Beyond the Headlines
Here’s a head-scratcher: The use of cash has been declining for years in Britain, but demand for banknotes is skyrocketing. Nobody is quite sure where the money is going. A group of UK lawmakers said on Friday as much as £50 billion ($67.4 billion) in cash was “missing,” and it urged the Bank of England […]
Candidates laying claim to the All Progressives Congress (APC) ticket in the Imo State north senatorial elections have cast their votes, Channels TV has learnt. This comes despite the uncertainties over who would be the authentic flagbearer for the party, following court decisions disqualifying both candidates in different judgements in Imo and Abuja. The judgements […]
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Kasuwan Magani town in Kajuru Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. During the incident which occurred on Friday night, the assailants shot the leader of Fulani Ardos in the state. The armed men were said to have invaded the community in their large numbers and went straight […]
Former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, refused to be drawn on any question about insecurity in Nigeria, saying he was the wrong person to speak on the issue. The former president said he also had his challenges to deal with while in office, “I was there before and of course, you know there was a […]
The Special Staff Verification Committee inaugurated by the Acting Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Henry Olusiyi, said it has uncovered fraud in the state judiciary. The chairman of the committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Alhassan, disclosed this while presenting the report, in Lokoja, the state capital. According to him, some retired and other deceased staff of […]
…..Female lover arrested, family of deceased allege foul play Family members of a 43-year-old man identified as Enuduisu Godday Odili who died after sex romp with a commercial sex worker in a brothel in Port Harcourt, Rivers State say they suspect foul play. They are now calling for an investigation into the circumstances that led […]
Suspected kidnappers have killed one Sani Khalil after collecting N1.5 million in ransom in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna. Daily Trust reported that the victim and his two friends were attacked in November 2020 along Rigasa-Link road. Auwal Rabiu a youth leader was killed while one other was injured but late Sani Khalil was […]
Hoodlums in Ogun village have shot a Divisional of Police Officer, DPO, abducted four policemen and carted away two AK 47 rifles. The incident took place at Aba Tuntun village, Ijebu-Igbo in the Ijebu -North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Spokesman, Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the abduction, but said three of […]
Pensioners in Rivers State have threatened a mass protest over what they term the failure of the state government to look into their welfare, despite repeated efforts to get the attention of the government . Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Pensioners in Rivers State , Collins Nwankwo , handed down the threat during the […]
A 43 year-old maid faces up to a year in jail for mixing her employer’s family food with her urine and menstrual blood. The good news is that the family ate the food, with no deleterious side effect. Filipino Canares Rowena Ola, who lives in Sengkang, Singapore, allegedly tainted the food in December 2018. She […]
