Beyond the Headlines
The Chief Justice of Nigeria , Justice Tanko Muhammad, has sworn in eight new Justices of the Supreme Court , pushing the number of Justices of the court from 12 to record 20. The CJN presided as the eight of them , in turn, took their oath of office and oath of allegiance to the […]
Former Nigerian President , Goodluck Jonathan , says it is better to lose power and gain honour. Jonathan , who made this known in a Facebook post on Friday, recommended this ‘ philosophy ’ to all leaders facing ‘ challenging situations at the polls’ . He wrote , “ Nobody ’ s ambition is worth […]
The West African Examination Council has further extended registration for its 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for private candidates. This was contained in a tweet via its Twitter handle , @ waecnigeria The examination body said the new registration deadline is Friday, November 13, 2020. It tweeted , “ WASSCE for private […]
Femi Adesina , Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari says he looks forward to his exit as presidential spokesman. Adesina, in a piece on Friday titled, ‘ We have different paths to tread in life, ’ said “ even life does not last forever ” . He , however , said […]
…..#EndSARS protesters appear before Lagos panel, demand audience The Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by the Lagos State Government to probe the Lekki shootings as well as complaints of human rights abuses against members of the disbanded Special Anti- Robbery Squad has begun viewing the CCTV footage submitted by the Lekki Concession Company, operators […]
The Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman, has replaced his Lagos counterpart, Mudashiru Obasa, as the new chairman of the Conference of Speakers of State Legislatures in Nigeria A press statement on Friday stated that he was elected as the new chairman after the expiration of Obasa’ s tenure. The statement […]
The dismissed teachers and other staff of the Community Staff Schools , Asokoro, Abuja , have been reinstated four days after they were issued letters of disengagement by the school management . The school which was earlier shut for two weeks re -opened on Thursday while lessons were expected to commence Friday ( today) . […]
Seven persons were, on Thursday, feared killed, while many others sustained injuries after a truck rammed into some stationary tricycles at the Bell Junction area of Ogun State . PUNCH Metro learnt that the accident, which occurred around 10am , involved a truck , whose driver lost control and rammed into the tricycles and some […]
A man , Nnamadi Emdriuokhe , has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly molesting a five -year – old girl in the Festac area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspect was caught inserting his finger into the victim ’ s private parts after purchasing food from […]
A Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos on Thursday granted the request of a former governor of the state, Jonah Jang, to release his travel documents to enable him travel for checkup in the United Arab Emirate . The documents were seized by the court in 2018 when the former governor , who is […]
