Beyond the Headlines
Abdalla Hamdok, Sudan’s prime minister, has resigned in the face of continuing protests in the capital, Khartoum. This followed mass demonstrations against Hamdok’s recent agreement to share power with the army, which launched a coup in October. Protesters, according to Arab News, chanted “power to the people” and demanded the restoration of genuine civilian control. […]
Fleeing bandits led by Kachalla Halilu and Na-Belloare are now infiltrating Kaduna and Niger State after a military raid dislodging them from Zamfara forests, FIJ can report. Sources said the terrorists were, in the last 48 hours, “moving on motorcycles through a village in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State to Birnin Gwari, […]
Members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have disclosed plans to mount a major campaign for the release of its leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. IPOB’s Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem in a New Year statement said “there will be a World wide campaign for the unconditional release of Onyendu Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. […]
The Imo state governor, Hope Uzodimma on Tuesday failed to mention the names of sponsors of insecurity in Imo state, as he earlier promised to release the names on the 4th of January, 2022. The Governor concluded his speech at the government house in Owerri, during the Imo state stakeholders meeting/luncheon without realising any name […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra have made known its intent to create an Education Department that would teach Igbo history in schools. In a New Year statement signed by the group’s Head of Directorate of State, Chika Edoziem, IPOB stated that three books are ready for publication to support this effort. “We have about three […]
Gunmen have killed seven members of the same family during an attack on Sabon Birnin Birnin village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, confirmed this to Channels Television, saying that security agencies are working assiduously to contain the attacks and also […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Doyin Salami as Chief Economic Adviser to the President (CEAP). The president’s spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday. Salami, 59, Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council, is also the Managing Director and Head Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting […]
A 14-year-old girl was on Monday freed from two teenagers while they were trying to use her for money ritual in Bayelsa State. The two boys said to be 16 years old, were caught in the early hours of Monday, January 3, at Sagbama Federated community in Sagbama Local Government Area of the state. According […]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo are to spend the sum of N3. 087 billion on travels within and outside the country this year. According to the details of the 2022 federal budget, which was signed into law by the president, on Friday, last week, the president plans to spend N2. 309 billion […]
The Director-General of the Tinubu Support Group, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has said a Muslim-Muslim ticket does not matter if the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, becomes the presidential candidate of the ruling party in the 2023 general elections. Jibrin, a former member of the House of Representatives who led the campaign […]
