Beyond the Headlines
THE National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, on Friday, August 14, 2020, released the statistics on unemployment for the second quarter, Q2, of 2020 after a long hiatus since the third quarter, Q3, of 2018. The percentage of unemployed people stands at 27.1 per cent. The last report which was released in 2018 showed the rate […]
JUSTICE Adenike Adeeyo of the High Court of Justice, Awe Road in Oyo town, Oyo State has sentenced an accused murderer, Adeyemi Morenikeji, to death for strangulating a staff of Federal School of Surveying, Oyo, Mrs Racheal Oyewumi Ayanwale, to death on April 11, 2019. The judgement, in the case of The State vs Aderemi […]
Rising reporter, Chidiebube Okeoma, has emerged the best Journalist of the year, 2020/2021. The Owerri based journalist came tops in online votings organized by Arise Africa magazine to mark its Achievers awards ceremony for year 2021. The Imo State University graduate pulled 85 percent of the votes cast to beat five other journalists for the […]
Factional national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Ozo Victor Oye, has decried the various acts of impunity by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the buildup to the Anambra State governorship poll. The APGA chieftain urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the National Assembly to call INEC to order, adding […]
FORTY-TWO Northern youth groups under the aegis of the Northern Youth Leaders Forum (NYLF) have described southern governors’ demand for a southern president n 2023 as insensitive, offensive and provocative. The national president of the NYLF, Eliot Afiyo, who made the position of the groups known at a press conference in Yola, Adamawa State, after […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has adjusted the date of the commencement of physical registration for the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration from July 19 to July 26, because of the declaration of public holidays by the Federal Government. Disclosing this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner and […]
General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Enoch Adeboye has condoled with family of late founder of Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), Prophet T.B Joshua. Adeboye’s condolence was contained in a letter he personally signed to wife of the late popular televangelist, Evelyn, dated July 6, 2021. T.B Joshua died […]
The House of Representatives, yesterday, passed the Electoral Act (Repeal/Re-enactment) Bill, 2021, after the full consideration of the report on the bill by members in the Committee of the Whole. The Committee of the Whole was presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Rep. Ahmed Idris Wase, in line with the rules of the House. The […]
A controversial Islamic Cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara has been arrested and charged to court for alleged blasphemy and incitement. The embattled Sheikh Kabara was charged to court for statements mortifying the companions and sacrilegious to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W). A statement issued by the Commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba indicated that the […]
REPORTS on Friday night said some gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen in customs uniform invaded Igangan in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo State and shot at least two persons. One of the shot persons was said to be the Ibarapa Central coordinator of Amotekun. A competent source said “he was shot dead while […]
