Beyond the Headlines
The Economic Community of West African States has revealed plans to unveil the Joint Platform for Advancing Cybersecurity in West Africa. According to the body, the launch is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, September 12, in Abuja. This was disclosed on Monday via its official X handle (ecowas_cedeao). The initiative is dedicated to […]
A member of the vigilante group at First Marine Gate quarters in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State identified simply as Wilson was shot dead in the early hours of Monday by gunmen. PUNCH Metro gathered that the gunmen engaged the community vigilante group in a gun duel during which some members […]
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) said its findings showed that Noah Kekere, who was arrested for allegedly removing a woman’s kidney in Jos, Plateau State, is not a medical doctor. A Jos-based businessman, Kamal Busari, had accused Dr Kekere of removing his wife’s kidney without his knowledge. The victim, Mrs Kehinde Kamal, in an […]
A two-year transition before the free elections promised by Gabon’s new military rulers is a “reasonable objective” the new prime minister they appointed told AFP in an interview Sunday It’s good to set off with a reasonable objective by saying: we have the desire to see the process come to an end in 24 […]
A Royal Navy warship, HMS Trent, arrived in Lagos on Sunday to aid the fight against illegal activities including piracy and illicit trafficking in the sub-region. This is Trent’s second visit to Nigeria, the British High Commission said in a statement. “The visit will help deliver capacity training and support maritime security in the […]
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Osita Chidoka has berated the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its conduct of the 2023 presidential election. The PDP and Peter Obi’s Labour Party (LP) had challenged the declaration of Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the February poll, […]
Using heavy equipment and even their bare hands, rescuers in Morocco on Sunday stepped up efforts to find survivors of a devastating earthquake that killed more than 2,100 people and flattened villages. The first foreign rescuers flew in to help after the North African country’s strongest-ever quake killed at least 2,122 people and injured […]
Outrage and shock has greeted the judgment of the Imo State National and State Houses of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal which removed Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere from office and declared a supplementary election in 55 polling units in the Federal Constituency among the remaining candidates. In the curious judgment which clearly amounted to the […]
Monday 11 September 2023 States share N1.51trn FAAC allocation in H1 Falling consumption, weak sales threaten FMCG businesses, jobs How Akeredolu’s return will shape 2024 Ondo guber poll You’ve proved critics wrong, Obasanjo tells Adeleke 48 monarchs killed in B’Haram attacks, says Shehu Umahi asks govs to supervise ongoing Federal road projects in states […]
Amid the lingering controversy over the judgement of the 2023 Presidential Elections Petitions Court (PEPC), the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), says that Nigeria stands on the precipice of uncertainty as the case moves to the Supreme Court. Addressing attendees at the Opening Ceremony of the 2023 Second Plenary Assembly of the CBCN […]
