Beyond the Headlines
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Friday in Abuja made virtual and public presentation of its `Report of the 2019 General Election’. The commission also made a public presentation of the “Review of the 2019 General Election: Report of the Commission’s Retreats and Stakeholder Engagements”. INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, while presenting the two reports […]
Unknown gunmen on Thursday broke into the residence of the Speaker of the Adamawa State House of Assembly, Aminu Iya-Abass, located in Mbamba and kidnapped two family members of the speaker. The gunmen, who carried out the attacks, The PUNCH learnt, broke into the residence, allegedly killed a vigilante. The Adamawa police command on Friday […]
The Lagos government has asked #EndSARS protesters in the state to heed the warning of the police and desist from further demonstration. In a statement on Friday, Gbenga Omotoso, commissioner for information, urged anyone who has grievance against the police to approach the judicial panel of inquiry. After #EndSARS protesters were forcefully dispersed following incidents […]
Dahiru Buba, the man who said he trekked from Gombe to Abuja to celebrate President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory in 2015, is seeking financial assistance to treat limb pains. According to Daily Trust, the native of Dukku local government area of Gombe said he only got a certificate for his feat in 2015. He appealed to […]
A magistrate’s court in Abuja has remanded six #EndSARS protesters who were arrested after regrouping on Friday. TheCable had reported how the protesters converged on the entrance of the national assembly in continuation of the demonstration which stared early in October. But the police used tear gas and gunshots to disperse the protesters while six […]
*Rivers Govt. donates N500 million on to support the Anglican Church education development and mission fund. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has advised those agitating for breakaway of some parts of Nigeria to dump the idea and instead to begin to ask for restructuring of the country. Governor Wike stated this when the Primate […]
Prof Akin Abayomi, the Commissioner for Health in Lagos state, said new COVID-19 cases have been discovered in another secondary boarding school. Abayomi disclosed that a staff fell ill, received first aid treatment at the school clinic, but later tested positive for COVID-19 at the Lagos State Biobank on Nov. 2. He noted that contact […]
No fewer than 106 women will serve in the 117th U.S. House of Representatives beginning on Jan. 3, according to ABC News projections. This represents 24 per cent of the total 435 lawmakers in the lower legislative chamber. It beats the previous record of 102 women set in the outgoing 116th session, the news outlet […]
…Denies Him Copies Of Instrument Setting Up Lagos Panel The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has denied FOI request of a lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, for copies of instruments establishing the Lagos Panel of Inquiry. In a letter signed by one Deyemi Bamgbose, Esq for the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, the governor said Freedom […]
Hon. Justice A. I Chikere of Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, granted leave to a Constitutional Lawyer and Right Activist, Dr. Olukayode Ajulo to file an Originating Summons against the Niger Delta Development Commission for failure to grant his requests pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) which […]
