Beyond the Headlines
A federal high court in Abuja has ordered the office of the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) to take over the N5 billion suit filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Stella Oduah, former aviation minister. The EFCC alleged that Oduah misappropriated public funds estimated at N5 billion while serving as […]
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education has increased the school fees of new students into Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as Federal Unity Colleges to ₦100,000. This was contained in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal Ministry of Education, reference number […]
Head of the Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has said his men will continue to fight in African countries, where they are already present. Ever since Prigozhin mounted a failed mutiny in Russia last month and was banished to Belarus, there have been questions over Wagner’s future. “There was no, and there will be […]
Friday 21 July 2023 APC crisis: NWC members oppose Ganduje, tip North Central for chair NNPCL, UTM to build Nigeria’s first floating gas plant Military destroys 23 illegal refineries, arrests 60 oil thieves Edo police arrest 53 suspected cultists Men in police vests invade Abuja home, assault brothers Subsidy Removal: Palliatives Not Enough To […]
A state prosecutor on Thursday asked a London court to order the confiscation of more than 100 million pounds ($129 million) from Nigerian politician and ex-Delta State governor, James Ibori, Reuters report. Ibori had earlier been convicted for fraud in the United Kingdom and the ex-governor spent years in prison in Britain. Ibori was […]
The house of representatives has asked the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) not to approve the proposed increase in electricity tariffs. The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution during a plenary session on Thursday, following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Sani Madaki, a member of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) from […]
Following the removal of the petrol subsidy and the recent hike in petrol prices to up to N617/litre, the National Executive Council (NEC) has agreed on palliative measures for Nigerians. The decision was reached on Thursday at a meeting held at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja. The meeting, which was […]
A young lady identified as Miss Chinyere Awuda has been beaten to death inside a popular hotel (name withheld) in Awka, Anambra State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday when some friends were spraying money on a birthday celebrant while he was dancing during a birthday party at the hotel. The […]
Military air strikes have reportedly killed 22 terrorists in Katsina state. According to Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, the air strikes were conducted by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji (OPHD) at Batsari and Sola Poi II in Batsari and Jibia LGAs of the state. The publication […]
Soji Oye, director of information, National Judicial Council (NJC), says Boloukuoromo Ugo, justice of the court of appeal, has not withdrawn his membership of the presidential election petition court. Umar Sani, a Twitter user, claimed that Ugo tendered his resignation after citing “demands to knee-cap democracy”. Sani alleged that the judge, in his letter, […]
