Beyond the Headlines
The Transition Monitoring Group which is a coalition of over 400 civil society organisations has condemned the ‘invasion’ of Ondo state by some state governors ahead of the Saturday governorship election. Its chairman, Dr Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, said in Akure at a pre-election press briefing that the “refusal of these governors to leave the state constituted […]
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force in Lagos are on the trail of a policeman attached to the Special Protection Unit, Base 16, Ikeja, Lagos State, who shot a lady for turning down his love advances. The incident, occurred at 9.30 pm, Thursday, at Salvation Bus Stop, Opebi, Ikeja area of Laos. There were different […]
..Kicks against scrapping of anti-robbery squad A pro-democracy group, the Citizens Action for Good Governance has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, asking for reform of all units in the Nigeria Police, and kicking against the outright sack of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS. At a media parley Friday in Abuja, National […]
In a bid to address the incessant gas explosion in the state, the Lagos State House of Assembly has directed its Committee on Special Duties to invite concerned stakeholders and agencies with a view to finding a lasting solution to the menace. This was the resolution reached at an emergency plenary on Friday, after the […]
Police said they were investigating the shooting death of a Ghanaian lawmaker on Friday after he attended a political event in his constituency, in an apparent robbery case . Ekow Quansah Hayford, a member of President Nana Akufo-Addo ’ s ruling New Patriotic Party, was campaigning ahead of the December elections in his constituency, some […]
The police officer whose name was given as Obioma Obi, who cocked his gun threatening to shoot protesters demanding for the scrapping of the Special Anti Robbery Squad, SARs, yesterday in Owerri, has been indicted by the Imo state police Commissioner, Isaac Akinmoyede. The Commissioner of Police, spoke while reacting on the gun threat from […]
MONEY MARKET The volume of US Dollars traded (turnover) in the Investors and Exporters (I&E) window of the Nigerian foreign exchange market shot up by 135 percent, month-on-month, to $1.98 billion in September from $843.97 million in August 2020. This is coming after a two months consecutive decline in turnover since July when turnover stood […]
..Obassa Says he was never detained A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the temporary freezing of three accounts belonging to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly , Mudashiru Obasa. The order was pursuant to a motion ex parte filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission which is investigating […]
er recession looms with ‘adverse consequences’ – Buhari The government says it working to ensure a rapid recovery in 2021. Nigeria’s economy may relapse into a second recession in four years with significant negative consequences, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. He said this during the 2021 budget presentation to a joint session of the National […]
A former Managing Director of Alpha Beta Consulting, Mr. Oladapo Apara, has sued the company, a former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu; and the current Managing Director of the firm, Akin Doherty; before a Lagos State High Court, Igbosere. In the writ of summons marked LD/7330GCMW/2020, Apara asked the respondents to appear within 42 […]
