Beyond the Headlines
The Vice-Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has described the past year, 2021, as difficult for Nigerians in all ramifications. Answering questions from the Journalists yesterday at the Sam Mbakwe International Airport, Owerri on what is needed for Nigeria to move on in the new year, Obi […]
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that the Igbo spirit will be against former President Goodluck Jonathan if he fails to support the realisation of a president of Igbo extraction in 2023. Ohanaeze Ndigbo National Publicity Secretary, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, in an interview with one of our correspondents in Enugu, said that […]
The Anambra State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress has said the state government has not implemented the new minimum wage three year after the bill was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari. The NLC chairman in the state, Chinwe Orizu disclosed this at a press conference in Awka, the Anambra State. President Muhammadu […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Monday said cows reared by Fulani herdsmen would no longer be used for any social event in the Southest. The group stated this in a New Year address by its Head of Directorate Mazi Chika Edoziem through its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful. The ban, IPOB said, […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn, Owerri One person was killed and many others wounded as gunmen attacked the palace of Eze Imo, Eze Dr E. C. Okeke at Ezioha Amaifeke in the Orlu Local Government Area of lmo State. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Mike Abattam, the gunmen in their numbers had, at about […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) says the recitation of the Nigerian national anthem will henceforth be banned in schools in the south-east. Chika Edoziem, IPOB director of state, stated this in a New Year message announcing the plans of the proscribed separatist group for 2022. Edoziem said school authorities in the south-east should only […]
The World Bank has said Nigeria may have one of the highest inflation rates globally in 2022, with increasing prices diminishing the welfare of Nigerian households. According to the World Bank, Nigeria is projected to have one of the highest inflation rates globally and the seventh highest among Sub-Saharan African countries in 2022 “In 2022, […]
A 35-year-old man, Eluyera Wasiu has been arrested in Ogun State for allegedly planning with his friend, to kill his pregnant wife. Police spokesperson in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement on Monday said the suspect was arrested alongside his friend, Adeniyi Samuel on Saturday, January 1, 2022, after neigbours alerted police that the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna state has taken a swipe at Shehu Sani, a former senator representing Kaduna central, over comments credited to him. While declaring his intention to contest the Kaduna governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sani said if elected, he “will clean all the dirt […]
Alhaji Bashir Tofa, one of the leading candidates in the 1993 Presidential election, which was adjudged the freest and fairest in the country, is dead. Details of his death are still sketchy but the elder statesman was said to have been ill for a while. NIGERIA DAILY: What Nigerians want in 2022 One of Tofa’s […]
