Beyond the Headlines
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has described the five aggrieved Peoples Democratic Party’s governors as “a bunch of confused leaders, incapable of determining who wins next month’s election”. This is even as the APC chieftain warned leaders of the party to desist forthwith from interfacing with […]
Former president of the United States, Donald Trump was sanctioned nearly $1 million for filing a “frivolous” lawsuit against former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton. Trump filed a lawsuit against Clinton, ex-FBI director James Comey and other officials for their alleged attempt to rig the 2016 election, according to The Washington Post. Clinton, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has disclosed that any commercial bank that failed to pick up its new currency for distribution will be fined N1 million per day. The apex bank’s Deputy Director, Research, Osun state branch, Adeleke Adelokun, disclosed this while sensitising traders on the need to embrace the new currency and […]
The reign of terror has once again resurfaced in Taraba state following the abduction of eight family members of a second-class chief in the state. It was gathered that two wives and six children of the chief of Mutumbiyu in the Gassol local government area of Taraba state, Justice Sani Muhammed (rtd) was whisked […]
Unidentified gunmen, Friday, abducted the Sole Administrator of Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu and two others. A source said the gunmen had shot the council boss on the leg when they stormed his residence at Imoko, Arondizuogu, in the area. It was gathered that his residence was thereafter set […]
The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has revealed that aside from the general issues which the G-5 Governors have against the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, he has a personal one against the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Ortom who spoke to reporters, on Thursday noted that politics was a game of […]
Civil liberties advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association, HURIWA, has rebuked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for misleading the Federal High Court Abuja into granting an earlier order of interim forfeiture of properties linked to the former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, and called for the censure of […]
The Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed the former Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Mr. Godswill Akpabio as candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, for the Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District election billed for February 25. The apex court, in a unanimous decision by a five-member panel of Justices, upheld an appeal Akpabio filed […]
Muhammadu Abubakar, the Sultan of Sokoto, has told Nigerians to avoid ethnic and religious bias when choosing who to vote for in the general election. Abubakar spoke on Thursday while addressing participants at the 29th regular meeting of the national council on water resources (NCWR) in Sokoto. The sultan said Nigerians need to use […]
Suspected armed herdsmen have again attacked the community opposite the Abagana Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp in Makurdi, killing eight people. It was gathered that the killers beheaded and took away the heads of the victims, including an entire family of six. Eight other persons were wounded with three of them in critical […]
