Beyond the Headlines
Onitsha residents are currently in fear, as a truck fully loaded with cartons of live bullets fell into a ditch and spilled its content all around the street, in the commercial city of Anambra State. Nigerian Tribune learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday morning on Awka Road in the city as early worshipers made […]
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Sokoto State Command, has arrested a suspected rapist who specialized in abusing minors in the state. The suspect, 30-year-old Hamza Yusuf, was said to have violated 10 minors but only three were so far identified. Addressing newsmen, the state Commandant, Umar Musa Bala, said all his victims were […]
Twelve Muslim worshippers have been abducted by bandits while observing Tahajjud at a mosque located in the outskirt of Jibiya town of Katsina State. Tahajjud is a midnight prayer that is being observed during the Holy Month of Ramadan. A resident of the affected community, Mallam Fahad Mukhtar confirmed the abduction to Channels Television on […]
The controversy surrounding the appointment of the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, as the Grand Khalifa of the Tijjaniyya Islamic Movement in Nigeria, as finally been laid to rest. Sanusi has now been officially appointed the leader of the movement in Nigeria by the Supreme Global Leader of the Sect, Sheik Mahi Niyyas […]
Gunmen have attacked the Anambra State Vigilante office at Ozubulu, Ekwusigo Local Government Area in a spate of insecurity in the state. Ozubulu police station was also attacked by the gunmen but the attack was repelled by the officers. Confirming the incident, police spokesperson in the state, Ikenga Tochukwu said the attack on the vigilante […]
A female security personnel attached to the Imo State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCD, Glory Chinenye Nkwoch, was on Thursday killed in her home by a stray bullet. The incident, Tribune Online gathered, happened at Orlu metropolis last Thursday during the recent sporadic shootings by combined security operatives that resulted […]
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to investigate the suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Port Authority, Hadiza Bala Usman over alleged mismanagement of N165 billion. The Caucus disclosed this in a statement signed on Monday by the Minority Leader of the House […]
By Adewale Adeoye I do not know what Dr Femi Okunnu stand to gain from his piece, but he obviously went on a mission to distort the history of Lagos State and its civilisations. We are talking of history. We are not talking of politics. He should allow experts to lead him through this straightforward […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn Frederick Nwabufo wrote, “The streets of Nigeria are coursing with the blood of innocents felled by guilty bullets of state agents. The Nigerian flag has turned scarlet from being a sponge soaking up the living fluid of harmless citizens who thought that the murderers would respect the symbol of the nation […]
There is a tiny chance that the debris from a Chinese rocket could hit Abuja this weekend. Citing experts and officials, NBC, an American news platform, said a piece of a rocket launched by China in late April is expected to re-enter earth’s atmosphere between late Saturday and early Sunday. “It’s 10-stories tall and twice […]
