Beyond the Headlines
As the counting of the ballots entered the second day on Thursday, anxiety and tension have heightened in the United States as results from six states held up the emergence of the election winner . As of Thursday night , results from Arizona ( 11 votes) , Nevada ( 6 votes ) , Georgia ( […]
The Permanent Secretary of the State House , Tijani Umar , has said the N 1. 3bn approved for Villa clinic was too small . He spoke in an interview with journalists on Thursday after defending 2012 budget estimate before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs State . The Permanent Secretary who […]
Two of the 27 victims that submitted petitions at the Edo State Judicial Panel of Inquiry for victims of human rights abuses by operatives of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), have testified in Benin, the state capital. An officer of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Isaac Edoh, said he was yet to know if […]
…Urges tax professionals to occupy leadership positions for increased revenue Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday charged governors to look into their expenditure profile and do away with unnecessary spending to increase state revenue for government to have more resources to meet the basic needs of the people. Speaking at the 22nd Annual […]
Tom Uhia, 72-year-old journalist and publisher of Power Steering Magazine,allegedly detained on the orders of Nigeria’s Minister of State for Power, Jeddy Agba, has been returned to police detention as the court failed to hear his fundamental human rights enforcement suit instituted by his legal team. The matter, which was supposed to come up for […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says the passport of Modupe Odele, an #EndSARS advocate, was not seized as a result of the campaign against police brutality. Odele, a legal practitioner and member of the Feminist Coalition, had narrated how NIS officials stopped her from travelling out of the country. The Feminist Coalition, which is the […]
Governors of the 36 states of the federation have resolved to engage more with traditional , religious leaders as well as civil society organisations to drive a common agenda and generate the required support for security personnel to ensure the safety and wellbeing of all Nigerians . This was part of decisions taken after the […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ruled in favour of a former Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr Andrew Yakubu , stopping the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission from confronting him with a document adjudged not to be relevant to his ongoing trial. Justice Ahmed Mohammed in a ruling […]
If you count the legal votes I easily win – Donald Trump Biden to Trump: “No one is going to take our democracy away from us” Georgia recount likely as Biden catches up with Trump Biden closes up on White House, Trump panicky Joe Biden has reacted to allegations made by President Donald Trump that […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that former Gov. Rashidi Ladoja was impeached and removed as governor of Oyo State for being ungrateful to Chief Lamidi Adedibu and Chief Yekinni Adeojo. He made the disclosure on Thursday during the launching of former Gov. Adebayo Alao-Akala’s autobiography titled Amazing Grace in Ibadan. The News Agency of […]
