Beyond the Headlines
Detectives in Ondo State have nabbed a food seller and house wife, Mrs Esther Godwin, for allegedly pouring hot water on a nursing mother, Samuel Endurance, over an allegation of having illicit affairs with her husband. Mrs Godwin was arrested at the weekend after she lured the victim, Samuel, to her house in the […]
President Bola Tinubu on Sunday said Africa cannot attain integration and prosperity while Africans languish in pain and anguish. The President, in his maiden address at the Fifth Mid-Year Coordination Meeting (5thMYCM) of the African Union (AU) in Kenya, reaffirmed Africa’s unity and strength, while strongly rejecting the notion of a new scramble for […]
The counsel to President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Wole Olanipekun, SAN, has asked the Presidential Election Petition Court to dismiss the petition of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, and his party. Olanipekun, in his final written address against the petition of Obi and LP, described the arguments and […]
No fewer than 42.69 million poor Nigerians were excluded from the Federal Government’s N5,000 monthly cash transfer since its inception in 2016, according to findings by The PUNCH. In June 2023 edition of the Nigeria Development Update, the World Bank disclosed that only 19.4 per cent of Nigerians benefitted from the programme. With an […]
The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Adamu, tendered his resignation last night, Daily Trust reliably gathered. Credible sources confirmed to this paper that Adamu, who emerged as the national chairman at the party’s national convention held in March 2022, has sent his resignation letter to the Presidential Villa, Abuja […]
Monday 17 July 2023 NDLEA nabs Europe-bound undergraduate, Lagos lawyer with drugs 43million Nigerians shut out of Buhari’s cash transfer — Report World Bank links Lagos building collapses to poor regulation Navy uncovers vandalised NNPCL oil well, arrests four Manufacturers lament exclusion from World Bank-funded 1.2 million meters Africa Cannot Attain Integration, Prosperity While […]
Prominent human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has condemned the National Assembly’s decision to allocate N70 billion as palliatives for its members, labeling it as illegal and contemptuous. In a press statement issued today, Falana called attention to the blatant breach of the relevant provisions of the Nigerian Constitution and urged the immediate reversal of […]
over six weeks after assuming office, president bola tinubu has yet to occupy his official residence at the aso rock presidential villa, abuja. while the president has been actively using his private conference room, office space, and aso chambers for crucial meetings with local and international guests, his official residence east of the office […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a teenage student, Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi, 19, with Methamphetamine drugs concealed inside crayfish. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi revealed this in a statement shared on the agency’s Facebook page on Sunday. Daberechi attempted to export 7.2 kilogrammes of methamphetamine concealed in a crayfish sack […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Mr Godswill Akpabio and Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Tajudeen Abbas “to drop the scandalous plan to spend N40bn on 465 exotic and bulletproof cars for members and principal officials, and N70bn as ‘palliatives’ for new members.” SERAP urged them to “repeal […]
