Beyond the Headlines
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG, has said it would begin non-stop protests against the wave of insecurity in the Northern region on Thursday. The plan, according to the group, aimed at drawing the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari and the 19 northern states governors to the plight of the region. CNG said the ineptitude […]
The father of Isiaka Jimoh, a man who died as a result of a gunshot he sustained during a protest in Ogbomoso on Saturday, has narrated how the family tried to save the deceased but to no avail. Atanda Jimoh, the father of the deceased, said that he and the mother of the deceased donated […]
Shehu Sani, former senator representing Kaduna central, says the protest against police harassment and brutality is a message to those in power that a revolution is imminent. In the last one week, there have been protests across the country over police brutality, especially by the special anti-robbery squad (SARS). Although Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of police […]
The Federal Government has arraigned Dantata Success and Profitable Company and their promoters before the Federal High Court in Abuja for investment fraud amounting to over N2billion. Efe Ebelo, Head, Corporate Communications at the Securities and Exchange Commission, made this known in a statement, noted that those charged along with the company are Basira Ibrahim […]
Honourable Tomomewo Favour, the only female member of the Ondo State House of Assembly representing Ilaje Constituency II on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been suspended and expelled from the party by the executive of her ward (Mahin ward IV). Her expulsion came on the heels of alleged anti-party activities before […]
Researchers in the United States (U.S.) have found that irregular menstrual cycles may be associated with an early death. According to the results of a new study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), women who always had irregular periods at ages 18 to 22 had a 37 per cent increased risk of early mortality, […]
By Chiedu Uche Okoye Have the issues of ethnicity and religion not polarized Nigeria? Consequently, Nigeria is a disunited country. It should be noted that Nigeria’s problem of disunity accounted chiefly for the bloody January 15, 1966 coup and the counter-coup of July 1966, which threw the country into a fratricidal civil war. Before the […]
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and CEO of Twitter Inc, has joined Nigerian youths in their pursuit to end alleged police brutality. Crimefacts.News notes that #EndSARS is a social movement in Nigeria that started on Twitter calling for banning of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a unit of the Nigerian Police Force. It is a call to […]
The Ogun State police command says its operatives have arrested two members of a kidnap syndicate who kidnapped a 25-year-old woman Mariam Fagbohun’ and subsequently murdered her 50-year-old mother in the process. According to a press statement by the police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, Mariam Fagbohun who runs a provision store and a beer […]
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje on Wednesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari and Inspector-General M.A. Adamu over the introduction of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team. PM News notes that SWAT was introduced after the dissolution of Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). FSARS was disbanded on Oct. 11, a sequel to public outcry and widespread protest by […]
