Beyond the Headlines
A soldier attached to 6 Battalion in Akwa Ibom State has been arrested for allegedly killing one Enobong Jimmy, who offered him a ride from Port Hacourt in Rivers State to Ikot Abasi in Akwa Ibom. The soldier simply identified as Stephen was said to have attacked and killed Jimmy before they got to their […]
Gunmen have attacked policemen in a checkpoint along Otulu Akwukwu- Igbo road in Aniocha North, Delta State and killed one policeman, The Nation has learnt. The gunmen also set a police van ablaze during the attack. The Nation gathered the plot may have been hatched in the nearby Akwukwu-Igbo community. Delta Police image maker, DSP […]
The Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has asked the Federal Government not to ban the use of social media in Nigeria. Instead, Abubakar advised the Nigerian government to regulate it, noting that the country can emulate how the use of social media is being controlled in other nations. He said this on Wednesday at […]
Shuaibu Ibrahim, director-general of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says the scheme is “critical to the unity of the country”. He said the scheme is not a waste of time, adding that its relevance in integration and national cohesion must not be underestimated. The brigadier-general spoke on Wednesday in his office in Abuja. He […]
The naira on Wednesday fell to N493 per dollar at the parallel market, shading N6 from the N487/$ it exchanged on Tuesday, May 25, 2021. The local unit had dropped N1 when compared to the N486/$1 that was recorded on Monday The pressure on Nigeria’s currency is attributed to black market speculators who have taken […]
Aareonakakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has threatened to place a curse on politicians infiltrating and frustrating the struggle for Yoruba nation. Adams said some prominent politicians in the South-West have infiltrated the struggle for the actualisation of the Yoruba nation. The Aareonakakanfo was quoted as saying this at the weekly O’odua Peoples Congress Stakeholders meeting, […]
About 140 people have been feared dead as a result of a boat mishap that occurred in Ngaski Local Government Area of Kebbi State. According to the Punch, t was learnt that the incident occurred around 9 o’clock on Wednesday. It was gathered that the boat, which was carrying over 160 people, was en route […]
The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma, yesterday said that the Igbo people needed a constitution review that would give them justice and equity and not secession. Uzodimma spoke in Owerri, at the opening ceremony of the National Assembly Constitutional Review Committee Public Hearing For the Southeast zone chaired by the former governor of Abia state […]
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, has warned against attempt to legalise cannabis in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, Marwa said this at a national security summit organised by the House of Representatives on Wednesday in Abuja. He […]
In a development that caught many unawares, the Christians, Non-Hausa/Fulani from the Southern part of Kaduna state and its rival Northern Muslim Hausa/Fulani dominated part of Northern Kaduna, have agreed for the split of Kaduna State into two new states. Speaking during the presentation and defence of their memos at the Senate ad-hoc Committee and […]
