Beyond the Headlines
At least one person has been killed while attempting to escape from gunmen who kidnapped, Junaidu Danjuma, the son of His Royal Highness (HRH) Danjuma Maji Jangaba, a traditional ruler in Abuja, Vanguard has learnt. Our Correspondent learnt that the deceased, Kabiru Sani, was on a motorcycle with the kidnapped prince of Gwombe community […]
A High Court sitting in Nchia, the Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, has awarded N100 million damages against the Nigeria Police Force. The court presided over by Justice C.D Green in a fundamental rights suit filed by Godgift Nwokolu against the NPF and two others over the killing of her father, Nte […]
Leader of Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, Edwin Clark, on Thursday, cautioned Bola Tinubu, an All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential aspirant against contesting in 2023. Clark said Tinubu should go and rest despite coming from the most sophisticated region of Nigeria. Featuring on Arise TV, the elder statesman said he would rather vote for […]
Ibe Pascal Arogorn Asagwara Peter, a man who was arrested and detained for questioning the professorship of Abia State Chief Of Staff, Anthony C.B Agabazuere has been released, Crimefacts.news reports. Crimefacts.news had reported how Mr Peter Asagwara was arrested and detained for questioning how Mr Agabazuere was suddenly promoted to be a professor by […]
By Ibe Pascal Arogorn Peter Asagwara has been arrested and detained for questioning the professorship of Abia State Chief Of Staff, Anthony C.B Agabazuere, Crimefacts.news has learnt. Peter Asagwara is a business man Asagwara Peter had questioned how Mr. Agbazuere was suddenly promoted to be a professor by Gregory University, Uturu. Recall that the […]
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has suspended Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Sunday Ubua and Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) James Bawa from the exercise of the powers and functions of their respective offices with effect from Monday, February 14, 2022. The two police officers were working under the suspended DCP Abba Kyari in the […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has quashed the lower court judgment which gave Senator Ibrahim Shekarau’s G-7 faction of the APC in Kano victory over the faction led by the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje. Daily Trust gathered that the appellate court ruled in favour of the governor’s faction in all three […]
The Lagos State Government has accepted 26 recommendations of the Toyin Ayinde-led panel that investigated the collapse of a 21-storey building in the Ikoyi area of the state. The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led administration also rejected two of the 28 recommendations of the panel. In a White Paper exclusively seen by The PUNCH on Wednesday, […]
Russia announced a new drawdown of military forces from the Moscow-annexed Crimean peninsula on Thursday, despite Ukraine’s Western allies meeting similar announcements with skepticism. “Units of the southern military district that ended tactical exercises at training grounds on the Crimean peninsula are returning by rail to their permanent bases,” the defence ministry said in […]
Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, has announced the withdrawal of French troops in Mali, after a meeting with African leaders in Brussels, Belgium. Speaking in Brussels on Thursday, Macron said the EU and France no longer share the same priorities with the government in Mali. “We cannot remain militarily committed with authorities to […]
