Beyond the Headlines
One of the abducted students of Greenfield University in Kaduna State has been released by the bandits. Although the police and government authorities are yet to confirm the development, the mother of the student, Lauritta Attahiru confirmed the release of her son to Channels Television, on Tuesday. She however refused to give details of how […]
By Frederick Nwabufo When there are murmurs and whispers of a putsch, someone somewhere may be fiddling with the sticks. Where there is smoke, there is fire. Turning and turning in the widening gyre, the hawks and vultures circle seeking supper from anarchy and insecurity in the land. But may it never be said that […]
A mother, Bukola Ayeni on Tuesday urged concerned authorities to prevail on one Pastor Ola John to intensify effort in the search for her missing 18-year-old daughter. According to the woman, her daughter, Rauf Mariam has been missing for over a month while the pastor, with whom she lived since 2019 is not showing enough […]
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on Tuesday, raised the alarm that Boko Haram insurgents has started regrouping again in the northeastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa. He stated this while briefing journalists after plenary on his bill seeking to establish Federal College of Education Gwoza, Borno State. The proposed legislation […]
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 52-year-old man, Kayode Adeniyi for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his 10-year-old daughter. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the police spokesman in the state, disclosed this via a statement issued on Tuesday, noting that the arrest followed a report lodged at the Agbado Divisional Headquarters by the victim’s aunty. “The […]
Wakili Damina, chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeroa (MACBAN) in Kogi state, has been abducted by gunmen. Adamu Abubakar, Kogi MACBAN secretary, said Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army uniform. He said the abductors, numbering about eight, came in a white bus at about […]
The ongoing National Identification Number and Subscriber Identity Module integration exercise has been extended till June 30, 2021, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, has said. This was contained in a statement jointly signed by the Director, Public Affairs, Nigerian Communications Commission, Ikechukwu Adinde; and the Head, Corporate Communications, National Identity Management Commission, […]
Five days after allegedly killing a 100-level student of the Imo State University, Divine Nwaneri, in front of the state Government House, soldiers have allegedly shot and killed a businessman, Noel Chigbu. According the Punch, the victim’s elder brother and spokesman for the family, Tobechi Chigbu, told PUNCH Metro on Monday that the military men […]
The Police in Kwara have arrested a 24-year-old man, Kehinde Moses, with a bag allegedly containing a freshly severed human head and hand along Ajase-Ipo road during stop and search duty. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mohammed Bagega, made the disclosure in a statement in Ilorin on Monday. Bagega said that the suspect […]
The Military High Command on Monday night declared that there was no plan whatsoever to overthrow the democratically elected administration of President Muhammadu Buhari as being insulated in some quarters This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu. The statement […]
