Beyond the Headlines
Dayo Duyile, a veteran journalist, is one of the students to be conferred with a doctorate as the University of Lagos (UNILAG) holds its 53rd convocation ceremony. The schedule of activities for the convocation will begin on January 13 and end on January 22. Speaking on Tuesday at a pre-convocation media briefing, Folasade Ogunsola, […]
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, on Tuesday, met with members of the United Kingdom Parliament to discuss his solutions to issues that could be of concern to the European country if he is elected president next month. “I just concluded successful meetings with The Right Hon. Andrew Mitchell […]
The World Bank, on Tuesday, cuts its economic forecast due to a “perilous” close to falling into recession. According to BBC, it expects the world economy to grow by just 1.7 per cent this year – a sharp decrease from the 3 per cent it predicted in June. The report blames a number of […]
Sen. Bola Tinubu, All Progressives Congress (APC) Presidential Candidate, says Nigeria will prevail over forces of darkness, adding that evil will not prevail over the country. He said this in a statement by his Media Officer, Mr Tunde Rahman while condemning Saturday’s Edo train station attack where 31 passengers were kidnapped by suspected bandits. […]
Wednesday 11 January 2023 Last lap: Tinubu campaign mulls alliance with smaller parties Expelled Adamawa senator not entitled to re-election – Court Lagos robber lynched, Okada rider killed in crash Two female suspects detained over Lagos missing baby World Bank cuts economic forecast over global recession Wike to Rivers people: Vote PDP to consolidate […]
A United Kingdom-based financial watchdog, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has fined the British subsidiary of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank £7.6 million ($9.3 million) over weak money laundering control system. The FCA in a statement on Tuesday said the bank failed in its anti-money laundering systems and controls. It stated that the failures were highlighted […]
The federal government has ruled out the possibility of the forthcoming elections being cancelled or postponed due to insecurity. Lai Mohammed, minister of information and culture, spoke on the matter on Tuesday at the 17th edition of the ‘President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) Administration Scorecard Series (2015-2023)’ in Abuja. He was reacting to reports that […]
In a move being hailed as a major achievement, the Rivers State Police Command has busted a child trafficking syndicate operating in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Acting on intelligence, the C4i Intelligence Unit Operatives of the Command over the weekend raided two buildings at Igwuruta and Omagwa communities respectively, both in the Ikwerre […]
As the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) begins bid opening for the assets recovered by the commission as proceeds of corruption, the bids for 24 units of luxury flats located at Banana Island in the highbrow Ikoyi area of Lagos State have failed. At the commencement of the bidding exercise held at the […]
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has demoted 14 officers and penalised 22 others for corruption. NIS spokesman, Tony Akuneme disclosed this in a statement issued Tuesday in Abuja, saying four were dismissed while 14 were demoted for various offenses for which they appeared before the Orderly Room Trial Committee of the Service. He stated […]
