Beyond the Headlines
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar-Farouk, says there is no reliable national data on the number of missing persons in Nigeria because there is no official register. She said this in Abuja Tuesday at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by her ministry in collaboration with the International Committee of […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted countries to prevent, detect and respond to incidents of substandard and falsified medical products as contaminated cough syrups kill 300 children in at least three countries. “Over the past four months, countries have reported on several incidents of over-the-counter cough syrups for children with confirmed or suspected […]
As the 2023 general election approaches, a former All Progressives Congress (APC) Chieftain Hajiya Najaatu Muhammad has said that she will not repeat the mistake made on Buhari for Tinubu, the party’s presidential candidate. Najaatu said she followed Buhari blindfolded without an agenda and that mistake shouldn’t be repeated. In an interview on Trust […]
The Senator representing Abia South District, Enyinnaya Abaribe has assured Nigerians that the unrest in the South-East geopolitical zone of the country will not affect the 2023 elections in the zone. Abaribe also called on the five governors in the South-East to come together and find a lasting solution to the unrest in the […]
Several vigilante personnel in Galadima Kogo, Shiroro LGA of Niger state, have been killed following multiple explosions in the area. Speaking on the incident on Tuesday, Kabir Mohammed, a traditional title holder in Erena, said the explosions were caused by airstrikes. Mohammed said other vigilantes who were not affected had vacated the area. “The […]
Jibrilla Bindow, a former governor of Adamawa state, has resigned his membership from the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a letter dated January 20 and addressed to the APC chairman in the Kolere ward of Mubi north LGA of Adamawa, Bindow cited the lack of “genuine reconciliation” of aggrieved members in the party after […]
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele has said the recent release of three redesigned naira notes has somehow reduced kidnapping and ransom-taking by armed men. The CBN governor, who spoke after the apex bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting in Abuja on Tuesday, also said there is no going […]
Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Lagos State, on Tuesday, sentenced an Islamic teacher, Adam Farouk, to life imprisonment for defiling eight pupils in his class. Farouk defiled the pupils, who were between the ages of six and 11, between November 2018 to February 2019 on Balogun Street, […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) says no successive government in Nigeria, has been able to complete abandoned projects like the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration. Dr Tom Ohekere, Head, Media Good Governance Campaign Committee, APC 2023 Independent Campaign Council(ICC), said this when he spoke with newsmen shortly at after the committee’s inaugural meeting on Tuesday […]
The family of a bride-to-be in Gbako Local Government Area of Niger State has rejected the old N1,000 and N500 notes presented as the bride price by her suitor’s family. The woman’s family was said to have demanded new naira notes because of the January 31 deadline issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria, […]
