Beyond the Headlines
Controversial Islamic scholar, Dr. Sheik Ahmad Gumi, has asked the Nigerian military to provide evidence of bombardment and the killing of two notorious bandits at Zamfara forest last week. Gumi also insisted that what was required to win the war was dialogue. The media consultant to the cleric, Tukur Mamu, who spoke on behalf of […]
The Minister of Power, Engr. Abubakar Aliyu has said that the Buhari administration was worried about power generation hovering around 5,000MW. He said efforts were on to increase it to 7,000MW, then 11,000 MW before finally reaching 25,000MW in a few years time. According to him, the 215MW Kudenda power station in the Chikun local […]
The lingering land dispute at the Magodo Phase II Estate in Lagos took a different dimension on Tuesday as a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) publicly defied the order of the state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to vacate the premises. Amid a protest by residents, Governor Sanwo-Olu arrived at the estate in company with some members […]
A spokesperson for a former governor of Imo State, Sam Onwuemeodo, has come down heavily on the administration of the incumbent governor of the state, Hope Uzodinma. Onwuemeodo, who speaks for Rochas Okorocha, said that Uzodinma’s refusal to list the names of the sponsors of insecurity in the state during a stakeholders’ meeting at the […]
THE Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, yesterday warned that it will not tolerate any violation of South East and Igbo women, under any guise by security agencies and their workers. IPOB also said that the people of the people of Orlu zone celebrated Christmas and New Year peacefully because the wicked abductors of Rochas Okorocha’s […]
Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has described Senator Rochas Okorocha as his biggest headache. Uzodinma said this at a stakeholders’ forum, which held in the state on Tuesday. Uzodimma had said he would use the occasion of the stakeholders’ forum to name those sponsoring insecurity in the state. However, speaking on the occasion, Uzodimma […]
The police have arrested a 14-year-old housemaid, Favour Iwuozo in Ogun State for allegedly abducting the baby of her boss. Police authorities said in a statement issued on Tuesday that the suspect ran away with the two-year-old victim to neighbouring Lagos. Iwuozo, according to the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied attempting to set ablaze the palace of Eze Amaifeke in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, Emmanuel Okeke. The Imo Command’s spokesman Michael Abattam, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), had said on Monday that a suspected IPOB member was gunned down in the foiled attack. […]
The Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on Tuesday revealed what will make President Muhammadu Buhari release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Malami said President Buhari will consider the interest of over 200 million Nigerians before he can grant the request to release Kanu. The minister […]
Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the Lagos State Governor, has described the presence of police officers at Magodo Estate Phase 2 as “illegal”. Briefing pressmen at the estate on Tuesday, the governor said he wondered why the police remained in the estate when their duty was to maintain peace in the country. “As the chief security official of […]
