Beyond the Headlines
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has said that there would be an end to the tension in the South-Eastern part of the country if the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is released. This is coming barely a few days after the dismissal of a fundamental rights enforcement […]
Sunday 16 July 2023 Ministerial list: Security reports, graft allegations may knock out heavyweights Buhari failed woefully, Tinubu cannot afford to disappoint Nigerians – Baba-Ahmed ‘Tap current’: Female customers lament sexual harassment in open markets Obi accuses FG of giving national awards to looters Family Of Two-Year-Old Killed By NDLEA Officers’ Stray Bullet Seeks […]
Many Nigerians are currently unable to carry out transactions using their Guaranty Trust Bank (GTBank) applications. This is as a result of a major outage. An aggrieved customer said he started experiencing the problem after GTBank launched a new app for its customers on Wednesday. He said the problem reached its peak on Saturday […]
Nigeria has fulfilled its financial obligations to the African Union (AU) by making full payment of its assessed contributions for the year 2023. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Adamu Ibrahim Lamuwa, confirmed this on Saturday on the sidelines of the 43rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council of the AU in […]
The family of two-year-old Ivan Omorhiakogbe is seeking justice over the death of their son allegedly hit by a stray bullet from the guns of the men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during a raid in the Okapanam Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Ivan’s brother, who was also […]
The Police in Anambra have arrested one Ukamaka Udugbo from Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area of the state for allegedly beating her 75-year-old mother under her care. The Divisional Police Officer of Abagana Police Station, SP Ifeanyi Umeh confirmed the arrest when an NGO, 50-50 Action Group of the WomenAid Collective visited him on […]
Tragedy struck again on Saturday, when a tanker crushed to death a highway egg hawker in a multiple auto crash involving a truck, and three vehicles at Otedola Bridge on Lagos-Ibadan-Expressway, amid a terrible gridlock. This came three days after two persons sustained injuries in a multiple auto crash involving a truck, tanker and […]
Mr Peter Obi, Presidential Candidate, Labour Party in the 2023 elections has dismissed media reports that he said he is looking forward to run for office in the 2027 presidential elections. The presidential candidate also denied commenting on appointees of the Federal Government. Obi, who is also a former governor of Anambra, made this […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has approved a new code of corporate governance which specified that the tenure of a bank’s managing director or chief executive officer (CEO) can only last for a maximum of 12 years. The CBN made the disclosure in a circular dated July 13, 2023, and signed by Chibuzo […]
Some northern leaders have said the only way there can be a lasting solution to the problem of insecurity in the country is to clear the forests of bandits. They argued that it will be foolish for the government to think of negotiating with the bandits as suggested by the former governor of Zamfara […]
