Beyond the Headlines
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has asked Channels Television and Inspiration FM in Lagos to pay a fine of N5 million each for breaching the broadcast code. The commission had queried Channels Television after Emma Powerful, a leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was interviewed during one of its programmes in April. […]
Gunmen on Wednesday night attacked Obosi police station in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killings two police Inspectors and freeing all detainees in the cell. The attack happened barely 24 hours after the new Commissioner of Police, Mr Christopher Adetokumbo Owolabi, assumed office. A source at the affected police station told journalists […]
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Thursday said the frenzy by Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, against demands by the party other well-meaning Nigerians for the establishment of state police, has exposed his sympathy for terrorists and bandits who are killing, kidnapping innocent Nigerians. The party said its position “is predicated on Governor Uzodimma’s interview […]
Renowned Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has expressed optimism that the remaining students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna will soon regain their freedom from their captors. Gumi said negotiation was ongoing for the release of the students of the privately-owned university abducted by bandits on April 20, 2021. Few days after their abduction, five of […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has called on Nigerians to fully participate in the ongoing synchronisation of the National Identification Number (NIN) with SIM cards. Buhari spoke on Thursday at the launch of the National Policy for the Promotion of Indigenous Content in Nigerian Telecoms Sector and Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Cards registration in Abuja. […]
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination for External Candidates. Announcing the results at the Council Headquarters in Minna on Thursday, the Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Godswill Obioma disclosed that a total of 41,459 candidates registered for the examination, out of which 39,503 actually sat for the […]
Seven people have been reportedly killed by bandits in Yangalu Community in Magama Local Government Area of Niger State. The bandits were said to have invaded the community in large numbers on motorcycles and shot sporadically to scare away the people. Bandit attacks, which has become a daily occurrence in parts of Niger state, have […]
Enoch Adeboye, the general overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), has lost one of his children. Dare, a pastor in one of the RCCG branches in Eket, Akwa Ibom state, was discovered dead in his bedroom on Wednesday. A source told TheCable that Dare, 42, had officiated a service the previous night […]
Gunmen on Wednesday night kidnapped an unknown number of students of Abia State University, Uturu, The PUNCH has learnt. It was also gathered that the hoodlums whisked the students into the forest shortly after they ambushed them while journeying on a bus along Okigwe-Uturu Road. The Commissioner for Information in the state, John Kalu, confirmed […]
The fiery Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, who was allegedly declared missing on Wednesday, suddenly reappeared few hours after his supporters embarked on protests across the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the priest arrived at the Catholic Bishop’s Residence in a motorcade amidst jubilation from his Adoration faithful around 2.45 […]
