Beyond the Headlines
The Kidnappers of a reverend father, Mathew Dajo, of the Parish Catholic Church, Yangoji, have demanded for N100 million ransom before the victim will be set free, a member of the church (name withheld) confided in our reporter. Daily trust had reported that the Reverend father, who was abducted by gunmen at his residence in […]
A combined team of security operatives have arrested some persons suspected to have killed a first-class traditional ruler in Ondo State, the Olufon of Ifon, Oba Isreal Adeusi. The monarch was shot and killed last Thursday by unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers near Elegbeka village on a trip from Akure, the state capital where […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday inaugurated a committee to renegotiate the agreements it had with University-based unions since 1999. The decision was said to have been sequel to controversies that have trailed the terms of the agreement between the government and trade unions in the nation ’ s ivory towers. The government ’ s team […]
The 2020 finance bill seeking to reduce import levy on buses, tractors and other motor vehicles has passed first and second reading at the senate. The proposed law passed first and second reading on Wednesday after the senators gave it a special consideration. A letter by President Muhammadu Buhari asking the national assembly to pass […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has agreed to address the house of representatives on insecurity, according to Femi Gbajabiamila, the speaker. The lower legislative chamber of the national assembly had invited the president over incessant killings. Speaking at the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday, Gbajabiamila said he met with the president over the issue. More to […]
All members of the Kogi State House of Assembly on Wednesday called on the state governor, Yahaya Bello to put his hat in the ring for presidency in 2023. The members subsequently passed a vote of confidence on the governor, called on the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, to zone the position of Vice President […]
Operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police on November 27th, 2020 arrested six suspected members of dreaded cult groups in Odogbolu area of the state where they have come to purchase a locally made pistol. The command Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this to newsmen in a statement in Abeokuta. […]
The naira on Wednesday, reversed its two weeks loss to the dollar in the parallel market, appreciating by N20 to N470 per dollar. The naira had earlier depreciated by N30 against the dollar, as the parallel market exchange rate rose sharply to N500 per dollar on Monday, November 30th from N470 per dollar on Friday, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Wednesday, described the purported defection of Chief Emeka Ihedioha and other party loyalists, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, as “a fake news, sponsored by failed politicians”. The State Publicity Secretary, Mazi Ogubundu Nwadike, equally described the news, which is currently trending on other social media platforms as “mischievous […]
The former pope Benedict XVI has difficulty speaking but is still “lucid and smiling,” according to a new cardinal who met the 93-year-old at the weekend. Mario Grech of Malta was one of 13 cardinals appointed on Saturday by Pope Francis. Following the ceremony at St Peter’s Basilica, the new “Princes of the Church” as […]
