Beyond the Headlines
A 21- year -old tenant , Onyemachi Mmaju , has allegedly killed his landlord , Nonso Oyiboka , in Ogidi , in Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State . It was gathered that trouble began when the landlord confronted Onyemachi for always bringing women into the house. A source, who spoke on condition of […]
One week after the fatal tanker explosion in Lokoja, Kogi State capital, another tanker laden with petrol has been involved in an accident on the same road in the Felele area of the city. Not less than 23 persons died in the September 23 fire incident, PREMIUM TIMES reported. Governor Yahaya Bello in his reaction […]
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says there are now COVID-19 testing laboratories across the 36 states and the federal capital territory (FCT). The NCDC disclosed this on Wednesday via its Twitter handle. TheCable had reported how Nigeria moved from zero to 71 laboratories within six months, following the confirmation of the index case […]
Operatives of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, FSARS at Adeniji Adele Road, Lagos Island, have arrested two drivers and three agents who allegedly diverted a 40-feet container load of sesame seeds valued at N26 million entrusted in their care by the owner, Oluwa Seun Adedeji to deliver to his ware house in Lagos. The arrest, […]
US Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday congratulated Senator Kamala Harris on the historic nature of her candidacy, in a strikingly more civil debate than the nasty presidential face-off just a week ago. The name-calling, interruptions and attacks that marked the debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden, prompted outrage and disgust […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 179.090 kilograms of various hard drugs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within the first week of October. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the seizure was excluding the liquid-based drugs such as […]
The Cross-River State Hausa community has promised the Ohanaeze Ndigbo that it would support the South – East in its quest for the emergence of an Igbo President in 2023. Paramount leader of the Hausa and Fulani communities in the state, Alhaji Salisu Abba Lawan said while playing host to a delegation of members of […]
Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and South Korea’s Yoo Myung-hee, are the two candidates left in the final round of the race to lead the World Trade Organisation (WTO), according to reports. The United Kingdom’s Liam Fox, Kenya’s Amina Chawahir Mohamed Jibril, and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Maziad Al-Tuwaijri did not secure enough support in the second round […]
The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions to investigate the alleged illicit and excess bank charges by commercial banks operating in the country. The upper chamber urged the Central Bank of Nigeria to look into the complaints of Nigerians in that regard with a view to reviewing downward […]
A Nigerian rapper based in the United Kingdom , Olawale Hassan popularly known as Goldie 1, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a woman. According to bbc .com, the 33-year- old , who lives at Falcon Avenue, Grays , Essex , attacked the victim in Southend in 2017 after claiming he […]
