Beyond the Headlines
Five brothers have been arrested in India after a man was paraded naked in the streets allegedly in punishment for a social media post, police said Wednesday. Police said that the 38- year -old victim was kidnapped on Tuesday by the brothers , assaulted , and made to walk for 45 minutes around the western […]
The Senate on Wednesday asked Nigerians who are agitating for a brand new constitution in the country to perish the thought as the National Assembly lacks the powers to do so . The Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo -Agege, stated this when he hosted members of the – Alliance of Nigerian Patriots, led […]
The Police Command in Cross River State has confirmed the killing of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Egbe Edum , by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar. The command `s Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo, confirmed the death in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Calabar. […]
The councillor representing ward 1, Ewohimi, Esan South East Local government area of Edo state, Israel Inyanabor has been kidnapped. It was gathered that the councillor was kidnapped on Wednesday along Ewatto-Ubiaja-Okhuesan road near Ena river in the local government. It was also learnt that Inyanabor was kidnapped on the same spot where a classroom […]
Former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha on Wednesday reacted to the recent killing of farmers in Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents describing it as a great insult to Nigeria. Okorocha who is also a Senator representing Imo West Senatorial district called on the executive arm of government to rise up and prevent the re-occurrence […]
Ebonyi State governor, David Umahi has sacked most of his political appointees from Ivo LGA, where former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Pius Anyim hails from. Anyim is from Ishiagu community in Ivo. The sack, which was announced by Government secretary, Kenneth Ụgbọala, comes barely 24 hours after Anyim wrote an open […]
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday rejected an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for the arrest of a former Minister of Aviation , Chief Femi Fani – Kayode. EFCC’ s prosecuting counsel , Mr Mohammed Abubakar , had urged the court to issue an arrest warrant against the ex -minister […]
Sudakova , has been charged with stabbing her husband to death with a kitchen knife in Russia . According to Mirror . UK, Sudakova is accused of killing her 28- year -old husband , Sergey Popov , after he brought home a woman he met at a bar and demanded his wife cook for the […]
A Lagos State-based lawyer and activist, Malcolm Omirhobo, has been arrested at the Presidential Villa gate in Abuja by the operatives of the Department of State Services while embarking on a “one-man protest” against the killing of at least 43 farmers in Borno State, SaharaReporters reports. The lawyer, who arrived at the gate at about […]
Pope Francis has condemned the killing of farmers in Borno state, Nigeria. Boko Haram insurgents on Saturday attacked Borno, killing more than 40 farmers in Zabarmari area of Jere local government council of the state. In a video on Tuesday, Abubakar Shekau, leader of the Boko Haram sect, claimed his group was responsible for the […]
