Beyond the Headlines
No fewer than 78 people have died and 73 others injured after being stampeded in a school in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, where they had gathered to receive cash gifts from merchants to wrap up the Ramadan fasting season. The stampede occurred late Wednesday evening in a school where hundreds of people had gathered […]
Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), has asked his supporters to remain calm and show restraint in the face of provocation. In a statement on Wednesday, Obi said recent events in Nigeria, including political developments in Adamawa state, underline the importance of adhering to the rule of law. He said as […]
Terrorists in the Birnin Magaji area of Zamfara State have vowed to continue attacking local communities in the area until a unit of soldiers stationed in the area is withdrawn, residents told PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday morning. PREMIUM TIMES spoke to four residents from Birnin Magaji, Mazauda, Nasarawa Mai layi and Gidan Kane communities on […]
Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, on Thursday, accused the presidency of placing cows above human lives. Ortom stated this through his Chief Press Secretary, Nathaniel Ikyur, while reacting to an earlier statement issued by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu. The president’s media aide had in a statement issued […]
Authorities of the Nigerian Armed Forces have disclosed that its troops neutralized sixty-three (63) Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa terrorists between the beginning of March and the 15th of April. In addition to neutralizing the terrorists, the troops also liberated over 150 victims in the course of their different operations across […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has denied allegations that its officials visited the Adamawa government house during the supplementary governorship election in the state. While the results from the election were yet to be announced, Hudu Yunusa-Ari, resident electoral commissioner (REC) of the commission, declared Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress […]
Abike Dabiri-Erewa, chairman of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), says the federal government is consulting with relevant agencies on how to evacuate Nigerian students in Sudan. Violent clashes between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group, have killed over 270 people. Thousands of civilians have fled Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, with […]
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, has accused Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), of failing to correct Datti Baba-Ahmed, his running mate, over his controversial comments. On March 22, Datti said Nigeria has no president-elect despite the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announcing Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) […]
More than two persons have died in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, over a squabble that allegedly began when a passenger paid a tricycle operator N100 while the tricyclist demanded N150 fee. The squabble ensued led to the tricyclist stabbing the passenger which led to his death. A mob at the Yenizue-Epie area […]
Delta State Government has confirmed the death of six persons killed by rainstorm in Oko Community, Oshimili South Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident at a news conference in Asaba on Thursday, the state Commissioner for Information, Mr Charles Aniagwu, said five other persons, who sustained varying degrees of injury, were […]
