Beyond the Headlines
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has revealed how some state governors have hijacked the process of appointment of Vice-Chancellors for Federal Universities because of his lack of interest in the selection processes of new VCs for the Institutions. He alluded to this vested interest as responsible for the unimaginable crises in the selection […]
The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, dropped to 17.75 percent in June from 17.93 in May. This is according to the ‘Consumer Price Index Report for June’, released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Friday. On month-on-month basis, the Headline index increased […]
By Frederick Nwabufo Insecurity and political crisis have beneficiaries and sponsors. For the political class, it is fair game to exploit and deploy every instrument in the combat repository for provincial ends. The enormity of insecurity and crisis in Nigeria does not happen without some partisan instigators. Our ruinous politics is at the heart of […]
Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has announced the launch of a trial aimed at freeing its users from smartphones. In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook engineers said the new feature would allow for the hugely popular service be used on multiple “non-phone” devices without needing to connect to the smartphone app. “With this new capability, […]
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has filed a fresh civil suit against the publisher of Daily Nigerian (an online news medium), Mr. Jaafar Jaafar. Ganduje in the Writ of Summons had filed a civil suit with No CU/1598/2021 dated 15 July, 2021 against Jaafar Jaafar and Penlight Light Media Limited at an Abuja High […]
… As Abuja court issues criminal summons on the APGA factional guber candidate over alleged perjury, corruption, false assets declaration … His Anambra guber candidacy hangs in the balance By Ibe Pascal Arogorn The Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Abuja on Thursday issued a direct criminal summons against factional APGA Governorship candidate and former Governor […]
The Leader of Ilana Omo Oodua, Emeritus Professor Banji Akintoye; Yoruba Nation Agitator Sunday Adeyemo aka Sunday Igboho and other 49 Yoruba Self-Determination groups have filed a 27-page petition before the International Criminal Court (ICC). Several leaders of Yoruba Self-Determination groups appended their signatures on the petition sighted by The Nation. The Nation learnt the […]
Special Counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Aloy Ejimakor, has alleged his client was held incommunicado and chained to bare floor for eight days in a nondescript private facility in Kenya. Ejimakor spoke after he visited Kanu, who is still in detention at the Department of State Services […]
The House of Representatives is in a rowdy session as lawmakers debate over the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Things fell apart on Thursday after Deputy Speaker Idris Wase ruled against electronic transmission of results despite a resounding vote in favour of electronic transmission. Plenary on Thursday continued its deliberations on the amendment of section 52(3) […]
Members of the All Progressives Congress in the Senate on Thursday voted against electronic transmission of results. The Committee had, in the report, recommended in Section 52(3) that, INEC “may transmit results of elections by electronic means where and when practicable.” But an APC senator from Niger North, Sabi Abdullahi, amended the clause to read, […]
