Beyond the Headlines
A drama played out in Rano Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State after a woman, Malama Khadija, dissolved her own marriage and married her daughter’s suitor. The incident happened after the daughter, Aisha, rejected her suitor, with the mother saying it was not prohibited in Islam. Earlier, the woman’s relatives told Freedom Radio […]
Two teenage Pakistani girls were killed by their fathers in separate incidents, triggering an outcry in the country plagued by a rise in gender-based violence. Police in the north-western region of Charsadda was conducting raids on Tuesday to arrest a father who killed his 18-year-old daughter after seeing her dancing in a video, local […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has vowed to render key politicians in Imo State politically irrelevant. IPOB claimed that the politicians were behind the killings, destruction of properties, and insecurity in Imo State. Emma Powerful, the spokesman of IPOB, said the politicians contributed to the pains of residents of Imo State. In a […]
The Federal Government is meeting with operators in the midstream and downstream oil sector as part of measures towards developing strategic stock for Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, in key locations across the country. It said the national strategic stocks would help in addressing the recurring fuel scarcity in Nigeria, as it also […]
Governor Nasir El- Rufa’i of Kaduna State has disclosed that Nigeria has planned to spend N6 trillion on fuel subsidy for 6 months, N4 trillion to subsidize the Naira and N300 billion to subsidise electricity in 2023. The Governor who spoke during the 12th Kaduna State Council on Health Meeting in Kaduna on Tuesday, […]
Wednesday 25 January 2023 Wike: Why we’re not campaigning for presidential candidate in Rivers LP campaign: How Obi was attacked after rally in Katsina I won’t betray your trust, Atiku tells supporters in Delta Emefiele: Only N370bn collected as stamp duty in six years — not N89trn Aba will be export hub if I’m […]
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, has narrated how his campaign team was attacked in Katsina State. Obi’s team that has been on a state-to-state tour touched down in Katsina on Monday. Daily Trust had reported how the Presidential Candidate wooed voters and promised to tackle insecurity if elected. In a […]
Nyesom Wike, governor of Rivers, says the ongoing campaign for candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state does not include the party’s presidential candidate. Wike said this on Tuesday in Bonny Town during the local government campaign flag-off rally that was organised by the Rivers state PDP campaign council. He said […]
A 62-year-old man, Bamuwa Umaru, has been nabbed by the Kano State Police Command for attempting to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper, Yusuf Ibrahim. The spokesperson for the Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna, on Tuesday, said Umaru was arrested after he offered a bribe of N1 million to a policeman for the release […]
As the January 31 deadline given by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, for withdrawal of the old naira notes draws nearer, the former Senate Leader, Senator Ali Ndume has lamented the absence of the newly redesigned notes in circulation, saying that as a serving member of the upper legislative chamber, he has not […]
