Beyond the Headlines
Noah Kekere, the doctor who allegedly removed a woman’s kidney in Jos, Plateau State capital, exhibited traces of mental disorder in the police cell on Saturday evening. Kekere was arrested on Wednesday following a report lodged at the Nasarawa Gown police division on the removal of the right kidney of Mrs. Kehinde Kamal during […]
Manhunt for the killers of a popular barefooted crime fighting Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbasim, in Rivers state has led to the arrest of six suspects. Bako, the DPO of Ahoada, was brutally killed by suspected members of Iceland cult group on Friday, September 8, while returning from an operation at Odumude […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says 399 pieces of improvised explosive devices were recovered by its operatives from one Asana Oluwagbenga Leke, 39, along Mokwa-Jebba road on Thursday 7th September. According to the spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, the suspect said the explosives were handed to him at a park in […]
Three villagers in Agbada Nenwe community in Aninri local government area of Enugu State, have been killed by masked gunmen, who invaded the community. The victims include Mr Hillary Uche, a popular dealer on block and cement at Orie Agu, Emulemoke Agbada Road; one Kingsley, a machine parts dealer at signboard area of the […]
The Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Ali Pate has that about 400,000 health workers in Nigeria are insufficient to cater to the healthcare needs of Nigerians. Pate made the statement while addressing newsmen on Saturday in Abuja, after his three-day briefing session with departments and agencies under the ministry. The meeting […]
Spain on Sunday sent a plane with 56 rescuers and four search dogs to quake-hit Morocco after it received a formal request for help from Rabat, the defence ministry said. An A400 military plane took off from a base in the northeastern city of Zaragoza with the team bound for Marrakesh to “help in […]
The United Nigeria Airlines, one of the leading airlines in the country, has received approval for operation of international flights. According to the Federal Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace Development’s approval, the airline would operate international flights to United States of America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Italy, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]
. As NDLEA intercepts 399 Kaduna-bound explosives; arrests grandma, others over 2 tons of illicit drugs seized in raids Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of skunk concealed in tins of tomato paste and methamphetamine hidden in used clothes, meant for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. […]
The North-east Governors’ Forum has alleged that some traditional rulers are aiding banditry in the geopolitical zone. The forum’s position is contained in a communique issued after a meeting held on Saturday in Maiduguri, the Borno capital. The governors said the states in the geopolitical zone, particularly Bauchi, Gombe and Taraba, have seen an […]
A social rights activist, Aisha Yesufu, has explained why President Bola Tinubu will never be her president. Yesufu, a supporter of the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi in the just-concluded General Election made this known in a ‘Mic On’ podcast titled, ‘The PEPC Judgment: Hopes met or dashed’ hosted by Channels […]
