Beyond the Headlines
Ghana’s annual consumer inflation rate accelerated to a new 22-year high of 54.1 percent in December 2022, up from 50.3 percent in November. Samuel Kobina Annim, the government statistician for Ghana, announced this at a media briefing on Wednesday. The latest inflation rate is the highest since April 2001, when it was at 59.7 […]
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu on Wednesday, met with the leadership of the 18 political parties at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. At the meeting, the first this year, the commission chairman presented the 2023 voter register to the parties ahead of the elections as required by the […]
The US Federal Aviation Authority ordered a temporary halt to all domestic flight departures Wednesday, after a major system outage that disrupted air traffic across the country. Airlines and airports were left scrambling with news of the nationwide pause, as the White House said there was no immediate evidence of a cyberattack. The FAA, […]
The World Bank has said that high borrowing costs, lower energy prices, slow growth in oil production and subdued oil-sector activity weaken Nigeria’s fiscal position. The Washington-based bank also said that Nigeria’s growth weakened to 3.1 per cent in 2022 and will further decelerate to 2.9 per cent this year. This was according to […]
A Jos-based pastor, Albarka Bitrus, has been arrested by operatives of the Plateau State Police Command for stagging his own kidnap and demanding ransom from members of his congregation. The command’s spokesman, Alabo Alfred, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday said that the clergyman was arrested alongside his collaborators following intelligence reports […]
The Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, has dragged a Nigerian journalist and activist, Agba Jalingo, to court for allegedly defaming Elizabeth Ayade, a daughter-in-law of the Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade. Jalingo had in August 2022 been arrested by the police after hours of laying siege to his Lagos residence. The […]
Outrage have greeted the killing of a sesame seed farmer, Ibrahim Ahmadu by two brothers who were alleged to be pillaging his farm the same time Ahmadu went to spray herbicide on his farm. The unfortunate incident which happened at Papa hamlet in Darazo local government area of Bauchi state on 20th December, 2022 […]
UNKNOWN gunmen on Tuesday killed four persons at the popular Bank road in Ihiala, fueling renewed fear in the area. It was gathered that the four people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in their houses and dumped on the street. A resident of the area told Vanguard that following the incident, traders at […]
The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry has revealed that he came to this world with the main purpose of serving as a spare for his elder brother, Prince William, who is the Prince of Wales. Harry said this in his autobiography ‘Spare’ which hit the bookshelves across the globe yesterday, according to Daily Mail […]
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Ushafa community in Bwari Area Council, Abuja, killing a man and abducting his family members. According to DAILY POST, the incident occurred on Wednesday morning at about 1 am, leading to tension in the area. A member of the community, Mr James Olachi, told the newspaper […]
