Beyond the Headlines
Lateef Fagbemi, attorney-general of the federation, says Thursday’s supreme court ruling has “emancipated” LGAs from the “shackles of the past”. On Thursday, the apex court ruled that the federal government should henceforth pay LG allocations directly to local government councils. The seven-member supreme court panel held that state governors have continued to abuse their […]
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has dismissed Buba Adamu, a corporal “who refused to report at his new station in Kaduna”. Adamu had been transferred to Kaduna from the Cross River command where he has been for nine years. The corporal reportedly promoted himself to the rank of superintendent and allegedly operated illegally from […]
A secondary school building has collapsed in Plateau States killing at least 12 persons and leaving dozens of others injured. Activities at Saints Academy and its immediate environment in Busa Buji, Jos North, were disrupted on Friday morning when the school’s two-story building caved in on students and their teachers. The collapse trapped more […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, granted former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, bail in the sum of N10 billion with two sureties in like sum. Mamman is facing 12 counts of money laundering to the tune of N33bn preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The court, in […]
A yet-to-be-identified woman and her son, known only as Chukwuemeka, have allegedly beaten a 14-year-old boy named Testimony to death at their home on Delta Street, Ayanre, off Ibiye bus stop, Badagry, Lagos. Our correspondent gathered that the deceased was reportedly beaten for allegedly misplacing N1000 note given to him by one of the […]
President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday. The tribute dated “Professor Wole Soyinka at 90: Tribute to a national treasure and global icon,” was personally signed […]
Nigerian public officials collected an estimated N721 billion in cash bribes in 2023, according to the ‘Corruption in Nigeria: Patterns and Trends’ report prepared by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and published by the National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. The report states that the amount paid as bribes is equivalent to […]
Dangote has purchased 5 million barrels of US crude scheduled for delivery next month and in September, Bloomberg is reporting. According to the report on July 11, the refining company also started a tender process in which it intends to buy a further 6 million barrels of American crude for September. Dangote refinery, according […]
Around 60 bodies were found under the rubble of a Gaza City neighbourhood, officials in the Hamas-run territory said Thursday, after Israel’s military declared an end to its operation there. The upsurge in fighting, bombardment and displacement in the eastern district of Shujaiya came as talks were held in mediator Qatar towards a truce […]
Young Kenyans on Friday dismissed President William Ruto’s decision to sack most of his cabinet, with some warning that they would resume street protests unless he steps down. Ruto has been scrambling to contain the fallout of deadly protests against proposed tax hikes after last month’s peaceful rallies descended into violence and tapped into […]
