Beyond the Headlines
A widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo who were going for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace and […]
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has reinstated the Emir of Birnin Yandoto, Aliyu Marafa nine months after conferring a traditional title to one of the most dreaded bandits kingpins, Ado Aliero in the North-Western State. Channels Television had reported how the Emir of Yandoto emirate was asked to step aside last July following a […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said it would continue the registration of Direct Entry until after the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the national census. JAMB spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement, saying “all candidates desirous of DE registration that none would be denied the […]
Some Nigerian students studying in Sudan have announced planned evacuation to Ethiopia following the fighting which has led to the killing of hundreds in the country and left many foreign nationals stranded. The students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sudan chapter, in a statement by the Media committee of […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “set up a presidential panel of enquiry to promptly probe the grim allegations that over 149 million barrels of crude oil are missing, as documented in the 2019 audited reports by the Auditor General of the Federation and Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency […]
Ten civilians and three soldiers were killed and 88 jihadists “neutralised” in multiple incidents across Mali Saturday, the government said, in a wave of bloodshed it described as a resurgence of “terrorist incidents”. Early Saturday morning, suspected jihadists attacked the Sevare airport area in the central Mopti region, detonating car bombs, which killed 10 […]
Pope Francis on Sunday called for dialogue between warring military factions in Sudan as a bloody outbreak of fighting entered a second week. “Unfortunately the situation remains grave in Sudan. “That is why I am renewing my call for the violence to stop as quickly as possible and for dialogue to resume,” the pontiff […]
Moroccan police seized 5.4 tonnes of cannabis resin stashed in a truck headed for Spain, and 60 kilogrammes of cocaine packed in frozen tuna, security officials said. Security and customs officers seized the cannabis resin in the northern port of Tangier “on board an international freight truck”, the General Directorate of National Security […]
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of withheld salaries of teachers who benefited from the elongation of service tenure extended by the regime of President Muhammadu Buhari to teachers under the employment of the Federal Government. The PUNCH had earlier in 2020 reported how Buhari during World Teachers’ Day announced some incentives for […]
A former Governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, has denied claims of being a conduit to disburse $1million from Governor Hope Uzodimma to Athan Achonu, the state gubernatorial candidate of Labour Party. An audio had surfaced last week via social media platforms wherein Ohakim was alleged to have been the conduit used by current […]
