Beyond the Headlines
The Presidential panel set up to probe the suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , Ibrahim Magu , has begun a physical verification of all assets seized by the EFCC , The PUNCH has learnt . The panel, led by a former President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, […]
Benue State Governor , Samuel Ortom, on Wednesday assured a former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, of forgiveness if he tenders an apology. Ortom stated this while speaking to journalists during the distribution of 46 vehicles to the 23 local government chairmen and leaders of the state House of Assembly in Makurdi. […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested 44 persons suspected to be dealing in illicit drugs in Anambra State between April and September this year . The Commander of the agency in the state, Mohammed Idris , who disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka, said four of the suspects were females. He said 19 of […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Niger, has arrested four suspects for allegedly buying 400 mattresses meant for distribution to Internal Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state. The Commandant of the corps, Haruna Zurmi, disclosed this while parading the suspects before newsmen in Minna on Wednesday. Zurmi said the command received intelligence […]
The Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, yesterday kicked against the recent sale of gold bar by Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), saying the governor has no right to sell the mineral resources that belong to the federal government. Omo-Agege who spoke during Senate plenary, while contributing […]
• Condoles with police, families of crash victims • Ondo APC expels only female lawmaker • PDP warns gov not to rejoice yet over victory Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered all schools in the state to resume full academic activities by Monday, October 19, 2020. He further directed that all schools must abide […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Lagos State Command, has arrested a 48-year-old man, Charles Ekwe, for allegedly defiling his wife’s 13-year-old niece. In a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Kehinde Bada-Okoli, on Wednesday, the suspect was arrested on Monday in Lagos. According to the statement, Ekwe allegedly defiled his victim […]
Twelve serving members of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), in Anambra State who got married to each other, were Wednesday celebrated by officials of NYSC. The couples, who are of 2019 Batch ‘C’ set, said they met each other during their orientation camp before proceeding for their primary assignments in various parts of the […]
The Federal Government has approached the National Assembly for more powers to freeze and seize stolen public funds and assets. President Muhammadu Buhari, in a letter to the House of Representatives , which the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila , read at the plenary on Wednesday, sought creation of a Proceeds of Crime ( Recovery and Management […]
A fresh crisis is looming in the All Progressives Congress over the decision of the Mai-Mala Buni -led Caretaker / Extra-Ordinary National Convention Committee to conduct fresh membership registration . The PUNCH gathered on Wednesday that the decision had pitted the committee and governors sympathetic to it against some elements in the party, including the […]
