Beyond the Headlines
Evangelist Naomi Silekunola, the estranged wife of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, on Tuesday, broke her silence on social media since her divorce post on December 23, 2021. Taking to her Instastories and Facebook status simultaneously on Tuesday night, the 28-year-old evangelist uploaded a short video of herself after a […]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers state, on Wednesday, visited the Plateau state high court sitting in Jos to attend the trial of Jonah Jang, former Plateau governor. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Jang alongside Yusuf Pam, former cashier in the office of the secretary to the state government (OSSG), for […]
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) presidential aspirant has promised to use modern technology to re-secure Nigeria if elected. He stated this after a consultative meeting with Kebbi State PDP executives, delegates and other key stakeholders of the party held at the state secretariat in Birnin Kebbi, the […]
A Federal High Court in Gusau has struck out a suit seeking to remove Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, from office. Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state had filed the suit against the governor over his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Presiding over the case on Monday, […]
The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Tuesday, said he would no longer tolerate a smear campaign against IPOB and the legal team. The IPOB lead Counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen in Owerri, after they had visited Kanu, at the detention facility of the […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to stop further action against the former Governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha until the determination of the case before it. Senator Okorocha had through his lawyer, Ola Olanipekun (SAN) approached the Federal High […]
Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu yesterday warned that any political party that fields a northern candidate in the 2023 Presidential election will lose. Akeredolu said that governors in the Southern part of the country under the auspices of the Southern Governors Forum are determined to ensure that […]
Former Aviation Minister and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osita Chidoka, says the main opposition party is in a dilemma over the zoning of presidency to any region. Chidoka, who spoke during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, said he would personally want the PDP to field a southerner from […]
A member representing Aguata Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives and a former governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State, Chuma Umeoji, has lost his mother. The lawmaker lost his mother, Ngozi Umeoji, on Sunday, barely 24 hours after the latter distributed bags of rice, cash and other food […]
11 persons from Anfani community in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger State, have been sentenced to death by hanging, after being found guilty of nine counts brought against them. The Presiding Judge, Justice Maimuna Abubakar of Minna High Court No. 6, noted that the prosecuting counsel had proved the charges against the 11 […]
