Beyond the Headlines
An Israeli air strike on Syria’s Aleppo province killed at least 36 Syrian soldiers on Friday, according to a war monitor, which added that Hezbollah weapons depots were located in the area. The Israeli attack targeted an area “near rockets depots belonging to Lebanese group Hezbollah”, said the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has unveiled new minimum capital requirements for banks, pegging the minimum capital base for commercial banks with international authorisation at ₦500 billion. A circular signed by the Director, Financial Policy and Regulation Department, Haruna Mustafa, to all commercial, merchant, and non-interest banks and promoters of proposed banks emphasised […]
A bus plunged off a bridge into a ravine and caught fire on Thursday in South Africa, killing 45 of the 46 people on board, the transport ministry said. An eight-year-old child was the sole survivor and had been taken to hospital with serious injuries. The vehicle had been heading from neighbouring Botswana to […]
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday discharged and acquitted 23-year-old Victory Tasie, accused of raping his 19-year-old girlfriend, after spending two years in prison. The judge discharged and acquitted Tasie when she ruled on a no-case submission filed by the defendant through his counsel, Mrs Rukayat […]
Twenty-four hours after soldiers who were murdered in Okuama, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, were laid to rest, the military declared eight suspects wanted in connection with their deaths. Daily Trust had reported how the troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta, were killed on March 14, […]
Hoodlums have attacked and razed the Neni Divisional Police station in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State. Emerging reports suggest that the attackers numbering about thirty stormed the area at about 2am in the morning on Thursday, wreaking havoc on several buildings. The State Police Public Relations officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the […]
The abducted Editor of FirstNews Newspaper, Segun Olatunji, on Thursday, recounted his ordeal at the hands of the military personnel who abducted him from his Lagos home. Military authorities had earlier on Thursday, yielded to pressure and released Olatunji, who was abducted from his home in Lagos State on Friday, March 15, 2024. The […]
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, the Anambra State capital has sentenced Chinonso Chinaemelu, 27-year-old, and Okoye Christian, 20-year-old to one-year imprisonment respectively for vandalising a distribution substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company Plc. This development was made known by the Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Emeka Ezeh, in a statement on […]
Governor Uba Sani of Kaduna State has offered free education to rescued Kuriga school children under his foundation. The governor also promised to rebuild the primary and government secondary school kuriga, in addition to providing other basic infrastructure in the community. Details soon…
A Federal High Court in Borno has ordered the release of no fewer than 313 suspected terrorists arrested by the military. The court ordered their release for lack of evidence to nail the suspects after the investigation. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj. Gen. Buba Edward, disclosed this during a briefing on military operations […]
