Beyond the Headlines
The Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Abia State chapter, Dr Isaiah Abali, has disclosed that the Abia State Government is owing doctors in the state 24 months’ salary arrears. He disclosed this on Thursday morning while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily. Abali, who disclosed that doctors in the state were hungry, […]
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has labelled those criticising President Muhammadu Buhari over the state economy as ignorant. He spoke Thursday at the ongoing 18th edition of the PMB scorecard series. Mohammad insisted that the government has done well in the past eight years and as such, deserves another opportunity to further […]
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has cautioned the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) against the postponement of the 2023 general elections on the excuse of insecurity, noting that doing so will be a great disservice to the people of Nigeria. Ortom stated this on Wednesday during a courtesy visit to the Resident Electoral […]
A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Mrs. Ngozi Uzodike, has been delivered of septuplets – two boys and five girls. Ngozi, who works at the Department of Business Administration, was delivered of the babies at Obijackson Women and Children Hospital, Okija, Anambra, on Sunday. Although, one of the girls did […]
As President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure winds down, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, has criticised the number one citizen’s level of preparedness for office. Bishop Kukah, during a live appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, drew parallels between the alleged culture of nepotism in the public sector and the […]
A suit challenging the sack of Ifeanyi Araraume as the board chairman of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has stalled at a federal high court in Abuja, over the failure of the company to file its counter affidavit. Araraume, a former senator representing Imo north, had sued President Muhammadu Buhari for removing […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Mahmood Yakubu, says the commission is not contemplating any adjustment to the election timetable, let alone postponing the 2023 general election. Yakubu stated this at the presentation of an electronic copy of the 93,469,008 voter register to leaders of political parties on Wednesday in […]
The national industrial court has struck down a regulation of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), which forbids unmarried officers from getting pregnant. Pursuant to Regulation 127 of the Nigeria Police Force Regulation, a female officer who gets pregnant outside wedlock will be dismissed. BACKGROUND TheCable had reported that Omolola Olajide, an unmarried police corporal […]
The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday said its operatives arrested a 17-year-old boy, Noble Uzuchi, and Chigozie Ogbonna, 29, for allegedly working for a baby factory. Also arrested were two female suspects, Favour Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40, the alleged leader of the syndicate. The four suspects reportedly operated in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre […]
Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Hassan Kukah, appears on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, January 11th, 2023. The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, says that no Nigerian should be undecided about the candidates to vote for in the upcoming general elections, considering the abundance of problems facing the country at […]
