Beyond the Headlines
Imo State House of Assembly has asked the State governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma to remove the State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Theresa Ebere Chukwuemeka-Chikeka from office over alleged age forgery. The Chief Judge had been accused of claiming in an affidavit, she sworn on September 6, 2006, that she was born on October 27, […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has recommended two Senior Advocates of Nigeria (SANs) – Abdulwahab Mohammed and Adeola Adedipe – to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) for investigation and necessary sanctions over alleged professional misconduct. Mohammed and Adedipe are leading the legal team of former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello in […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has said it is not aware of the requirement for Nigerians to have a $10,000 bank balance and pay N640,000 application fee to obtain its visa, Vanguard reports. Recall on Monday, the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris announced that the […]
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday transmitted a letter to the Senate asking the lawmakers to approve 2024 supplementary appropriation to the tune of N6.2 trillion. The letter was read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio. This increases the 2024 budget to N34.9 trillion from an initial N28. 7 trillion budget President Tinubu had earlier […]
The Kano State Commissioner of Higher Education, Yusuf Kofar-Mata, has lost three members of his family to a fire outbreak. The commissioner announced this on his official Facebook timeline on Wednesday. The deceased were his daughter, Maimuna; his elder sister, Khadija, and his brother’s wife, Juwairiyya. It was learnt that the commissioner’s residence in […]
Jigawa State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old Islamic school teacher, Yusuf Yunusa, for allegedly sodomizing 12 of his students in Gwaram Local Government. The State Commissioner of Police, A T. Abdullahi, paraded the suspect at the Command’s headquarters in Dutse, revealing that the suspect had formed a habit of taking his pupils to […]
The Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda will commence a one-month vacation from Thursday, July 18, 2024, despite untacked insecurity in the State. The deputy governor, Faruk Jobe, will assume Radda’s role during the period of 30 days. The governor announced this during Wednesday’s joint executive and legislative meeting held at General Muhammadu Buhari House, […]
The Senate has removed Senator Ali Ndume as the Chief Whip and replaced him with Senator Tahir Monguno. The development came after the Senator Ndume lambasted President Tinubu and alleged that “They have Caged Him“. Ndume’s replacement by the Senate followed a directive issued to that effect in a letter written by the National […]
There is outrage in Amassoma, Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State following the stabbing to death on Monday of a final-year student of the Niger Delta University. Community sources said the victim, Francis Palowei, was at the Sand Dump, a popular spot among the students for relaxation and socialising when some youths […]
By Pascal Ibe The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun has directed speedy investigation of the gang rape case of a 16 years at Obibi village in Adakam Amumara, Ezinihite Local Government Area of Imo State.by three men. This followed a petition filed by the Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Center (RULAAC)) weeks […]
