Beyond the Headlines
Anonymous hacking group has shut down the website of the Central Bank of Nigeria, https://www.cbn.gov.ng It was the third cyber asset of the Nigerian government to be hit by the group, which declared it was sympathising with #EndSARS protesters in Nigeria. The apex bank website was unreachable on Friday night, as it repeatedly gave ‘server […]
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has queried the National Health Issuance Scheme over N 122bn fixed in an unnamed commercial bank. The committee admitted that the Auditor General of the Federation approved the deposit but demanded details of the N 3. 7bn interest which accrued to the money. The Senate Public Accounts Committee hinged its […]
Two dead as hoodlums attack #EndSARS protesters in Benin One dead as driver rams car into Ondo protesters Police commission to dismiss 37 ex-SARS officers Police open fire as protesters march to Anambra SARS headquarters Protesters observe Juma’at at Lekki toll gate, Lagos Assembly road Time to allow Police to unionize – Aremu FG trivialising […]
…..Buhari, Tinubu mourn The eldest daughter of Chief Obafemi Awolowo , Reverend Tola Oyediran, is dead. The former Nigerian Tribune chairman reportedly died in her sleep. Revd Oyediran was married to Professor A. B. O. O. Oyediran, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan. A statement signed by the family reads: “The children, grandchildren, and […]
…..260 students, staff under isolation Amid ongoing #EndSARS protests, Lagos State Government on Friday, confirmed 181 COVID-19 positive cases among students and staff of a private boarding school in Lekki area of the state. Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, who disclosed this, said 181 students and staff members of a private school (namewithheld), located […]
The ongoing dialogue between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities will continue on Wednesday to enable the leadership to consult their organs on the conclusions reached at Thursday’ s meeting . The parley was convened to resolve the lingering issues that led to the strike by the university lecturers. The government […]
Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on Thursday, October 15, 2020, convicted and sentenced one Nuhu Aliyu for fraud. Aliyu, a staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC)/Nigerian Pipeline and Storage Company Ltd (NPSC) and Chairman, PENGASSAN PPMC Kaduna Depot Branch, defrauded the NNPC to the tune of N1,834,900.00 (One Million, […]
The Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole said it has killed several Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists and destroyed their hideouts at Tudun Wulgo and Tumbun Gini on the fringes of Lake Chad in Borno State. According to a statement by the Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, the […]
The All Progressives Congress APC has asked the Senate to ignore what it described as “selective criticism” against the appointment of presidential aide, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner in the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC. APC in a statement by its Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena on Friday noted that President Muhammadu Buhari’s […]
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members across Nigeria to stay away from the team sent from the Office to the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) to Universities to carry out biometric capture of academics. ASUU said the warning was in response to available information that IPPIS officials from the OAGF […]
