Beyond the Headlines
The governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, has revealed that despite his position, he has yet to see the new naira notes. He said this on Wednesday as he backed calls for the extension of the deadline for changing the old naira notes to the redesigned ones. Ortom said he was concerned about the […]
Kashim Shettima, the vice-presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), visited Ayodele Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state, in his residence on Tuesday. Fayose, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), is sympathetic to the cause of the G5 governors of the opposition party. The G5 governors, led by Nyesom Wike of […]
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of its members and those of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who embarked on strike last year. CONUA National President, Niyi Sunmonu made this known when he addressed journalists shortly after the maiden National Executive […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday signed a controversial law toughening punishments for disobedience or desertion from the armed forces amid Russia’s invasion. Stronger sanctions will also apply to offences such as threatening commanders, fleeing the battlefield, or consuming alcohol, according to the law published on the Ukrainian parliament’s website. The new law also […]
The House on Wednesday also urged relevant security agencies to fish out oil marketers and other economic saboteurs that may be responsible for the fuel scarcity in the country. These resolutions were reached following a motion of urgent public importance by a legislator, Leke Abejide drawing attention to the lingering fuel crisis across the […]
Hundreds gathered to applaud Jacinda Ardern as she left New Zealand’s parliament to resign as prime minister on Wednesday before Chris Hipkins was swiftly sworn in as her replacement. Ardern said last week she no longer had “enough in the tank” after steering the country through natural disasters, its worst-ever terror attack and the […]
Some policemen attached to the Special Anti-Cult Unit of the Anambra State Police Command have been accused of breaking into a private hostel housing students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, in a bid to arrest suspected fraudsters in Ifite, in the Awka South Local Government Area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that […]
A married woman in Rano Local Government Area of Kano State, Malama Khadija, has dissolved her own marriage and married her daughter’s boyfriend. The incident happened after the daughter of the woman, Aisha, rejected her suitor. However, in their reaction, the woman’s relatives told a local Radio Station in Kano that they were accusing […]
The Federal Government on Wednesday apologised to air travellers over the industrial action of the National Union of Air Transport Employees, the Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, which halted inbound and outbound flight operations on Monday. It also vowed to enforce the section of the Civil Aviation Act (2022), disallowing employees […]
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party for the March 11 governorship election in Abia State, Prof Uchenna Ikonne is dead. His son, Chikezie announced the death of his father on Wednesday in a statement he issued on behalf of the family and titled ” death of professor Eleazar Uchenna Ikonne.” The statement […]
