Beyond the Headlines
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Afam Osigwe has been elected as the new president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) following the 2024 NBA election held online. Osigwe, a former Secretary-General of the NBA, garnered the highest number of votes, with 20,395, surpassing his closest rival, Tobenna Erojikwe, who received 10,970 votes, and Chukwuka […]
Sunday 21 July 2024 Scandalous: Poor Nigerians multiply as Nigeria spends trillions fighting poverty Our diesel not inferior to imported ones, Dangote replies critics SIT- AT- HOME: Mbah hits Simon Ekpa hard, asks Finnish govt to repatriate him Insecurity: Over 5,000 Nigerians killed in 6 months — Adamu NiMet predicts 3-day thundery, rainy, weather […]
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday night invaded the Mbacher community in Mbacher council ward, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State and killed 18 people. Sources from the local government told our correspondent that the bandits who defied the curfew imposed by the state government invaded the community at about 11 pm […]
WhatsApp has said its parent body, Meta, will be appealing the $220 million fine imposed by the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) regarding its violation of Nigeria’s data privacy laws. The organisation, WhatsApp, said this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. It said: […]
Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Saturday, officially rejoined the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples Democratic Party. The deputy governor, who returned to the APC in Benin, the state capital, alongside prominent members of the Dan Orbih-led Legacy Group of the PDP, said he was back to add value to […]
The UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Israel’s continued presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory “is unlawful”, and that “all States are under an obligation not to recognize” the decades-long occupation. The Court was responding to a request for an advisory opinion by the General Assembly on the legal consequences […]
Stella Anukam, former director of special programmes at the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, has been re-elected as judge of the African court on human and peoples’ rights. The court is a continental tribunal established by African states to ensure protection of human and peoples’ rights. The African court is composed of 11 […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all banks and other financial institutions to transfer all dormant accounts, unclaimed balances and other financial assets to its dedicated account. A circular released on Friday and signed by its acting Director of the Financial Policy and Banking Regulation Department, John Onojah, said all dormant accounts and […]
Gunmen, on Friday, ambushed and killed the Gara of Chanchanji, HRH Tanimu Kunbiya, and his son, Yusuf, along the Takum-Chanchanji road in Takum Local Government Area of Taraba State. PUNCH Online learnt that the sad incident happened when the traditional ruler and his son were returning from a funeral event in Takum. Governor Agbu […]
The Local Government election in Ebonyi has suffered voters’ apathy and boycott by opposition parties as only the ruling All Progressive Congress presented candidates for the exercise. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the election was held in the 171 wards of the 13 councils of the state on Saturday. People came out […]
