Beyond the Headlines
After testing for months with limited users, microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday announced that it has rolled out its Circle feature globally, which will allow users to share their thoughts with a smaller group — up to 150 people. After testing for months with limited users, microblogging site Twitter on Tuesday announced that it […]
The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Imo State, Evarestus Ebeniro, on Tuesday said 35 motorists had been arrested by his command for trying to induce his officers. Addressing newsmen at the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Owerri, the sector commander said his command had zero tolerance for […]
GOVERNOR Nyesom Wike on Tuesday urged former Kaduna state governor, Ahmed Makarfi, to stop badmouthing him and be focused on ensuring he delivers victory in Kaduna for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in next year’s elections. Wike, during inauguration of the sand-filled area and estate layout project in Ogbum-Nu-Abali, Port Harcourt, made the remark […]
David Ukpo, the victim of the alleged organ harvesting involving Senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice, on Tuesday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to set aside its July 1 order for the release of his biodata for use in a London Court in Ekweremadu’s trial. Ukpo, while faulting proceedings of the […]
Buba Galadima, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), says the defection of Ibrahim Shekarau to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is a blessing. Galadima spoke on Tuesday during an interview published by BBC Hausa. On Monday, Ibrahim Shekarau, former governor of Kano state, officially defected to the PDP. Last week, Shekarau […]
Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Dr. Zainab Ahmed yesterday disclosed that the government has planned for 60 percent of revenue to be spent on debt servicing, but in some months, the ratio went up to 90 percent. Ahmed made the declaration in Abuja on Monday when she said the 2023 budget had […]
Consumers of household kerosene, also known as cooking kerosene, paid 99 per cent more to purchase a gallon of the product in the last one year. This is according to data from the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics, NBS. The statistics agency said the average retail price per gallon of cooking kerosene paid by consumers […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has invited Pro-Chancellors and Chairmen of Councils as well as the Vice-Chancellors to a meeting with the minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu regarding the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NUC in a letter signed by its Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki, noted […]
The Group Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, has accused government officials, religious leaders, security agencies and even some staff of the nation’s crude oil theft. Speaking during the 49th session of the weekly ministerial briefly at the State […]
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says there should be more efforts by the authorities at all levels to act on problems plaguing the country. Osinbajo was quoted as saying this on Tuesday when governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) paid him a visit over his recent surgery. The vice-president went under […]
