Beyond the Headlines
A lawmaker, Ishaya Bakano, of Song Local Government Council of Adamawa has been killed by gunmen. A gang of armed men stormed the lawmaker’s residence in his hometown, Bannga, in the early hours of Saturday, shooting his son and whisking him away before killing him a few hours after. The Police Public Relations Officer, […]
Five suspected Boko Haram members including Mallam Isa, a commander, have surrendered to troops of the Nigerian Army in Borno. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert, they surrendered on July 22 to the troops of 73 Battalion, Operation Hadin Kai. “At about 200812A, the troops of Cashew plantation deployed at Valley Shuwa had […]
A suspected kidnap kingpin and killer has been arrested by the police in Niger State. Public Relations Officer of the Police Command In Niger, Wasiu Abiodun, said the man, identified as Bashiru Abdullahi, was arrested in Kontagora Local Government Area of the state. He was arrested around 4:30 pm on July 14 by the […]
Osun Police Command said suspected cultists in the early hours of Saturday, invaded a residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government, and allegedly shot and killed a 43-year-old man, Yinusa Okunloye. SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson, made this known in a statement, adding that the police were, however, on the trail of the culprits. […]
Co-chair of Interfaith Peace and Dialogue Forum, Bishop Sunday Onuoha, has bemoaned the condition of Abia State, saying that “the state is stinking and needs cleansing”. Bishop Onuoha who is the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, in the 2023 poll, said that if voted into power, he would declare prayers and […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is mobilising members nationwide for the two-day solidarity rally being spearheaded by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, to support the ongoing strike by the lecturers. Disclosing this in a chat with Sunday Vanguard at the weekend, the National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said ASUU, as […]
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attend the signing ceremony for the deal. Photo by OZAN KOSE / AFP Ukraine and Russia on Friday signed a landmark deal aimed at relieving a global food crisis caused by […]
President Muhammadu Buhari says Kashim Shettima, vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), will not disappoint Nigerians if the party wins the 2023 election. Buhari said this on Friday at a meeting with APC chieftains, held at the presidential villa. Abdullahi Adamu, APC national chairman; Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Atiku Bagudu, governor of […]
The General Overseer of Citadel Global Community Church formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has refuted claims that he endorsed the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate for 2023 elections, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Bakare who made the rebuttal in a statement debunking insinuations that he was working against the Christian […]
The cost of fuel subsidy is estimated to increase by 369.93 per cent from 2021 to 2023, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. In 2021, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said fuel subsidy gulped N1.43tn, although there was no record for under-recovery in January. The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, had said […]
