Beyond the Headlines
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has put Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) on notice that it will stop selling forex to them by the end of 2022. CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele made this known in Abuja on Thursday at the end of the Bankers’ Committee Meeting where he also introduced the RT200 Programme. Emefiele […]
Seven people were reportedly feared dead on Thursday in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital when armed robbers attacked a bullion van at the Idi-Ape area of the ancient city. Daily Trust learnt that the newly installed traffic light in Idi-Ape had stopped the bullion fan when the robber started shooting sporadically at the van. […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized about two billion naira worth of codeine weighing about 40,250 kilograms imported in two 40 feet containers from India. This comes barely a week after operatives of the agency seized 14,080kg of Codeine-based syrup and 4,352.43kg cold caps used to conceal it in a 40 […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra has taken sides with statements credited to Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, never ordered the sit-at-home home currently being observed in the South-East. Abaribe, had last week told a section of the media, after meeting with Kanu, that the IPOB leader told him, he never gave […]
BY FREDERICK NWABUFO To ‘japa’ or not to ‘japa’, that is not the question. The question is; if not Naija, where else? If it is not Naija, e no go fit be like Naija. The song by Korede Bello, ‘I love Naija’, plays in my head. ‘’I love my country, I love Naija; I no […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities Abia State University Uturu, branch has declared lecture-free day. This was in obedience to the directive from ASUU’s National Secretariat and to mobilise her members, and sensitise the public on the looming strike action. During the Congress, it was resolved that ASUU-ABSU resolved to embark on any action […]
Tragedy struck at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, when one of its students, Ajibola Heritage Ayomikun, died after falling into a soakaway at one of the private hostels in the Students Village. The institution’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, who confirmed the incident via a statement issued on Wednesday, said the deceased was […]
Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige has accused varsity teachers of whipping up sentiments against the Federal Government to attract sympathy to its planned strike. Dr. Ngige said the government had been implementing the Memorandum of Action signed in 2020 with the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The minister was […]
…Wants monarch arrested The traditional ruler of Mmahu in Ohaji-Egbema council area of Imo state, Eze Augustine Iwuogu, has been accused of complicity in the cold-blooded murder of seven of his kinsmen last Tuesday. The monarch was accused of using four notorious murderers who escaped last year from the Owerri prisons after the […]
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has blamed the root cause of insecurity in parts of the country on the actions of alleged highly placed individuals. He further stated that the federal government is to be blamed for the rate of insecurity in the country. The governor said, “The problem of insecurity in Nigeria […]
