Beyond the Headlines
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Thursday said that the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft have departed the United States of America on Wednesday en route to Nigeria. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet. […]
The Imo State Government on Tuesday sealed Rochas Foundation College, Orji, in Owerri, the state capital. According to the Punch, Government officials arrived at the location which is the old quarters of the staff of Imo Broadcasting Corporation and sealed it. Our correspondent, who visited the scene, saw that the massive property had been taken […]
The Cameroonian authorities have congratulated Nigeria over the arrest of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Mr Felix Mbayu, a Special Envoy from President Paul Biya of Cameroon, congratulated Nigeria when he was received by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday. The Cameroonian authorities have congratulated Nigeria over the arrest […]
The senate on Tuesday passed the bill establishing the Electoral Offences Commission. The approval of the commission followed the consideration of the report of the senate committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Abubakar Kyari, senator representing Borno north, sponsored the bill in 2019. Presenting the report, Kabiru Gaya, chairman of the committee, said the […]
One of the kidnapped students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in the Chikun local government area of Kaduna state has been rescued, according to the police. Gunmen had on July 5 stormed the school and whisked away 121 students to an unknown destination. Five days after, the abductors demanded food items from their parents to […]
The Senate on Tuesday passed a bill seeking to establish the Electoral Offences Commission and okayed 20-year jail term for candidates caught snatching ballot materials. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya (APC, Kano South), in […]
Gunmen on Sunday night shot a Bio-Chemistry student of the Delta State University (DELSU) Abraka, Stephen Odje dead. Two others, Divine Omajuwa and Husseina Hamza, of Geology and Pharmacology Departments respectively, were reportedly abducted by the hoodlums. The Nation gathered the incident occurred along the Oria axis of the Abraka Road, Ethiope East council area, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari will tonight at 8 pm meet with the 109 Senators of the National Assembly. Ezrel Tabiowo, Special Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. The scheduled meeting between members of the upper chamber and President Buhari was conveyed in a letter received from the State […]
The Senate, on Tuesday, rejected the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as a National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission. Chairman of the Committee, Kabiru Gaya, in his report, said Onochie did not satisfy the provisions of the Federal Character Principles. The Senate at the committee of the whole subsequently voted against her nomination. Details […]
Olusegun Odebunmi, a federal lawmaker from Oyo state, who sponsored the bills for the amendment to the laws establishing the NBC and the NPC, says legislative process on the bills has been suspended. Many Nigerians and media stakeholders have described the steps taken by the lower legislative chamber to amend the Nigerian Press Council (NPC) […]
