Beyond the Headlines
Lagos State-based human rights lawyer and activist, Malcolm Omirhobo, who was arrested by the operatives of the Department of State Services at the Presidential Villa gate. Malcolm Omirhobo, was on Wednesday arrested for protesting against the massacre of rice farmers in Garin Kwashebe, Zabarmari village, Borno State. The lawyer, upon his arrest by the secret […]
The crisis rocking the Kano State All Progressives Congress (APC) has deepened after the factional leadership of the party loyal to Hussaini Isa Mairiga said it had sacked the Abdullahi Abbas executive members who are loyal to the Governor, Umar Abdullahi Ganduje. According to the NewTelegraph, The factional leadership of the APC, who are all […]
Justice I.N. Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, convicted and sentenced one Ojike Odiwe Maduabuchi to two years imprisonment or pay N200,000 (Two Hundred Thousand Naira) option of fine for obtaining money by false pretence. The convict was prosecuted by the Enugu Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial […]
Former Governor of Kano State , Ibrahim Shekarau , has said Nigeria ’ s next president should come from the Southern part of the country . He said by 2023, President Muhammadu Buhari who is from the northern part of the country , would have been in power for eight years , and “ common […]
The Invictus Group CEO, Obinwanne Okeke has finally forfeited N235. 45m seized in his account to the Nigerian government. Justice A.M. Liman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos made the final forfeiture order against the convicted fraudster on Wednesday. Liman had on 23 March ordered the interim forfeiture of the money domiciled […]
Some university students on Thursday appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the students’ future and resume work in their various institutions. Those who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu, expressed worries and lamented as they appealed for the suspension of the prolonged strike. The students said […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot dead one person and abducted five others in Bwari- Sabo community in Tafa local government area of Niger state. A resident of the area, who simply identified himself as Shuaibu, said the incident happened around 12:am when the gunmen in their numbers armed to teeth invaded the community. […]
The Nigeria Police Force has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja praying for an order stopping the various states ’ judicial panels of enquiry probing allegations of rights abuses and other acts of brutality of the disbanded Special Anti – Robbery Squad and other police tactical units . The plaintiff in […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted leave to Mr. Adeola Adedipe representing Common Inputs Ltd. to withdraw from the money laundering case brought against the company by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). At the resumed trial in Abuja on Thursday, Justice Okon Abang in a bench ruling granted the lawyer’s application […]
The senator representing Imo West in the National Assembly, Rochas Okorocha, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to sacked all the ministers and presidential aides. He said they have failed to perform their duties. Okorocha spoke on Wednesday in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, when he paid a condolence visit to Governor Abdullahi Sule at the […]
