Beyond the Headlines
Abubakar Atiku, the deposed Emir of Zurmi in Zamfara State, has died in Egypt after battling an undisclosed illness. A source at the Zurmi Emir’s palace, who asked not to be named, said the Emirate Council is fully involved in the arrangements for the corpse to be brought back to Nigeria for burial. Mr […]
Onyemuche Nnamani, a commissioner representing the south-east in the Police Service Commission (PSC), says the commission is constitutionally backed to recruit police officers. Recently, fresh controversy hit the recruitment of constables into the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) following the disagreement between the leadership of PSC and Usman Baba, inspector-general of police. Last week, the […]
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, dismissed a fresh bail application that was brought before it by the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, who is facing drug trafficking charge. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the suspended DCP, failed to […]
A medical doctor travelling along a Nigerian highway had a horrible experience with some police operatives who “arrested” him for having anti-hypertensive medicines in his bag. The doctor told PREMIUM TIMES he is hypertensive, and has been on medication. The operatives, about five of them, allegedly told him they would not let him join […]
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Monday, alleged that some politicians campaigning ahead of the 2023 presidential election do not mean well for the country. Saying that he is in a privileged position to know better, the governor promised to reveal the identities of the concerned persons at the appropriate time so that Nigerians […]
The Nigeria Association of Resident Doctors has said six out of 10 doctors in the country plan to leave the country for greener pastures. This is just as it disclosed that there are only 12,297 resident doctors in both the Federal and state tertiary health institutions in the country. The NARD President, Dr Dare […]
THE International Air Transport Association, IATA, yesterday disclosed that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, releasing about 43 per cent of the total funds belonging to foreign airlines trapped in the country has placed Nigeria in a positive light across the global community. Vanguard had reported that the CBN had last weekend, released $265million, […]
Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, has urged Diaspora Nigerians to play their roles in holding the Nigerian government accountable. He said aside from the constitutional rights of voting, the people’s sacred role is also to hold elected government accountable for ensuring desired development. The former Anambra State governor in a series of tweets […]
THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, yesterday, expressed worry over the unmanned borders across the country, saying it poses immense danger to the security of Nigerians. Afenifere, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Jare Ajayi, expressed regret that less than a year to the end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, the Federal […]
The Chief of Defense Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, has reiterated the need for citizens to avoid seeing the military as the enemy of the state, saying such demoralises the armed forces, impeding the fight against insecurity. General Irabor stated that the armed forces and other security agencies, such as the police, were a […]
