Beyond the Headlines
The number of deaths linked to tropical depression Eta in Central America may be greater than 170, according to new figures given on Friday, following landslides and flooding triggered by the storm. Eta made landfall as a hurricane in Nicaragua on Tuesday. It was downgraded to a tropical depression on Wednesday before entering Honduras, which […]
The leaders of Oleh community in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State have petitioned the Federal Government, Delta State Government and the Department of State Services, demanding justice for the murder of 12 youths in the community. In the petition signed by the President-General of Oleh, Chief Believe Alakri, a copy of […]
A landlord in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, who identified himself only as Emmanuel, has claimed that over 20 persons were killed by soldiers deployed to restore normalcy in the area after suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra attacked three police stations. Emmanuel alleged that the soldiers in commando style […]
A magistrates’ court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has remanded a father, Chinedu Anthony and his lover, Chiwendu Nwokeike, over their alleged maltreating of Anthony’s five-year-old son. Anthony’s partner Chiwendu who lives in the same house with the man and his son was also arraigned for the same crime, as they locked up the boy, […]
The federal high court sitting in Abuja has granted the Central Bank of Nigeria’s request to freeze the accounts of 19 individuals and a public affairs company linked to the #EndSARS protests, TheCable can report. A document seen by TheCable showed that the CBN filed the request on October 20, 2020, and the court granted […]
The World Trade Organisation has postponed a meeting where members are expected to pick a new Director-General after the United States blocked the favoured candidate, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The WTO earlier announced that the meeting would hold next week. But a communication seen by AFP showed that the meeting has been postponed indefinitely. “It has come […]
…says Bokoharam arrowheads relocated abroad when the crisis broke out The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Friday, warned youths who have been taking part in #EndSARS protests across the country to be careful. Zulum, whose state has remained the epicentre of the activities of insurgents, told the youths that the Boko Haram crisis in […]
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, on Friday called Joe Biden the “president-elect” of the United States after he pulled ahead in key election results. “President-Elect Biden has a strong mandate to lead,” Pelosi told reporters after Biden overtook President Donald Trump in the potentially decisive state of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania would be […]
…we will appeal ruling – Nlemigbo A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri on Friday, declared Senator Ifeanyi Araraume, candidate of the All Progressives Congress(APC), for Okigwe Senatorial election. The presiding judge, Justice Tegem, in his ruling, in Suit no FHC/Ow/101/2020, nullified the election of Frank Ibezim, on the grounds that he was disqualified by […]
EndSARS promoter, Modupe Odele has said the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, has asked her to come and pick up her seized passport. Odele’s passport was seized six days ago at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while travelling out of the country. She had complained and wondered why her passport was seized without any explanation […]
