Beyond the Headlines
Bandits who abducted the 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna, have demanded N60 million to free the remaining 120 students. The bandits are asking that the ransom be paid before the end of Monday. The abductors earlier released one of the students on health grounds. One of the parents said they and the […]
Suspected herdsmen have killed two aid workers and six others working for 360HSCD, a non-governmental organisation focused on HIV/AID testing and counseling in Benue State. The workers were said to be on routine supervision of their charges at Tomanyiin in Guma council of the state when they were abducted at the weekend. Herdsmen kill eight […]
Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army has advised Nigerians to shun acts that are capable of heating the polity. The Senator representing Borno South made this known Eid-el-Kabir celebration message to Muslims in his Senatorial zone and across the country. He particularly enjoined Muslims to imbibe the spirit of unity, tolerance […]
Jumoke Oyeleke, the salesgirl who was allegedly killed by a stray bullet during the Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos on July 3, died from a missile injury. This was revealed by the report of an autopsy conducted on the remains of the 25-year-old on Monday. The report contradicted the claim by the Lagos State Police […]
Nigerians have again bemoaned yet another increase in domestic gas prices, the fourth of such increases in two months. Findings by Daily Trust in Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Kaduna, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Ibadan and few other cities across the country on Wednesday and Thursday showed that marketers of cooking gas have increased prices of various kilogrammes […]
Over 90 per cent of Atyap settlements in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been deserted, 100 persons killed and over eight towns completely reduced to rubble, following attacks by bandits, the Middle Belt Forum has said. The organisation therefore called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to order the […]
A policeman attached to a patrol team from Ijebu-Jeṣà Police Division was reportedly said to have shot a driver on Monday evening. It was gathered that the driver, James Ajayi, was said to have attempted to run through the barrier at the checkpoint in Ijebu-Jeṣà before he was shot on the leg. An eye witness, […]
Notwithstanding the hike in the price of ram in the market, which has put the price out of the reach of many, Muslims in Nigeria will celebrate Eid-al Adha today. Eid-al Adha, Arabic for Festival of the Sacrifice, is the latter of the two official holidays celebrated by Muslims. Muslim faithful often mark the yearly […]
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami SAN, has denied a report linking him with a presidential ticket with the former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan come 2023. His media aide, Dr Bashir Gwandu, described the rumour as a pigment of some people imagination who are bent on distracting the […]
A cholera outbreak in Jigawa has killed at least 30 people with more than 2,000 hospitalized in the past two months in the state. Dr Salisu Mu’azu, Permanent Secretary, Jigawa State Ministry of Health, confirmed the development. He said that most of the infected cases were children recorded in nine local government areas of the […]
