Beyond the Headlines
A law to bar courts and election tribunals from voiding the election of a President-elect and governors-elect, because of blemishes in the educational qualifications of their running mates, is underway in the House of Representatives. The Bill to that effect, obtained on Monday, by VANGUARD, is entitled: “An Act to Alter the Provisions of the […]
As men of the Nigerian Army took over the streets across the country in the name of Operation Crocodile Smile, the Oyo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to instruct the troops to ensure that none of the protesting youths is killed or brutalised during the […]
Kano Youths have intensified their protest following the reported death of Saifullah, a 17-year-old, allegedly tortured by Police on Monday morning, as #ENDSARS protests rocked places like, Abuja, Lagos, Anambra, Enugu, Osun, others in the country. It has been more than ten days the youths have continuously protested against Police brutality, maltreatment, assault and extra […]
Hoodlums attack another Edo prison, free inmates Edo declares 24-hour curfew Police disperse Abuja protesters with tear gas, brutalise journalist EndSARS protesters block Third Mainland Bridge Youths minister briefs Buhari Travellers stranded as #EndSARS protesters block Abuja airport road Ibe Pascal Arogorn Suspected hoodlums on Monday burnt down the Ugbekun Police Station in Benin City, […]
Four people have been killed and another four injured in continued #ENDSARS protests in Edo state. The four were killed when a speeding SUV hit them on First East Circular road in Benin City as they were starting a bonfire in the middle of the road Saturday evening. It was gathered that the SUV was […]
The National Examination Council postponed Paper I Computer Studies Practical’ s scheduled for Monday , October 19, 2020, until November 16 This was contained in a statement by the Head , Information and Public Relations Division , NECO , Azeez Sani , on Sunday . Sani said the decision was taken because of the ongoing […]
The Inspector -General of Police, Mohammed Adamu , on Sunday, revealed the requirements of officers to be trained in the new police tactical team to replace the disbanded Special Anti – Robbery Squad. He said the training of selected officers for the Special Weapons and Tactics team would commence on Monday , October 19, 2020. […]
EndSARS protesters in the Lekki area of Lagos State , on Saturday, arrested and handed over a co- protester , Yusuf Lawal , to the police for allegedly stealing a phone belonging to another protester . PUNCH Metro gathered that after Lawal stole the phone , he handed it over to an accomplice who absconded […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has challenged the Federal Government to tell Nigerians why it prefers to spend money on enrolling workers on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, when the union’s University Transparency and Accountability System, UTAS, can be used for the same purpose free of charge. The National President […]
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouq,has said President Muhammadu Buhari was really disturbed over Nigerian’s increasing poverty rate,saying he was committed to tackling the development headlong. The minister, speaking at the weekend, at Barwa,a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,Abuja,at the commemoration of the 2020 International Day for the […]
