Beyond the Headlines
Eight security personnel were reportedly killed by bandits on Thursday near the Tazame village of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An indigene of the area, Mubarak Mohammed told PUNCH Online that the security personnel, consisting of five policemen and three soldiers, were attached to a road construction company, Satraco Nigeria Limited, when the […]
Seventeen of the 18 political parties contesting the September 21 Edo governorship election have signed a peace accord ahead of the election. PDP Chairman Anthony Aziegbemi and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who were present during the signing of the peace accord, declined to sign. Aziegbemi told newsmen that they were declining because 10 members of […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed all Payment Service Providers to route all transactions from PoS terminals at merchant and agent locations — physical or electronic — through an approved CBN Payment Terminal Service Aggregator. It also issued a 30-day deadline requiring service providers to comply with enhanced routing guidelines for Point of Sale […]
Severe flooding in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has claimed at least 30 lives and forced 400,000 people from their homes, officials said Wednesday. “The death toll is 30,” National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesman Ezekiel Manzo told AFP a day after water from an overflowing dam swept away thousands of homes in the […]
Armed bandits have blocked the ever-busy Gusau – Funtua highway, kidnapping unspecified number of travellers. Yusuf Tsafe, a commuter who is still stranded around the area told Channels Television that the bandits stormed the highway in the early hours of Thursday and mounted a roadblock around the Tazame axis of the road. According to him, […]
The move is part of a broader effort by the U.S. to strengthen ties with Africa and Pacific Island nations, both of which are seen as increasingly crucial in global geopolitical dynamics. According to Reuters, the U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, will formally announce the proposal on Thursday (today) at the Council on […]
Four hundred Nigerians have been deported from the United Arab Emirates and arrived in Nigeria, according to a report by the Nigerian Television Authority. The deportees were received at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, by officials from the Office of the National Security Adviser, in collaboration with the National Commission for Refugees, Migrants, and […]
Thursday 12 September 2024 Edo guber: Tension as IGP, Obaseki, PDP disagree over Police alleged bias Back to school: Women, children struggle for food, transportation No division in Reps, says deputy spokesman, Agbese UK to nominate Nigerian-born Dapo Akande to ICJ Borno flood: One million persons affected, 414,000 displaced Student loan beneficiaries lament delayed allowance […]
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos, convicted American businessman Marco Antonio Ramirez on Tuesday for his involvement in a $1.2 million (approximately N2.6 billion) EB-5 visa scam. The judge also found him guilty of a separate fraud totaling $368,698.24. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuted Ramirez and his […]
The Anambra State Government through the state Ministry of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare, has ordered a probe into the case of the alleged murder of one Mrs. Ogechukwu Okafor, who was allegedly killed by her husband, Mr Elijah. It was gathered that the incident happened on August 13, 2024, but was reported to the […]
