Beyond the Headlines
Senate President Ahmed Lawan and Hon Bashir Machina may have lost out for the Yobe North senatorial seat in 2023. A credible source at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Damaturu told The Nation the commission did not publish any candidate for APC. “What we have is Mohammed Bomoi for Yobe South […]
A businessman and laptop engineer, Oyekan Tobi, has revealed that David Ukpo Nwanmini who was taken to the United Kingdom for organ harvesting by the former deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife is not a 15-year-old boy. Tobi, who is also a postgraduate student of the Nigeria Institute of Journalism, Ogba Lagos, […]
There is a new twist in the alleged child organ harvesting case involving Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president. On Thursday, the London Metropolitan Police charged Ekweremadu and Beatrice, his wife, to court over the allegation of bringing a child to the UK for organ harvesting. The investigation was launched after detectives were alerted […]
The Anambra Police Command, has rescued two kidnap victims in the state. DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, Anambra Police Command Public Relations Officer in a terse statement made available to newsmen in Awka said “Operatives collaborating with security operatives at about 9pm on 23/6/2022 rescued two kidnap victims and recovered a Toyota Highlander jeep with reg nos […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday said they were no longer comfortable with the statement credited to President Muhammadu Buhari, which he made at Rwanda, regarding the issue of the detained IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, that he could likely “jump bail.” The IPOB, lead Council, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, stated this to newsmen in Owerri. […]
Gunmen have attacked a police station in the Eika-Ohizenyi area of Okehi LGA, Kogi state. The gunmen were said to have attacked the station with explosives in the early hours of Friday. During the incident, a police inspector was killed while a section of the station was damaged. William Aya, Kogi police spokesperson, confirmed […]
There seems no immediate end in sight to the ruckus at the Supreme Court over alleged mismanagement of funds and absence of probity by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, as 14 justices of the court, insist on full blown investigation. The justices had in a recent letter to the CJN, […]
The National Director of Information, Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Sunday Okereafor, said the monarchs in the South-East should be held responsible for incessant killings and attacks in the geo-political zone. The group alleged that the monarchs collected money from the Fulani herdsmen and allowed them into the zone. […]
THE spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Barr. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, has made the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s list of successfully nominated candidates from the 18 political parties that will be participating in the 2023 general elections. Top on the list are leading candidates like Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere who is […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission has affirmed Bashir Machina as the winner of the ruling All Progressives Congress primary for the Yobe North Senatorial District. A certified true copy of INEC’s report from the May 28, 2022, election showed Mr Machina scored 289 votes out of 300 delegates, corroborating the politician’s public claim that […]
