Beyond the Headlines
The authorities of the Nigeria Police Force, on Thursday, dismissed officers attached to the famous praise-singer of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dauda Adamu Kahutu Rarara. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the spokesman of the force, who announced the decision at Force Headquarters in Abuja, said the officers were dismissed for wasting live ammunition. The escorts were […]
The Labour Party (LP) says its flag bearer in the February 25 presidential poll, Peter Obi is not aware of any apology purportedly issued by the British Government or any of its agencies regarding an incident involving the former Anambra State governor at the Heathrow Airport on April 7, 2023. “We would like […]
Friday 14 April 2023 Supplementary elections: APC, PDP battle for two gov, 94 legislative seats Obi, Kwankwaso shared Atiku’s votes, Tinubu tells tribunal Poll: I defeated you, Tinubu tells Obi Building collapse: Lagos stops devt in Banana Island World Bank lists challenges for Nigeria’s in-coming govt Get ready to ‘pack out’ in Imo, PDP’s […]
No fewer than two million vulnerable Nigerians have been impacted by projects implemented under the Federal Government’s National Poverty Reduction with Growth Strategy (NPRGS) for the year 2022, a report states. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Thursday, […]
Peter Obi, was last week detained in London by the United Kingdom immigration officials for alleged impersonation. This was made known in a statement issued Wednesday by the Head, Obi-Datti Media, Diran Onifade. Mr Onifade however said Peter Obi has since returned to Nigeria. “The LP presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential poll […]
Olalekan Jacob Ponle, known as Mr Woodberry, has pleaded guilty to wire fraud. He also agreed to forfeit $8 million in proceeds of wire fraud as well as luxury cars and watches to the foreign government. Woodberry, a known associate of the now-imprisoned internet fraudster, Ramon Abbas, better known as Hushpuppi, recently in a […]
An attack by suspected terrorists on the Atak’Njei community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has claimed no fewer than eight lives. The attack happened at about 9p.m. on Wednesday, journalists were told. It is coming weeks after a similar attack on the Langson community in the same local government area […]
The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Dr. Uche Rowland Ojinmah said many qualified doctors are still not employed in Nigeria, in spite of the brain drain in the country’s health sector. Ojinmah stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Wednesday, The NMA President expressed worry over the exodus of […]
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said a candidate does not need to secure 25% of votes in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, to win a presidential election in the country. This is even as it said the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar did not meet the constitutional […]
President-elect, Bola Tinubu, is challenging the right of the Labour Party’s candidate, Peter Obi, to fault his victory at the February 25 presidential election. In his response to the petition by Obi and the Labour Party, he argued that the former Anambra State government was not a lawful member of the LP as of […]
