Beyond the Headlines
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, says Raymond Dokpesi, former chairman of Daar Communications, is an All Progressives Congress (APC) mole in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). He said it is not true that he led PDP governors to Europe to pick the party’s presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Dokpesi is alleged to have said […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has implored the nation’s courts to apply the strictest punishments against ritual killers, extremists and killers of law enforcement agents. The President was reacting to series of ritual murders, ethnic and religious hate crimes and persistent attacks on security and law enforcement officers in different parts of the country. He described […]
The Federal Ministry of Education has commenced a move to meet one of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The ministry disclosed this in a press statement issued by its Director of Press and Media Relations, Ben Goong, on Thursday. The PUNCH observed that the move by the government to inaugurate […]
Operatives from the Aba Central Police Station on Thursday rescued one Chukwuebuka JohnPaul from being lynched by a mob in Aba, Abia, after he was allegedly caught raping a 15-year-old girl. The Abia Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the rescue and arrest in an interview with the News Agency […]
A police Inspector, Ibrahim Isiaka on Thursday told a Lagos High Court sitting in the Tafawa Balewa Square area how the body of late Usifo Ataga was discovered. Inspector Isiaka, who is the investigating police officer in the case and attached to the Maroko division in the Lekki area of the state, told Justice […]
Sadiya Umar Farouq, minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development, says it is “elitist” to assume that the N5,000 monthly national cash transfer to vulnerable households is insignificant. The minister spoke on Thursday during a briefing with state house correspondents. She made the comment when asked about the relevance of the initiative […]
The Abia State Police Command has said that efforts were on top gear to track those behind the Tuesday mid-night raid of Omumauzor Cattle Market Ukwa West where about eight persons reportedly lost their lives. Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Geoffrey Ogbonna, Wednesday, told newsmen in Umuahia that the Commissioner of Police, CP Jenet […]
Gunmen who were said to be enforcers of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) sit-at-home order, Wednesday morning set ablaze a Keke Napep in Aba, Abia State. IPOB had with the rendition of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu from Kenya to Nigeria last year to face charges, declared every Monday sit-at-home in solidarity. However, the […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday objected to an application for examination of the iPhone SIM slot of a musician, Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley, charged with cybercrime. EFCC counsel, Mr Rotimi Oyedepo, raised the objection during cross-examination of the second prosecution witness, Mr Augustine Anosike, before a Federal High Court […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Thursday, said the Federal Government’s engagement with microblogging site, Twitter has been fruitful. He stated this while receiving the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Akunna Cook in his office in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Mohammed again explained the motive behind […]
