Beyond the Headlines
Gunmen attacked police and FRSC checkpoints along the Enugu-Makurdi expressway in Enugu State on Saturday, killing three police officers and one FRSC official. In a report by TheSun, the attacks occurred at Premier Junction Eha-Alumona in Nsukka Local Government and Orba town in Udenu Local Government Area. Eyewitnesses reported that the attacks, which lasted […]
Suspected gunmen reportedly killed four persons in Mbachon and Mbagbe communities in Turan, Yaav Council Ward, Kwande local government area in Benue state on Friday, May 10. Kwande is located in Benue North East Senatorial Zone and the two affected communities are also to the Taraba state border with Benue. The incident happened at […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA said on Sunday that following its war against illicit drug abuse, its operatives at the weekend intercepted three trailer loads of opioids comprising three million four hundred and fifty thousand (3,450,000) pills and three hundred and forty-four thousand (344,000) bottles of codeine syrup in Lagos state. Spokesman […]
The world’s first patient with a transplanted pig kidney has died, almost two months after the operation. In March, Massachusetts General Hospital transplanted the genetically-edited pig kidney into Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old man living with end-stage kidney disease. The operation was a milestone in xenotransplantation – the transplantation of organs or tissues from one […]
The Joint Task Force codenamed Operation Delta Safe has uncovered over 50 illegal crude oil refining sites in the Biseni area of Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. JTF Commander, John Okeke, who led the operation on Sunday, said illegal refining of stolen crude oil was taking place in each of the sites. […]
The Kogi State Police Command has disclosed that 14 of the abducted students of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene, have been rescued. Some bandits abducted the students who were reading for their upcoming examination on Thursday night. The bandits reportedly came in through the bush, went into three lecture halls, […]
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project; a not-for-profit organisation, BudgIT, and 136 concerned Nigerians have filed a lawsuit against the Central Bank of Nigeria “over its failure” to withdraw the cybersecurity levy. In what was described as an “unlawful circular,” the plaintiffs in the suit number FHC/L/CS/822/2024 filed last Friday at the Federal High […]
By Pascal Ibe Claim Many WhatsApp users claimed that video of Chinese man beating black men occurred in Nigeria. Verdict: This claim is unproven. A journalist named Dom Lucre , who posted this viral video first on X on 2nd May 2024, didn’t disclose the exact country the incident happened. Full Text Many Nigeria WhatsApp […]
Sunday 12 May 2024 Mixed feelings, anxiety as workers expect new minimum wage Why US, Nigeria, others crack down on crypto currency kings Secondus tackles Wike, accuses ex-gov of working against Rivers FG to receive $2.25bn World Bank loan June 13 ‘Monster floods’ tensions in 31 states spark food crisis concerns – Obaseki Okuama-Ewu: […]
No fewer than 49 persons have been reported killed by bandits during a five-day-long operation in Zamfara State. The deceased, according to residents, were killed in five affected villages in Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State from Tuesday to Saturday. According to the locals, 18 persons were killed in Farar-Kasa village; 22 in […]
