Beyond the Headlines
President Muhammadu Buhari has demanded a “crushing response” from the military in the wake of bandits’ abductions and killings in Kaduna and Zamfara respectively. At least 35 people were killed on Thursday when gunmen attacked five communities in Maradun LGA of Zamfara state. In Kaduna, there have been a series of school abductions and killing […]
Less than 78 hours after Governor Nyesom Wike lifted the curfew imposed on Rivers State, five persons returning from a club were confirmed dead in a road accident along the NTA road, in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. A driver of a Lexus car on high speed was said to have […]
Acting leader of the pan-Yoruba sociopolitical group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has strongly dispelled insinuations he identifies with those who keep company with alleged criminals and bandits. The nonagenarian spoke against the background some pictures being circulated in which he was spotted on the same flight with the controversial Islamic preacher, Sheik Abubakar Gumi known […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students and the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, have said that they would work together to end social vices on campus. NANS National Publicity Secretary,Victor Ezenagu, who spoke when the undergraduates decorated FUTO bursar, Mrs Helen Onyege, as the best University Bursar in Nigeria in 2020/2021, said that they were […]
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has convicted one Akpoviri Jimmy for impersonating a medical doctor. The court presided over by a Senior Magistrate, Akassa Michael, in a judgment delivered on Friday sentenced Jimmy to four years in imprisonment with hard labour. The 49-year-old convict was arrested in Yenagoa in June 2021 for […]
Bandits have abducted six people, including children, at Milgoma community in Sabon Gari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Daily Trust gathered that the incident happened around 9pm on Friday. A commercial motorcyclist, who was attacked, is now receiving treatment at the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Shika. A resident, who asked not to be […]
Simon Ekpa has emerged as the new head of Radio Biafra following the detention of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu. The Federal Government, through the effort of the Nigerian security and intelligence agencies in collaboration with authorities from other undisclosed countries, nabbed and repatriated Kanu back to the country years after he jumped bail in 2017. […]
Akinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank (AfDB), says Nigeria’s poverty situation is unacceptable considering the country’s abundant natural resources. Speaking, on Saturday, during a convocation lecture he delivered at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa state capital, Adesina said Nigerians deserve wealth, not poverty, adding that the nation must learn how […]
The Imo State Police Command has announced the arrest of one Christopher Obilor a suspected armed robber and Higher National Diploma student of Federal Polytechnic Nekede. In a press statement by Imo State Police PRO, CSP Michael Abattam, the suspect was arrested after report that the suspect has been terrorising Nekede community. He was arrested […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) has shifted the timeline for conduct of its congresses and national convention, The Nation can authoritatively report. No new date was fixed for the two crucial exercises. The initial timetable released by the party fixed sale of the nomination form for Ward Congress for 1st to 7th July; inauguration of […]
