Beyond the Headlines
… urges Senate to investigate other nominees The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately withdraw the nomination of his Senior Special Assistant on Social Media, Ms.Lauretta Onochie as National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The Situation Room is made up of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working […]
…okays unconditional release of detained protesters The Presidency on Tuesday said the Presidential Panel on the Reform of the now -disbanded Special Anti – Robbery Squad has approved the five -point demands put forward by youths that have been protesting across the country . The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity , […]
Fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist group killed 14 farmers in restive northeast Nigeria , members of a government -backed militia said Tuesday. The sources told AFP that insurgents on Monday seized 15 farmers working on their irrigation fields in Ngwom village, 14 kilometers ( nine miles) north of the region’ s main city Maiduguri […]
Cristiano Ronaldo has tested positive for coronavirus , the Portuguese football federation announced on Tuesday. The Juventus forward who has been voted the world ’ s top player five times played in Portugal ’ s goalless Nations League draw against France but will have to sit out his national side ’ s clash with Sweden […]
No fewer than five mobile policemen were feared killed in a fatal accident along the Oba Ile Road , Akure , the Ondo State capital on Tuesday. It was gathered the victims were in a Toyota Hilux and were heading towards the airport when the incident happened . An eyewitness said the accident occurred as […]
Emeritus Professor of Literature and Renowned Writer, Prof. John Pepper Clark is dead. The poet is the younger brother of former Federal Commissioner for Information and South-South Leader, Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. In a statement signed by Prof. C. C. Clark, for the family and Mr. Ilaye Clark, for the children and made available to […]
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said his government has earmarked N200 million as compensation for families of victims of #EndSARS protest in the state. The governor addressed thousands of #EndSARS protesters on Tuesday in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The protesters had occupied the entrance to the Lagos State House of Assembly to […]
By Reuben Abati The increase in the pump price of fuel, in 2020, a fall-out of the deregulation of the downstream sector, did not compel the youths of Nigeria to troop out onto the streets. The additional hike in electricity tariffs was not enough to ignite their anger either. The government of the day explained […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded to the Senate for Screening and subsequent confirmation, his Special Assistant, Social Media, Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday read the letter from President Buhari forwarding the name of Onochie from Delta along side […]
Police officers attached to the Ogun State Police Command have allegedly assaulted a journalist, Tobi Adepoju and other protesters during an #EndSARS protest. In a video clip obtained by Channels Television on Monday, the reporter was repeatedly hit by police operatives at the Ajuwon police station. He explained that the protesters mobilised themselves for a […]
