Beyond the Headlines
By Niran Adedokun Top functionaries of the Buhari regime minimise the weight of insecurity that Nigerians now deal with, and fiddle with the people’s intelligence. Although security is not his brief, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, attempted during a recent interview on Channels Television, to show that what Nigerians now experience […]
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has described the threat to abduct President Muhammadu Buhari as laughable. In a video released at the weekend, the abductors of train passengers in Kaduna threatened to kidnap and kill Buhari and Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State. Addressing reporters after the Federal Executive Council […]
Nigerian naira, on Wednesday, weakened to N707 a dollar at the parallel section of the foreign exchange market. The figure represents N42 or 7.45 percent depreciation compared to the N658 it traded last week — further losing value against the dollar. Street traders who spoke to TheCable said the free fall resulted from the […]
VERITAS University, Bwari, Abuja, has shut down academic activities following the worsening insecurity in Abuja and its environs. The abrupt closure of the Roman Catholic owned university, located in Bwari Local Government Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, followed security reports indicating that terrorists could attack and abduct students of the school after […]
Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo, the state capital has ordered a popular human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong to be remanded in jail for one month over contemptuous and insulting behaviour in court. Justice Ekaette Obot ordered that Effiong should use the correctional facility to purge himself of insolence and dishonourable acts that […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has sternly warned Fulani herdsmen against any reprisal attacks on communities in Umunneochi Council area of Abia State, over the killing of cows grazing on farmlands. IPOB in a statement by its Media and Publicity Secretary Emma Powerful, commended Eastern Security Network, ESN, operatives for the job which […]
Thirty-six state governors in Nigeria have called for the review of the reintroduced National Water Resources Bill. The resolution was reached at the Teleconference Meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) which was held on Tuesday. NGF Chairman and Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, in a circular issued on Wednesday, said the bill should […]
The federal government has reacted to the threat by senators on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. Earlier on Wednesday, the lawmakers had given the president six weeks to address insecurity or face impeachment proceedings. Speaking on the development on Wednesday after a meeting of the federal […]
The Senate has summoned the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the depreciation of the naira. Reports revealed a United States dollar is exchanged to N658 in a parallel market on Wednesday. The depreciation of the currency fuelled the lawmakers’ decision to invite the CBN governor following a motion by […]
The Nasarawa State Government has ordered the immediate closure of both public and private schools, as a proactive step to safeguard the lives of students from across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state. This is coming following reports of security threats across the nation, particularly at the Federal Capital Territory which has […]
