Beyond the Headlines
Software and tech giant, Microsoft has said it will sack 10,000 employees over slower revenue growth. The maker of Windows and Office made this known on Wednesday becoming the latest tech company in the league of Amazon, Salesforce, and others to reduce workers over rising economic insecurity. According to CNN, the company is taking […]
A Nigerian professor, Marinus Iwuchukwu has been found dead along Thorncrest Drive, Wilkins Township, Pittsburg Pennsylvania, the United States on Tuesday. In the same location, a woman identified as Charce Dunn was found lying dead beside Iwuchukwu. According to the Allegheny County Police, the duo died following an alleged “domestic disturbance” around 10 am […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, on Wednesday warned residents, market women and leaders not to pay charges while depositing the old naira notes to their respective commercial banks in Imo state. The CBN, branch controller, Mrs, Oyoburuoma Boma, disclosed this to newsmen in Owerri, at the CBN sensitization programme at the relief Market […]
The Israeli government has said it will commence a direct flight operation from Israel to Nigeria in March to enhance trade and tourism between the two countries. The Deputy Director-General, African Department, Sharon Bar-Li, stated this while interacting with journalists at the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tuesday in Jerusalem. Sharon noted that […]
A Police Inspector from Ndiegoro Police Station was killed on Tuesday by suspected IPOB/ESN members around Ohanku Road-Iheorji junction in Aba, Abia. Two of the attackers were however neutralised by the police in the ensuing gun duel. Confirming the incident, the Abia Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna said the incident happened at […]
The Edo government says seven persons, including two village chiefs, have been arrested over the train attack that occurred in the state. On January 7, gunmen kidnapped passengers waiting to board a train at the train station in Igueben LGA of the state, to Warri in Delta state. At least 30 people were reportedly […]
The federal executive council (FEC) has approved the sum of N2.29 billion for the assembling of Hungarian Magnus light aircraft at the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State. The council gave the approval on Wednesday at a meeting presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in Abuja. Speaking after the meeting, Hadi […]
Buba Marwa, the chairperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says the agency secured its highest number of convictions within one year in 2022. He said this on Wednesday at a media briefing to mark his second anniversary in office. He warned that unrepentant drug barons and cartels will face tougher times […]
Ukraine’s interior minister and other officials were among more than a dozen people killed in a helicopter crash Wednesday near a kindergarten outside Kyiv, in a blow to the war-battered nation’s government. Ukraine did not claim direct Russian involvement, but President Volodymyr Zelensky said the tragedy was a consequence of the war. “There are […]
Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has told the party members conditions to get appointments and contracts if elected as the next president. He said all party members must show results of their polling units to benefit from the government. Atiku insisted that if party members and leaders […]
