Beyond the Headlines
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday quizzed Chris Ngige, a former minister of labour and employment, over alleged wrongdoing. Ngige, who served as minister in the cabinet of former President Muhammadu Buhari, is accused of malpractices in the award of contracts at the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF), […]
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has announced that it has supplied 30 million barrels of crude oil to the Dangote oil refinery, with plans to provide an additional 17 million barrels soon. The Executive Vice President of NNPCL Downstream, Adedapo Segun, disclosed this on Thursday while speaking on Arise Television. According to Segun, the […]
Dangote Group says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has not commenced lifting of premium motor spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, from its refinery. In a statement on Thursday by Anthony Chiejina, chief branding and communications officer of Dangote Group, the company said it is yet to finalise its contract with the NNPC. […]
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 81-year-old Adeleke Oke and two others, Sikiru Lawal (37) and Moshood Suleiman Ayinde (37), for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl in Offa, Offa Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the […]
A leader of the Ijaw nation, Chief Edwin Clark, has asked the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, over his threat to set fire to states governed by governors from the Peoples Democratic Party. Recall that Wike, while speaking at the PDP secretariat in […]
In a tragic turn of events, a 300-level student from the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Christiana Idowu, who was kidnapped between Ikorodu and Yaba in Lagos State, has reportedly been killed by her abductor. Christiana left her home in the Itaoluwo area of Ikorodu to travel to the University of Lagos in […]
Policemen involved in the case of extortion of N3m from Comrade Liberty Kelechi in Bayelsa State on his way to Imo State with two of his friends have been arrested. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who revealed this, said the men are attached to zone 16 command in Yenagoa. Adejobi said the […]
By Pascal Ibe The ex minister of finance , Nenadi Usman who was prosecuted for money laundering in 2016 and 2022, emerged chairman of the Labour Party’s 29-man caretaker committee on Wednesday. Nenadi Esther Usman was appointed Nigeria’s minister of state for finance and later the minister of finance by the Obasanjo administration, from 2006—2007. […]
The authorities of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) have reminded Nigerians and legal residents that the September 14 deadline by the Federal Government for the linkage of the National Identification Number (NIN) with the Subscribers Identity Modules (SIM) remain sacrosanct. The Commission said its equipment and workers in the over 10,000 registration outlets across […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he supported Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election, an apparent wry remark a day after Washington accused Moscow of seeking to influence the vote. Putin often comments on political and social issues in the United States, often with sarcasm. He said last year that the US political […]
