Beyond the Headlines
The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) and the Nigeria Tobacco Control Alliance (NTCA) have petitioned to the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) asking the agency to prohibit smoking in the Big Brother Naija Season 6 which commences on July 18, 2021. CAPPA and NTCA in the letter titled Big Brother Naija Season 6: NBC […]
The Igangan Development Advocates has said it received an intelligence report that armed bandits were planning to attack Igangan town before or on the day of Eid-el-Kabir. The President of the group, Wale Oladokun, who said this in a statement on Saturday, said it alerted state offices in charge of security but “nothing was done […]
The Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSFP) under the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), has captured over 177,640 pupils to be fed by 2,937 cooks in Kogi State public schools. The Kogi State Focal Person of NSIP, Hon. Abdulkareem Suleiman Onyekehi told journalists shortly after monitoring some schools in Lokoja that the inspection […]
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom has kicked against the N6.5bn allegedly approved for the establishment of ranching in Katsina. He said the sum out of which N5bn has been allegedly released to President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state was hypocritical and contradictory to the President’s support for open grazing. He demanded an apology from the Federal Government […]
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawalle, on Saturday said he will not tolerate a disrespectful attitude from his deputy, Mahdi Aliyu. Mr Matawalle is angry over a recent political rally that the deputy governor held to reaffirm his loyalty to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They both came into government as candidates of […]
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have arrested a 35-year-old man in Kebbi State on suspicion of defiling a five-year-old girl. Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Alhaji Umar Musa-Bala, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday that the fleeing suspect was apprehended on July 6. “Intelligence Department of the corps apprehended […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Friday, ordered the closure of the case of Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT). Justice Okon Abang, who gave the order, also fixed Oct. 4 for parties in the case to adopt their final written addresses. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that […]
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has condemned the killing of three Igbo persons recently at Ladipo Market in Lagos, describing the incident as “barbaric, cowardly and brutish” and called on the relevant authorities to fish out the culprits and bring them to book. Ohanaeze had in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Chiedozie Alex […]
The tenure of the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution for Victims of SARS Related Abuses and other matters has again been extended for another three months. The Chairman of the panel, Justice Doris Okuwobi stated this while hearing petitions on Friday. This means that the panel will now sit until October 19, a day […]
Gunmen under the control of Turji, a notorious bandit leader in Zamfara, are on rampage, abducting villagers and travellers in Shinkafi Local Government Area of the state. The attacks, which started on Friday, are in reaction to the arrest of Turji’s father. Daily Trust gathered that about 150 persons have been taken hostage by the […]
