Beyond the Headlines
A young security guard, whose name is yet to be ascertained, is currently cooling his feet in the custody of the police in Kano for allegedly tearing off and stepping on portions of the Holy Quran. The suspect, in his early 20s, was said to have been rescued from being lynched by members of […]
Salihu Lukman, a former director-general of Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), says Mai Mala Buni, chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caretaker committee, does not want the party’s convention to hold. The convention is billed for February 26. TheCable had reported that Buni may not relinquish control of the party anytime soon. In a […]
Gunmen have shot dead the Chairman/CEO, Ofoma Associates Limited, Chief Gab Ofoma. It was gathered that the deceased, a native of Umunnealam, Umudim, Nnewi, was gunned down on Sunday after he visited his country home in Nnewi and was going back to his base in Port Harcourt. The incident took place around the Ukpor-Lilu-Orsumoghu-Azia-Mbosi […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed the suit by the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) seeking to reinstate a female police officer who got pregnant while single. Justice Inyang Ekwo, on Monday, held that sections 126 and 127 on the Nigeria Police Regulation stipulates the code of conduct for female officers before enlistment […]
The Federal Government is set to launch a national sensitization campaign against the growing scourge of money rituals, which has already claimed many lives, especially those of women and girls, in the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced this in Abuja on Monday when he paid a working visit to […]
Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Monday, declared the seat of the embattled Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa vacant, following his alleged resignation as a member of the House of Assembly. Other members who were said to have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, […]
There was disquiet in Enugu on Monday as the State Commissioner for Lands, Chidi Aroh, reportedly escaped death by the whiskers as gunmen attacked him and allegedly killed two police orderlies. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident happened on Sunday evening when Aroh was returning from the neighbouring Anambra State, where he was said […]
The ruling All Progressives Congress APC has reversed its earlier decision postponing its national convention indefinitely. The convention will now hold on March 26, the date earlier slated for the conduct of its zonal congresses. More to follow…
The family as well as a lawyer to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, have raised fresh concerns over his safety, claiming that they have twice, been denied access to him. Kanu’s younger brother, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, told Vanguard that he was at the Abuja headquarters of […]
The Gov. Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has postponed the party’s February 26 national convention, indefinitely. The CECPC has instead notified the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of its decision to conduct zonal congresses in March. Details later…
