Beyond the Headlines
Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka has singled out religion as the number one problem hindering Nigerians from being liberated as “rational beings.” The venerated writer made the comment while speaking recently with a professor of African Literature, Dr. Louisa Egbunike. “All over the place, I find that religion has been cosseted too much. And liberty has […]
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has advocated for the reversal of the centralization of power and concentration of resources in the federal government. Abubakar said this while delivering the 11th convocation lecture of Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State with the topic “Diversity, Education and Autonomy: Developing Nigeria in the Years Ahead noted that it is […]
A suspect, Abdulazeez Ibrahim, 26, has disclosed that he paid N2,650 for a Camry Toyota car valued at N2,650,000 out of luck. Ibrahim, who was paraded at the Osun State Police Command Headquarters in Osogbo during the weekend, added that he had a small car but the need to change the car made him leave […]
Bandits have killed one Pastor Dauda Bature who was in charge of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) parish in the Narayi area of Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Bature, who was initially abducted by the armed men, was killed despite the payment of an unspecified amount of money to his captors […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, weekend, accused the Department of State Services DSS of starving and maltreating their leader, Nnamdi Kanu who is in their custody. According to the group, the DSS has denied Kanu food for three days running. The group called on the security agency to, as a matter of urgency, transfer […]
President Muhammadu Buhari Friday dispatched a high-level delegation, made up of the heads of the nation’s intelligence and security services to Sokoto and Katsina States in response to the recent spike in bandit activities. According to senior special media aide, Garba Shehu, the president is expecting an immediate situation report and recommendations on actions to […]
Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto, has accused the military of making the state “very vulnerable” to the activities of bandits flushed out from Zamfara state. TheCable had reported that a total of 23 travellers were burnt to death when some gunmen opened fire on a bus in Sokoto on Monday. Following the killing, President Muhammadu […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has submitted that Nigeria’s education system is in life support and may soon die if caution is not applied. The Chairperson of ASUU, Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), Dr. Christopher Echereobia, made the submission at a tripartite event held by the union at the institution, Thursday. The […]
The United Kingdom has said it hoped that President Muhammadu Buhari will assent to the Electoral Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill transmitted to him by the Federal Government. The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, at the opening ceremony of YIAGA Convergence 3.0 on Thursday, noted that she was in Zimbabwe where she observed elections […]
The leadership of Arewa Concerned Civil Society Organisations of Nigerian (ACCSON) has tackled the President of the Arewa consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, following a statement credited to him that “it is too late for 2023 presidency to be zoned to the South-Eastern part of the country”. ACCSON expressed their disappointment over Shettima’s comment on […]
