Beyond the Headlines
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn Justice Kayode Ariwoola in as Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). He performed the ceremony in the Executive Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Justice Ariwoola became the presumptive lead justice of the Supreme Court, following the sudden resignation of Justice Tanko Muhammad as CJN over health […]
Police authorities in Imo State say they have arrested one of the suspected killers of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Gulak. Mr Mike Abattam, the Public Relations Officer of the Imo State Police Command, disclosed this while briefing reporters on Monday in Owerri, the state capital. The suspect identified as […]
Ahead of the forthcoming General elections, a terrorist organization; Ansaru terrorist group has banned political activities in the Eastern part of Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.. This was contained in a report released by the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives’ Union (BEPU) on Sunday. The report, signed by the Union’s Chairman, Ishaq Usman Kasai, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has discovered and destroyed two hectares of land used for the cultivation of Cannabis sativa, otherwise called Indian hemp, in Imo State. The agency also arrested one of the proprietors of the farm, situated at Umuagu, Umuguma community in Owerri West Council Area of the state. A […]
The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has confirmed the age of the alleged victim of organ harvesting, David Nwamini, in a case involving former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice. In a statement issued over the weekend, the Comptroller General of NIS, Mr Isah Idris, disclosed that the said kidney donor was […]
Buba Marwa, chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says officers of the agency arrested some politicians in possession of illicit drugs. Marwa said this on Sunday when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Hard Copy’. The chairman said he was “somewhat disappointed” that the drive to have public officers undergo drug-tests before […]
A yet-to-be-identified couple have been inconsolable after their three children drowned in a swimming pool on their estate in the Ajah area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that both husband and wife had gone for an event when the three children left their house to swim in the pool. As of the time […]
Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asíwájú Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has travelled out of the country. The APC leader departed for France after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday morning. Tunde Rahman, his spokesman, who announced this, did not state how long the APC standard bearer […]
Ahead of the 2023 general election, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, on Sunday said he is still searching for his running mate. He stated this in Abuja while delivering his keynote address at the 60th birthday celebration of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila. […]
Abdulmumin Jibrin says Rabiu Kwankwaso, presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), will not be a running mate to Peter Obi, flag bearer of the Labour Party (LP). The former member of the house of representatives spoke on Sunday in an interview on Channels Television. NNPP and LP are currently discussing a […]
