Beyond the Headlines
The Nigerian consulate in Johannesburg has complained to the South African government after city authorities disconnected the consulate’s electricity supplies over unpaid bills, a government official said Friday. City officials on Wednesday went to the consulate, in an upmarket northern suburb, to cut off supplies over 400,000 rand ($23,300) in outstanding charges, according to […]
An Enugu Chief Magistrates’ Court Grade 1, presided over by Mrs. U.I. Jideofor, today remanded Mrs. Ujunwa Ugwuoke, in the Enugu Correctional Centre, for the alleged murder of 9-year-old Precious korshima. The charge No. MEN/14C/2023 – Commissioner of Police vs Ugwuoke Ujunwa, was read to the accused person in English and interpreted and explained […]
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele, has advanced reasons why the Independent National Electoral Commission should postpone next month’s general election. In a statement on Friday by the clergyman’s Media Aide, Oluwatosin Osho, Ayodele claimed that some unnamed persons have put plans into motion to sabotage the election if it […]
A 45-year-old Irish man has drowned while trying to rescue his daughter as the duo was on vacation in New South Wales, Australia. Daily Mail reported that the incident happened on Wednesday night at a popular Seven Mile Beach where the daughter was swept out to sea on a body board. In a bid […]
There are indications that all is not well within the ruling All Progressives Congress hierarchy ahead of next month general election, the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, AYCF, president, Yerima Shettima, has opined. He said the absence of Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the APC, rallies and refusal to […]
British police on Friday fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for failing to wear a seatbelt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire Police said in a Twitter statement not directly naming Sunak: “We have today issued a 42-year-old man from London with a conditional offer of fixed penalty.” A fixed […]
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has after a very extensive review and consideration of the affairs of our Party in the country, pursuant to the provisions of the PDP Constitution (as amended in 2017) approved the suspension of Senator Chimaroke Nnamani (Enugu State) and Chief Chris Ogbu (Imo […]
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that only an “unpatriotic and bad Nigerian” would vote for a candidate with bad character. Obasanjo spoke on Thursday in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, while featuring in an interactive session of the Experiential Leadership in Africa with the theme “Executive Decisions, Indecisions, and Leadership Development in […]
Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), has revealed that the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 general election, Bola Tinubu Slept all through their meeting with the National Peace Committee (NPC) in Abuja today. The National Peace Committee met with some presidential candidates and other […]
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, set aside the Nov. 4, 2022, interim forfeiture order on 40 landed property linked to Sen. Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, said he had found that the application for forfeiture filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was […]
