Beyond the Headlines
Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) has thrown his weight behind the claim by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) that there are attempts to sabotage his presidential bid through naira redesign and fuel scarcity. Tinubu during his rally in Abeokuta, […]
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has appointed Senator Dino Melaye as the party’s Chief Collation Officer for the February 25 presidential election. Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had already announced that the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja will serve as the National Situation Room and […]
National Youth Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dayo Israel, has reiterated presidential candidate Bola Tinubu’s accusation that the Muhammadu Buhari regime was orchestrating fuel scarcity in order to rob his campaign of goodwill. Mr Israel wrote on his Twitter account on Thursday that the scarcity that continues to take harder tolls on […]
The Speaker of the House of Representatives has threatened to issue warrants of arrest for the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, and the managing director of any commercial bank that fails to honour the invitation by the House. The lawmakers and Emefiele seem to be at loggerheads over the […]
Pope Francis says “being homosexual isn’t a crime,” albeit “a sin”, putting to rest long-standing debates regarding the position of the Roman Catholic Church on same-sex relationships. The Pope made the assertion in an interview with The Associated Press released Wednesday. He asked the church to be more accommodating of the LGBTQ community, explaining […]
A Magistrate Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State capital has remanded a middle-aged man named Funmilayo Asojo at the Correctional Center for allegedly killing a peacemaker, Bamiduro Adewole, with a stone. The defendant was said to have killed the deceased while settling a rift between himself and a man who owed him (Asojo) N700 […]
Presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Dumebi Kachikwu has asked the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to withdraw from the presidential race, saying that he is “sick.” This was as he begged APC and Tinubu’s family to counsel him on discontinuing his presidential race and ambition. Addressing […]
The Turkish Ambassador to Nigeria, Hidayet Bayraktar, has countered a report accusing the embassy of denying visas to Nigerian students intending to study in the country. Bayraktar rather said that Turkiye and Nigeria relation is based on a long-standing friendship and history and that the embassy sees Nigerian students who are planning, presently studying […]
An Abuja Magistrate Court has struck out a criminal summons filed against the Spokesperson of the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Ikenga Ugochinyere by Chinasa Nwaneri, an aide to Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. The allegations contained in the summons bordered on the revelation of alleged fraud by the All Progressives Congress, […]
A whistleblower, Michael Achimugu, has said he exposed the corruption allegation against the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, to prevent Nigerians from making a great mistake by voting for him. Atiku had admitted in a recorded phone call that he was involved in taking advantage of federal contracting expenditures. In […]
