Beyond the Headlines
Legal luminary, Afe Babalola, has raised fears that the coming presidential election will be won by the highest spender and not the best among the candidates. Babalola at a media briefing in Ado Ekiti expressed worry that the 2023 general elections will be conducted under the 1999 constitution against his advice saying the poll […]
Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has revealed why Nothern governors under the All Progressives Congress (APC) agreed that the next president should come from the South and are routing for the APC Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. The governor, however, debunked a rumour that 11 Northern APC governors were secretly meeting with […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says it did not export 17.877 million barrels of crude oil without proper documentation from 2016 to 2020. A report, quoting the former auditor-general of the federation (AuGF), had accused some exporters of shipping crude oil without completing the required Nigeria export proceeds (NXP) forms. The AuGF […]
Amazon, an American multinational technology company, says it is planning to sack over 18,000 employees from its total workforce. The figure, which is the largest number of layoffs in the company’s history, represents 1.2 percent of its 1.5 million employees across the globe. Andy Jassy, chief executive officer of Amazon, announced the development in […]
A family of eight, including five children, has been found shot dead in their home in Enoch City, Utah, the United States. According to the police, the discovery followed a call to perform a “welfare check” in the home. Police in the city conduct a welfare check when neighbours raise concerns or haven’t seen […]
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the ninth assembly will be remembered as one of the “most clueless” in the nation’s history. Debo Ologunagba, the PDP spokesperson, said this on Wednesday when he featured on Prime Time, a programme on Arise TV. The ninth assembly led by Senate President Ahmad Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila, […]
Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, has explained why his principal didn’t remove petrol subsidy. Speaking during a Channels Television interview on Wednesday, Adesina said the government has to weigh its options carefully before making any decision. In January 2012, former President Goodluck Jonathan faced stiff resistance when […]
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has warned the United States and its allies not to underestimate Russia in the ongoing war against Ukraine. Stoltenberg made this known on Thursday at a business conference, in Oslo, the capital of Norway, according to Reuters. U.S. warns Putin of ‘catastrophic’ consequences over nuclear […]
The Military Pensions Board said it has commenced the payment of the owed Security Debarment Allowance to eligible military retirees or Next of Kin of deceased military personnel. A Security Debarment Allowance is the money paid to retired military personnel to discourage them from using the skills they acquired while in service against the […]
Pope Francis led the funeral of his predecessor Benedict XVI on Thursday in front of tens of thousands of mourners in St Peter’s Square, an event unprecedented in modern times. Red-clad cardinals, dignitaries and thousands of priests and nuns from around the world gathered to say goodbye to the German theologian, who stunned the […]
