Beyond the Headlines
Alhaji Mohammed Adambe, a first-class traditional ruler in Kogi State, who was kidnapped on July 13, has been released. The Spokesman for the state police command, DSP William Aya, who confirmed this on Sunday in Lokoja, said that the traditional ruler was released in the evening of July 17. It would be recalled that Adambe, […]
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it is still reviewing Airtel Nigeria’s operating licence renewal application. Reacting to a media report, which quoted the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the telecommunications firm, Segun Ogunsanya, as saying the organisation had renewed the document for another 10 years, the regulator, in a statement signed by its […]
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies on Sunday agreed to increase global oil production by 400,000 barrels per day. OPEC and its Russia-led oil-producing allies, OPEC+, agreed to unleash barrels of bottled-up crude over the next two years by committing to restore all of the cuts they made at the start […]
A foremost philanthropist, Chief Emeka Offor has said he has no hand in the recent repatriation of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Nnamdi Kanu was reportedly arrested in Kenya and repatriated to Nigeria to continue his trial in court. Sir Offor in a by his media Aide Ebuka […]
Pastor Peter Godwin, a cleric with the Living Faith Church International, popularly known as Winners Chapel, says the church sacked him and about 40 other pastors in Ekiti State for failing to grow their respective parishes. The PUNCH, however, learnt that the figure may be much higher than 40 nationwide. In a letter that has […]
Bandits on Sunday killed 13 policemen and three others in an attack on Kurar Mota community in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. Residents told our correspondent that the armed men had earlier attempted to invade Magami, a community located 50km south of Gusau, the state capital, but were repelled by soldiers. “They withdrew […]
The presidency says the claim by Matthew Kukah, Catholic bishop of Sokoto diocese, that only Christian schools are affected by insecurity is false. In his address to the United States Congress Commission, Kukah had criticised the Buhari administration for failing to address insecurity. He also accused Buhari of showing preference to people of his religion, […]
justify the position taken by the Senate on the electronic transmission of election results. The Senate on Thursday, while considering the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill, voted that “The Commission(INEC) may consider the electronic transmission of results, provided the national coverage is adjudged to be adequate and secure by the National Communications Commission (NCC) and […]
Embattled Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Mr Danladi Umar, alleged to have physically assaulted Mr Clement Sargwak at Banex Plaza, Abuja last year has turned the table against the assaultee and the Senate Committee on Ethics , Privileges and Public Petitions. Umar who failed to appear last week before the Committee had […]
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said bullets and other forces of arms alone cannot stop armed robbery, banditry and other forms of criminality in the country. He said this on Sunday in Abuja at the 50th birthday reception of a former Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) and Minister of Aviation, Chief […]
