Beyond the Headlines
Unknown gunmen Sunday night invaded Igba-Ukyor and Tse Baka communities in the Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State and killed six people. According to a local, the attackers were said to have ridden on motorcycles, stormed the Igba Ukyor community and shot sporadically killing five people. The local who did not want to […]
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has confirmed the resignation of the National Chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu and the Secretary, Senator Iyiola Omisore. The Deputy National Chairman, North, Senator Abubakar Kyari, stated the announcement after the meeting of the NWC held on Monday at the party’s […]
The consumer price index (CPI), which measures the rate of change in prices of goods and services, rose to 22.79 percent in June 2023, up from 22.41 percent in the previous month. The latest figure is the sixth consecutive rise in the country’s inflation rate this year. The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) made […]
Personnel of 192 battalion of the Nigerian army, have arrested two suspected smugglers with a truck laden with ammunition, in Ogun state. Onyema Nwachukwu, army spokesperson, in a statement on Monday afternoon, said the suspects were arrested on Saturday. He said they were conveying the smuggled ammunition to Anambra before running into a stop-and-search […]
The Federal Government has withdrawn the Mobile Police Force personnel attached to several Very Important Persons, including ex-governors, former ministers and lawmakers. The order, which was contained in a police wireless message from Mopol 45 Force Headquarters, Abuja, affected Daura Buhari, brother to former President Muhammadu Buhari as well as former First Lady, Aisha […]
The 21-year old Kamal Usman recently become a media sensation across Nigeria after a trending viral video of him appeared on the social media writing with his mouth, and to put up piece and pieces of every story around him, ASHENEWS reports. ASHENEWS met with Usman Ibrahim, Kamal’s father, who said his family migrated […]
The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Party (APC) Senator Abubakar Kyari, has taken over the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling party. The development confirms the widely reported resignation of the National Chairman Senator Abdullahi Adamu at the weekend. Adamu was reported to have tendered his resignation with the National […]
An Enugu State lawmaker, Nelson Sylvester has been shot dead by suspected assassins. Mr. Sylvester who’s popularly known as Ofunwa, represented Eha-Ulo ward, in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council, until his death. He was killed by gunmen on Sunday night at his residence in Eha-Alumonah. A close friend of the deceased said his […]
At the backdrop of sustained supply gap in Nigeria’s foreign exchange (forex) market, the local currency, Naira, has hit a new low at the weekend, trading N803.9 to a dollar in the Investors & Exporters (I&E) window which is the official forex market and N822/$ in the parallel market. Financial Vanguard’s findings indicated a […]
The Council of the Methodist Church of Nigeria Bishops has advised the federal government to establish a state policing system to defeat the insecurity in the south-east geopolitical zone. In a communique issued at the end of its 40th annual council of bishops held at the Wesley Cathedral, in Enugu, the church said it […]
