Beyond the Headlines
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory sitting in Bwari, presided over by Hon. Justice Othman A. Musa, has ordered the Nigeria Immigration Service to release, within seven days, two Nigerian passports seized from Mr. and Mrs. Udoh Anietie Udoeyen since 2018, the Applicants before the Court. In separate judgments delivered on 3rd December, […]
Napoli’s stadium has been renamed after Diego Maradona in memory of the late Argentine who led the club to two Italian league titles, Naples town hall said Friday. The city authorities and the club’s president had proposed renaming the San Paolo Stadium within hours of Maradona’s death on November 25. “The decree was signed by […]
Beginning from today, the new policy of Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) that allows unfettered access to Diaspora remittances kicks off. In other words, the practice when recipients of foreign currencies had to be paid Naira equivalent has stopped. Beneficiaries will now be paid in the currencies sent to them from abroad. Godwin Emefiele, the […]
The Federal High Court in Lagos has allowed the former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, who is being tried for alleged N2.2bn fraud, to embark on a foreign medical trip. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke granted an application brought by his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun (SAN), seeking the leave of the court to be allowed to travel. […]
Maryam Sanda, the woman sentenced to death for killing her husband, plans to file an appeal at the Supreme Court in a bid to overturn the judgements of the lower courts. Her counsel and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Joe Gadzama, disclosed this to reporters on Friday in Abuja. This followed the judgement of […]
A yellow fever outbreak in Nigeria has killed 172 people so far, the World Health Organization said Friday. The outbreak poses an extra challenge to the country’s health system as Africa’s most populous nation deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, several concurrent disease outbreaks and a humanitarian crisis in the northeast, the WHO said. Nigeria has […]
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume , has directed his legal team to begin the process of terminating the surety bond he signed for the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force Team , Abdulrasheed Maina . Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial District in the Senate, […]
Rarduja International, a group known for its campaign against irregular migration, said that over 100 Nigerians lost their lives through irregular migration in 2020. It said that 74 persons out of the number drowned while trying to cross through Libya to Europe on the Mediterranean sea on Nov.12. The leader of the group, Mr Eddy […]
An unidentified commercial tricycle rider was crushed to death on Friday after a long truck ran over him just in front of the Slaughter Market at Eliozu, along East West Road, Obia-Akpor Local Government area of Rivers State. It was learnt that that the man was attempting to cross the road when the sad incident […]
At least four civilians were killed between Thursday and Friday by the terror group, Boko Haram in Cameroon’s far north region, local authorities said on Friday. The traditional ruler of Wemdeley village was killed overnight into Friday, while three other persons were killed early Thursday in Talla Massali village when Boko Haram invaded the localities, […]
