Beyond the Headlines
The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) has released the preliminary report on the incident involving an MD 82 aircraft belonging to Dana Air which skidded off the Lagos airport runway on April 23, 2024. The report revealed how severe vibration accompanied by a loud noise from the NLG area of the aircraft was noticed […]
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party in the 2023 election, Peter Obi, has described the judiciary as the biggest danger to democracy in Nigeria. Obi stated that there has been a decline in the judiciary, stressing that the problem of the country is not the electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission. The former Anambra […]
The naira appreciated in the parallel section of the foreign exchange (FX) market on Friday. At the Lagos street market, currency traders, also known as bureau de change (BDC) operators, quoted the naira at N1,510 to the greenback. The traders put the buying price of the dollar at N1,480 and the selling price at […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says Adabo Mohammed, an inspector, has been dismissed over alleged involvement in robbery and kidnapping in the federal capital territory (FCT). In a statement on Friday, Muyiwa Adejobi, force spokesperson, said Mohammed and five others were members of an armed robbery gang allegedly responsible for the stealing of N29.8 […]
The Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, PCN has arrested two people and shut down 501 medicine shops in the Jos-Bukuru metropolis over diverse offences ranging from sales of medicine in the open markets, illegal operation, engaging in clinical practices among others. The PCN Director of Enforcement, Pharmacist Stephen Esumobi who spoke with journalists in Jos […]
Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, minister of women affairs, says the planned marriage of 100 girls in Niger state has been suspended. Kennedy-Ohanenye spoke in Abuja on Friday after meeting with Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, speaker of the Niger state house of assembly. The meeting was also attended by Mohammed Mu’azu, Emir of Kotangora. BACKGROUND Sarkindaji had last week […]
The Police Service Commission boss, Dr Solomon Arase has dragged a journalist of the International Center for Investigative Journalism (ICIR), Nurudeen Akewushola over alleged defamation. In a statement on Friday by Ikechukwu Ani, Police Service Commission Head, Press and Public Relations, Arase also sued an ICIR editor, Victoria Bamas and it’s executive director, Dayo […]
The National Judicial Council has recommended Justice Suzzette Nyesom-Wike, the wife of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, for promotion to the Appeal Court. Aside, Suzzette, the immediate past Rivers State First Lady, was listed among 21 others recommended for the appellate court. She is currently a Justice at the Rivers State […]
There was pandemonium at the National Assembly when the Department of State Service (DSS) manhandled two senior staff of the assembly in Abuja, on Friday. Trouble started when the two staff – John Nnadi of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) and Chris Odoh, a Deputy Director – were trying to navigate through the […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) says it plans to support Nigeria’s power sector with a $1 billion policy-based operation (PBO) fund to boost electricity. Policy-based lending provides countries with flexible, liquid funding to support policy reforms in a particular sector. Kevin Kariuki, AfDB vice-president, power, energy, climate change and green growth complex, revealed the […]
