Beyond the Headlines
Three persons have died in an Ebonyi Community following recent outbreak of cholera, the state government has said. It also said twelve others who were infected are responding to treatment at the hospital. Acting Commissioner for Health, Dr Richard Nnabu, stated this after a visit to the affected community, Amachi – Igwebuike village in Agba […]
Some residents have been abducted in Anguwan Gimbiya area of Kaduna state. A resident of the community who spoke with TheCable said the bandits, who came in large numbers, invaded the community around 11pm on Wednesday, with “sophisticated weapons”. According to the resident, five houses were attacked during the invasion. “There was nothing anybody could […]
The Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has summoned the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, over a parallel state secretariat the minister opened in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The National Secretariat sent two letters to the minister inviting him to come and explain why disciplinary […]
The Association of Tutorial School Operators (ATSO) has urged the Joint Admissions and Matricuation Board (JAMB) to remark or cancel this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). At a briefing last Friday in Bariga, Lagos, National President of the association, Mr. Dotun Shodunke described this year’s UTME as the worst, error-filled and a disgrace. “Let […]
The trio of Emmanuel Akazuwa, 42, Catechist Sabastine Dabu, 48 and Umar Mohammed, 50, were arrested in a hotel in Kontagora trying to get a buyer for the N15.8 million in their possession. Speaking to newsmen when he was paraded, Akazuwa, who said he is a farmer, claimed to have bought the fake currency from […]
The Bayelsa judicial panel has awarded N21 billion as compensation to victims of police brutality. The panel was inaugurated on October 28, 2020 after the #EndSARS nationwide protests. Young Ogola, chairman of the panel, while submitting the report to Douye Diri, the governor, said the panel received and determined 50 petitions and made recommendations based […]
A naval operative, Bilal Mohammed, who died while defending students of Bethel Baptist High School, Kaduna on Monday got married just three months ago, The Nation can report. Ordinary Seaman Mohammed and a soldier, Private Salisu Rabiu, died during a gun battle with bandits who abducted 121 students. A congratulatory message shared on Facebook shows […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri An On-Air -Personality at TheReach FM Owerri known as Sunny Uma Anderson Iroha has been declared missing after an altercation with Imo government officials, Crimefacts.news understands. TheReachFM General Manger, Frank Alaba confirmed this in a video seen by Crimefacts.news on Wednesday. According to Mr Alaba, “Sunny went missing since last week […]
There are strong indications that the National Assembly will ignore opposition to some provisions of the Petroleum Industry Bill recently passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives. The PUNCH on Wednesday gathered that after the harmonisation of the versions of the bill passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives, the bill […]
A member of the House of Representatives, Emeka Martins Chinedu (PDP, Imo), has denied sponsoring any Bill to criminalise protests in the country. Chinedu said his Bill, which was passed for the second reading on Tuesday, aims at protecting lives of accused persons from mob attack. Rising under matters of personal explanation, the lawmaker said […]
