Beyond the Headlines
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has asked the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to either resign or disassociate himself from speculation about him contesting the 2023 presidency. Although Emefiele has not publicly declared interest in the race, groups have been asking him to contest the 2023 […]
The Federal Government says the agreements it reached with Twitter to resume operations in the country were not meant to censor the microblogging site and other social media platforms in general. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who stated this on Saturday, added that the agreement, to be extended to other […]
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, dismissed the suit seeking to challenge former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the plaintiff that instituted the case lacked the locus standi (legal right) to do so. […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) has accused a member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Garba Gololo (Gamawa Federal Constituency of Bauchi State), of forging his first and second degrees’ certificates. In an eight-count charge it filed at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the commission […]
An airstrike by the Nigerian Army targeting ‘bandits’ has killed seven children and wounded five others by mistake in Niger, a local told AFP on Sunday. “There was a mistake with the Nigerian strikes on the border that resulted in victims on our territory in the village of Nachade on Friday,” said Chaibou Aboubacar, […]
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has threatened it would soon direct workers in statutory corporations and government-owned companies to stop going to work if the challenge of fuel scarcity across the country persists for the next few days. The Congress also demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari swing into action by identifying and punishing those […]
Two students, male and female of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka were on Sunday evening found dead at a private Hostel in the school. A source close to the institution said the room one of the William’s Lodge was forced open following heavy stench oozing out from the room. The source said due to the […]
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is expected to meet with Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting was initially scheduled to hold last Tuesday last week before it was put off shortly before the President traveled to Brussels, Belgium to attend the EU-AU Summit. It […]
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Bola Tinubu, Sunday, vowed that no amount of intimidation could halt his presidential ambition in 2023. He said this during his consultation with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi and the Olubadan-designate, Oba Lekan Balogun. Tinubu had in January visited […]
A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai (Rtd), has distanced himself from the campaign posters flying around showing he is in preparation for the 2023 Presidential race. Buratai, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, explained that he never indicated interest, discussed with or directed anyone on such matters. In a statement […]
