Beyond the Headlines
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 30-year-old man Ajibola Akindele, at Oba Correctional Centre, for allegedly raping a 21-year-old woman in a church. The Magistrate, Mrs Olajumoke Somefun, who did not take the plea of Akindele, ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions for advice. […]
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has given Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC); Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC); Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC); Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC); Jos Electricity Distribution Company (JEDC); Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) and Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) approval to increase their tariff rates. The new approval […]
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., has raised over $7.1 billion from friends and investors to help acquire Twitter. The details are contained in a filing on the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Last month, Musk agreed to buy Twitter Inc. for $44 billion in a deal that will ensure investors receive […]
Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Nigeria, Tunde Bakare, on Thursday, purchased N100m nomination and expression of interests forms of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to contest the 2023 presidential primary in Abuja. He joins the growing list of aspirants jostling for the ticket of the All Progressive Congress which holds its […]
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that plot to frustrate an Igbo man becoming the president of Nigeria in 2023 will fail. This was contained in a speech presented by the President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Professor George Obiozor, to the Imeobi Ohanaeze Ndigbo at the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Secretariat on Thursday, […]
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Gov. Dave Umahi of Ebonyi on the quality of projects in the State. Buhari expressed satisfaction with his performance saying he that was not surprised at the standard of work because the two-time governor is an engineer of repute. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the president […]
Wives of Vice Chancellors of public universities are set to travel to Istanbul, Turkey for a five-day conference, The PUNCH has learnt. This is as the ongoing strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities since February 14, 2022, entered its third month. According to a letter by the Committee of Vice […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, through its Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful, has denied the allegation that IPOB issued a sit-at-home order against the visit of President Buhari to Ebonyi State and Enugu. Vanguard reports that foremost nationalist and First Republic Aviation Minister, Chief Mbazulike Amechi had on Wednesday made a passionate […]
University students took to the streets for the second straight day on Thursday in protest against the strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Tagging themselves ‘The University of Streets’, the protesters walked along the Ugbowo-Lagos expressway in Benin-City. The walk was expected to terminate at the Ring-Road area of the city. […]
Dubai has is witnessing an unprecedented influx Russian billionaires, fleeing western countries to avoid sanctions. BBC reports that the most populous city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is becoming a haven for wealthy Russians. According to business leaders in the city, Russian billionaires and entrepreneurs have been arriving in the UAE in unprecedented […]
