Beyond the Headlines
Dangote Cement Plc may have stepped up its expansion programme in response to the recent developments in the cement market in Nigeria. The development may have also forced the dominant player in the market to consider halting its export programme. Speaking to the media yesterday on the public outcry over the rising prices of cement […]
An Anglican cleric, Rev Uchenna Ucheghara, has built and donated a six-bedroom bungalow to an indigent widow in Imo State. Rev. Ucheghara an indigene of Eziobodo Autonomous Community in Owerri West Local Government Area of the state, who is currently serving as a Chaplain to the Archbishop of Aba Province and Bishop of Isiala Ngwa […]
There is tension in some areas in Osogbo, Osun state capital early on Tuesday morning as some youths protest raid by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Offence Commission (EFCC). In a video made available to Channels Television, the youths were seen shouting and protesting that the operatives of the EFCC raided their Estate […]
The Office of the Vice President says permutations around the 2023 presidential race are a distraction as Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has not declared interest to contest. Laolu Akande, spokesperson to Mr Osinbajo, said in a statement on Monday in Abuja that the Office of the Vice President had no connection with an online attempt […]
Foreigners not staying in Nigeria for up to two years do not need a National Identification number to register SIM cards, the Nigerian Communications Commission has said. The regulatory body said this in its Revised National Identity Policy for SIM Card Registration. A portion of the document said, “Foreigners validly transiting through Nigeria or are […]
THE Federal Government has revealed that Nigeria accounts for between 65 per cent and 75 per cent of the crimes that take place on the waters in the Gulf of Guinea. Speaking on Monday in Abuja, the Minister of Transportation, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi said Nigeria has made progress tackling insecurity from its side in the […]
The Federal Government says it has uncovered about 476 online publication sites dedicated to daily churning out of fake news to fight the government. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja when he received officials of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations on a courtesy visit Mohammed […]
GOVERNORS elected under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have charged President Muhammadu Buhari to without further delay, send an executive bill to the National Assembly to amend the constitution for devolution of powers to state on security. Rising from their meeting under the PDP Governors Forum in Ibadan, Oyo State on Monday, they also resolved […]
The Defence Headquarters on Monday charged the human rights community to deploy the same energy being used to mount pressure on the government to respect human rights provisions in the country on terrorists to lay down their arms. The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, gave the charge in Abuja at the commencement of […]
The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Sources at the anti-graft agency told Channels Television that the former governor is being questioned by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital. He […]
