Beyond the Headlines
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it can only replace the name of a candidate for the Anambra governorship election, when it receives a court order to that effect. INEC, on Friday, had published the list of qualified aspirants for the Anambra governorship election scheduled to hold in November. On INEC’s list, Charles Soludo, […]
The Central Bank on Nigeria has restricted the importation of sugar into the country to three companies: BUA Sugar Refinery Ltd, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, and Golden Sugar Company. The CBN stated the reason the three companies were the only ones allowed to import sugar into the country is because of their notable contribution to […]
The Federal Government has said Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, is trying to acquire a new passport to flee the country. According to the Punch, It added that the government had placed Igboho on the stop-list in order to facilitate his arrest and directed the security agencies to apprehend him anywhere he […]
in Oba, Anambra State, on Friday when a nightclub owner, Obi Iyiegbu, aka Obi Cubana, buried his mother in grand style. Several celebrities, businesspeople and politicians turned out in large numbers for the funeral. This was even as huge amounts of cash were ‘sprayed’ at the event, in addition to several gifts he had got […]
Leaders and elders in Yorubaland under the aegis of Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) have agreed that the 1999 Constitution being operated in the country can no longer sustain the desired togetherness of the people. This is as the stakeholders recommended self-determination or a peaceful dissolution of the country as a panacea for the refusal of […]
No fewer than ten people died Friday night in a fatal road accident in Kanbi, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The accident, Daily Trust gathered, involved a white coloured commercial Toyota Hiace with registration number XC157SMK and a blue Ford Truck used for transporting log. It was also gathered that 19 people were […]
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area has sentenced two police officers and three others to death. The accused were sentenced to death on Friday for kidnapping an Uyo-based cattle dealer, Alhaji Muhammad Barkindo. In her ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Eno Isangedighi, held that the accused were guilty […]
Cars and property in several parts of Lagos have been submerged following heavy rainfall on Friday. Both the island and mainland axis of the state were affected by the flood. Several residents have taken to social media to share pictures and videos of their areas. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has urged residents of […]
The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area has sentenced two police officers and three others to death. The accused were sentenced to death on Friday for kidnapping an Uyo-based cattle dealer, Alhaji Muhammad Barkindo. In her ruling, the presiding judge, Justice Eno Isangedighi, held that the accused were guilty […]
TheCable had reported how the electoral bill was passed by the lower chamber on Friday — after the PDP caucus staged a walkout. Speaking to journalists after he led the caucus to boycott the passing of the bill on Friday, Ndudi Elumelu, minority leader of the house, said his colleagues cannot be part of a […]
