Beyond the Headlines
The Associate Senior Pastor of The Fountain of Life Church, Nomthi Odukoya, is dead. The church based in the Ilupeju area of Lagos State announced the passing of the wife of renowned preacher, Taiwo Odukoya, in a statement on Tuesday. According to the statement posted on the church’s Facebook page, Nomthi died after a prolonged […]
Prof Charles Soludo, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Anambra election, has been declared winner of the election in Ihiala Local Government Area. He polled a total of 8,283 votes to defeat Mr Valentine Ozigbo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who garnered 2,485 votes. In all, Soludo has secured […]
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo SAN presides over the National Economic Council Meeting in the State House on October 15, 2021. A file photo of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo. The Federal Government is considering an ‘Operation Feed Yourself’ initiative to encourage the establishment of urban farms and small home gardens across the country. Vice […]
Controversial Islamic cleric Ahmad Gumi has taken his advocacy for bloodletting bandits to an entire new level, saying that the criminals have refused to end hostilities against the Nigerian government because they were not given land and “enough money”. Mr Gumi said past attempts “to broker peace” with the bandits failed because they were not […]
Ameer Sarkee, a Kano resident is seeking to be elected the national women leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The 26-year-old member of Nigeria’s ruling party said he has what it takes to occupy the position. In 2019, he contested for the post of women leader in a Kwankwasiyya group – a group […]
Some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) working as ad-hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the supplementary governorship election in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, have held on to results from their polling units. The corp members threatened not to release result sheets from their polling units […]
The Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma on Tuesday said he would not interfere in the activities of the legislative arm of the government. Uzodimma stated this at the Government House in Owerri, when he received the new Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Kennedy Ibeh, Deputy, Amara Iwuanyanwu alongside the impeached Speaker, Pual Emeziem […]
In what could be regarded as a rare occurrence in politics, one of the rivals of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo voted for him in the ongoing supplementary elections in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra. Akachukwu Nwankpo, governorship candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), said he cast his ballot for his All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) […]
Police have denied knowledge of the killing of anybody during the Anambra State Governorship supplementary election in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. There was an unconfirmed report that soldiers patrolling around the distribution/ collation centre reportedly shot dead someone. At the local government headquarters those interviewed denied knowledge of the incident. When contacted […]
The Vice Chancellor, Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), Professor Onyemachi Ogbolu, has hinted of possible upward review of school fees in the institution to reflect the current economic realities. Professor Ogbolu who gave the hint at a pre-convocation press briefing said that the current fees were no longer sustainable as the cost of running the […]
