Beyond the Headlines
The Imo Police Command has commenced a thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the chopping off of the manhood of a politician in Orsu Local Government of Imo State. Commissioner of Police Imo State CP Abutu Yaro, in a statement issued by the Police Command Public Relation Officer CSP Michael Abatham, confirmed obscene video […]
The Ogun State House of Assembly has passed a bill banning open grazing. The bill, which was passed at plenary on Thursday, puts offenders at the risk of three years jail term. Southern governors had during their last meeting in Lagos fixed September as deadline for open grazing practice, a development which has been subject […]
The police in Asaba, Delta State has killed a boy believed to be in his twenties after the vehicle he was in screeched from the road and crashed into a fence. Detectives who trailed the Mercedes Benz car with five occupants following a tip-off, to the DLA road axis of the town, on Wednesday night, […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the time is rife for the party to begin to play its role as a party in opposition. Chief Dan Orbih, National Vice Chairman South-South of the party said this on Thursday, when he led the South-South party executive on a courtesy visit to Delta Gov. Ifeanyi […]
Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has ordered all night clubs in the state to close daily operations by 12 midnight. Akeredolu, who expressed concerns over rising cases of insecurity in the state especially Akure, said noticeable cases are traceable to activities of cult groups and ancillary circumstances. The Governor, who spoke in a statement by Commissioner […]
The Imo chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has advised its members of the House of the Assembly to maintain decorum. The Publicity Secretary of the Party in the state, Mr Cajetan Duke, said this while reacting to the suspension issue during an interaction with newsmen in Owerri. Duke who described the Assembly as […]
No fewer than four members of the same family reportedly died of food poisoning in the Kwara community on Thursday. The incident, it gathered occurred around 7am in Olori village of Banni community, Kaiama local government area. Spokesperson of the Kwara Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Babawale Afolabi confirmed the […]
The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has approved the timetable and schedule of activities for the 2021 congresses of the party. The congresses will hold in nine states which include Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, Kebbi, Borno, Kogi, Osun, Kwara and Ebonyi. The PDP pointed out that in the case of Lagos, Oyo, Adamawa, […]
A coalition of women groups has instituted a suit at the Federal High Court, Abuja against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for allegedly marginalising women in his regime. In the suit, the groups are seeking an order of the court restraining the President from further violating the 35 per cent Affirmative Action Policy […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Prof. Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Jos. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who disclosed this while addressing journalists in Abuja on Thursday, said Buhari also approved the appointment and reassignment of Chancellors to 42 […]
