning in Abuja, the Chairman, Presidential Taskforce, PTF, on COVID-19 and Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, said despite the appreciable success recorded […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo , on Monday said the #EndSARS protests across the country were a product of extensive agitations by youths that must be attended to by government . Obasanjo explained that the President , Major General Muhammadu Buhari , could make Nigerian youths know that he understood their plight and would make life […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday gave Senator Ali Ndume 21 days ultimatum to produce the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team , Abdulrasheed Maina , who has been absent from over 10 scheduled trial sessions since September 2020. Justice Okon Abang, in issuing the ultimatum, threatened that Ndume who […]
Heritage Bank Plc has said it is set to commence the account opening with Bank Verification Numbers for the earmarked 774, 000 participants of the Special Public Works programme in their branches throughout the 774 Local Government Areas . The bank said this in a statement on Monday titled ‘ Heritage Bank to engage 774, […]
Members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria , also known as ‘ Shiites’ on Monday in Kaduna , took to the streets to protest the continued detention of their leader , Sheikh Ibraheem El – Zakzaky and his wife , Zeenat. Both had been in detention for about five years, following the clash between the […]
Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of Edo, says at least three ladies were raped after suspected hoodlums attacked #EndSARS protesters in the state. The #EndSARS protests which started peacefully across the country have been hijacked in some states. Speaking when he featured on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Monday, Shaibu said the government would […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos Monday heard that former Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, was not mentioned in allegedly suspicious financial transactions involving a firm, Still Earth Ltd. Fayose is accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of procuring Still Earth Ltd and another firm, De Privateer Ltd, to illegally retain the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has refuted that news making rounds that one Mr. Dominic Akpan left the service of the Commission in support of the nationwide #EndSARS protest, noting that he is not a staff of the Commission but merely served as a Corps member. In addition, the Commission further refuted claims […]
A care worker, also a sexual pervert raped chickens to death in the basement of his Bradford home in UK and his wife watched and video-taped all as the depraved acts unfolded. Bradford Crown Court has now jailed the man, Rehan Baig three years, but spared the wife, who aided and abetted his depravity. Baig […]
National leader of the All Progressives Congress appeared to be on bended knees Monday night pleading with #EndSARS campaigners to call off their protest. “YOU HAVE MADE YOUR POINT. GOVERNMENT HAS MADE ITS COMMITMENT TO YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE AND PLEASE, CALL OFF THE PROTESTS. GIVE GOVERNMENT A CHANCE TO IMPLEMENT YOUR DEMANDS. GOD BLESS YOU”, […]
