Beyond the Headlines
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine took a new dimension on Monday when President Vladimir Putin ordered his defense ministry to send troops into Ukraine. According to the Russian leader, the troops are to maintain peace in two breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk. According to a decree published earlier on Tuesday, Putin has […]
Tunde Rahman, media aide to Bola Tinubu, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says his principal’s comment on being “ready to get dirty” over his presidential bid was misunderstood. Speaking on Sunday when he visited Lekan Balogun, the Olubadan designate, in Ibadan, Tinubu had said no intimidation or blackmail can stop him, […]
Suspended police chief, DCP Abba Kyari has demanded N500 million in damages and also a written apology to him in two national dailies from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over alleged unlawful arrest and detention. In a motion on notice marked:FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, filed before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Abuja Division of the […]
Justice Rita Pemu, a presiding judge of the Court of Appeal, Owerri Division, has escaped kidnap attempt on Monday along Azia-Orsumoghu-Ihiala. This was disclosed in a statement by the Secretary of the Nigeria Bar Association, Owerri Branch, Chinedu Agu. The statement said the judge was traveling to Owerri from Benin City and was kidnapped […]
Isu Police division of Imo state command, Monday, came under heavy attack by on known gunmen leaving two officers attached to the station dead. The deadly attack was confirmed in a statement issued on Monday by the command’s commissioner of police, CP Rabiu Hussaini, through Michael Abattam, the command’s spokesperson. Hassaini said the gunmen […]
Embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, is a diabetic and hypertensive patient, the suspended cop’s lawyer, Cynthia Ikena, told Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday. The lawyer also prayed the court to release his client on bail but the judge refused the plea, saying the suit contained […]
The Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) will meet today. This is as a result of the one-month warning strike embarked upon by the union. While declaring the strike, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, ASUU President, blamed the government for failing to meet the demands of lecturers. The demands […]
A fierce cult clash at Amarata community, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State has claimed five lives while many others sustained various degrees of injuries. The deadly clash, which has persisted for over a week, is a confrontation between the suspected members of Icelanders and Bobos cult gangs fighting for the control of […]
Governor Abdillahi Ganduje of Kano State has said that the people of the Northern part of the country have no other presidential aspirant to support than the National leader of the All progressive congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Ganduje made the remark at the inauguration of an office for Northern Youth Professionals for Tinubu, (an […]
The Obenibe of Epie Kingdom, HRM King Malla Sasime, has hailed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s qualities, saying the former Lagos State commissioner has what is needed to lead the country. He made the remark over the weekend during a courtesy call by the VP to the traditional rulers. “Vice President, your name has been […]
