Beyond the Headlines
Monday 05 February 2024 Hardship: Presidency attacks Atiku again over criticism of economy Electricity: National grid restored after partial disturbance -TCN Common Nigerians suffering hard times, leaders secured — Adeboye NDLEA intercepts 14.5 tons of Ghanaian Loud in Lagos Kidnapping epidemic: Fundraising for ransom persists, Ekiti pupils’ families pay N15m Tinubu, Obasanjo, world leaders […]
Acting Director-General of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Capt. Chris Najomo, has frowned at what he called “the alarming reports” of flight delays, disruptions, and schedule changes without adequate notice to passengers. Najomo reiterated the need for airlines to improve their services, saying, “it is no longer business as usual as errant airlines […]
The national grid, on Sunday, collapsed to zero megawatts, leading to a total blackout nationwide. This is the first time the grid has collapsed this year. The grid had collapsed three consecutive times in 2023. In separate statements posted on social media, power distribution companies (DisCos) blamed the blackout currently experienced nationwide on the […]
Arewa Economic Forum (AEF) has called for the establishment of a regional security outfit as to complement the efforts of the military and police in fighting rising insecurity in northern Nigeria. AEF Chairman, Mallam Ibrahim Yahaya Dandakata, noted that the path to success for the North lies in creating an enabling environment where people […]
The former governor of Yobe State, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, died at 73 on Sunday. He died in Saudi Arabia after a protracted illness, a source who preferred anonymity claimed. Ibrahim was the governor of Yobe State from May 1999 to May 2007. During his first term, on August 5, 1993, he split the state’s […]
Officers from the Okokomaiko Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on Saturday evening, intercepted a Volkswagen LT bus loaded with seventy cartons of expired drugs and arrested two suspects. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, revealed this in a statement on his X handle on Sunday. According to Hundeyin, the discovery was […]
The World Health Organisation Regional Director for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti on Sunday said the cancer situation in Africa is disheartening. Dr Moeti, in her message to commemorate the 2024 World Cancer Day, stated that “approximately 882,882 new cancer cases occurred in the WHO African Region with around 573,653 deaths. “About 50 per cent […]
A large consignment of Ghanaian Loud – a strong strain of cannabis sativa – has been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Ojuelegba area of Lagos in the early hours of Sunday, January 28. NDLEA which announced the seizure in a statement on Sunday, February 4, said the Ghanaian […]
Mike Ejiofor, a former Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), has said he used to discourage families of those who were kidnapped from paying ransom until he became a victim of kidnapping. He said the spate of kidnappings can still be curtailed but the failure to address the insecurity is hinged on […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Bola Tinubu “to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to promptly probe the allegations that $3.4 billion loan obtained from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is missing, diverted or unaccounted for.” The […]
