Beyond the Headlines
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), Thursday, confirmed that seven people have died from the outbreak of cholera in the territory. The Acting Secretary, FCT Health and Human Services Secretariat, Dr Mohammed Kawu, who disclosed this to newsmen, said 91 suspected cases have so far been recorded. He explained that the seven deaths were recorded […]
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and the Eastern Security Network (ESN) have maintained that they are after terrorists and not northerners as earlier alleged by an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Gumi. The group disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Comrade Emma Powerful, made available to newsmen in Abakaliki. According to Powerful, […]
Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has reacted to his purported suspension by the Delta State Working Committee of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The State PDP leadership hinged Nwaoboshi’s suspension on his alleged “anti-party activities, verbal recklessness and unprovoked utterances against the governor of the state, Ifeanyi Okowa.” While reacting, the Senator Representing Delta North stated that […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed July 21, 2021, to hear a suit filed against President Muhammadu Buhari by a former Presidential candidate, Chief Ambrose Albert Owuru, seeking an order of the court declaring the Presidential seat vacant. The date has been communicated to parties in the suit through hearing notices served […]
North-East Nigeria’s conflict with Islamist insurgencies had killed nearly 350,000 people as of the end of 2020, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) said on Thursday, Reuters reported. The toll, given by the UN agency in a new study on the war and its impact on livelihoods is 10 times higher than previous estimates of […]
At least one person has been killed and 33 others abducted following an attack by bandits suspected to be kidnappers in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The incident which occurred last night within Kachia metropolis also left several people injured. District Head of Kachia ward, Idris Suleiman confirmed the incident when security operatives […]
There is palpable fear in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, as suspected cultists have issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the principal of Uyo High School, Mr. Michael Iwok for him to recall their suspended members back to school. As a warning, some fetish objects such as fresh pepper, palm oil droplets, peeled cooked egg, […]
At least 64 people were killed and 180 injured in an Ethiopian air strike on a market in the war-torn Tigray region, a local health official told AFP Thursday. “The air strike was in the market area, so many, many people were injured,” said Mulu Atsbaha, an advisor to the Tigray regional administration on maternal […]
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 21-year-old Chidinma for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, said Chidinma is an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, adding that she had confessed to committing the crime. Chidinma was […]
A Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in the Ikeja area of Lagos has granted bail to Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, aka Baba Ijesha in the sum of N2million with two sureties. The court during Omiyinka’s trial on Thursday held that one of the sureties must be a blood relation, resident in Lagos, and […]
