Beyond the Headlines
Burkina Faso has issued new biometric passports without the logo of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) — solidifying its decision to withdraw from the regional bloc. Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso severed ties with the 15-member body after sanctions were imposed on them in the wake of military coups. ECOWAS said the […]
Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei died in Kenya on Thursday, four days after being set on fire by her boyfriend, medics and Ugandan athletics officials said. It was the latest horrific incident of gender-based violence in the East African country, where activists have warned of a femicide epidemic. “We have learnt of the sad passing on […]
To further improve the standard of education, Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has released cut-off marks for its Screening Exercise into 42 flagship secondary schools for the 2024/2025 academic session. Commissioner in the Ministry, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, while addressing Principals of the flagship schools during a meeting in Abeokuta, explained that the […]
Thursday 05 September 2024 Nigeria, now 3rd largest debtor in World Bank’s scheme Petrol price hike: NACCIMA, LCCI, NECA worry over jobs, economy Minimum wage: Betray workers, face consequences, NLC warns state councils Fresh attacks claim lives in Plateau communities Flood kills 68 in Kano, Jigawa Petrol scarcity: NNPCL bars independent marketers amid surging prices […]
Claim A Facebook page posted image of highway and captioned it Sango-Abeokuta Road, in Ogun State, Nigeria Verdict This claim is MISLEADING. A simple Google image reverse search shows that it’s highway in Pakistan known as Hazara Motorway. Full Text A Facebook page named The True History Of Yoruba —Oduduwa, on August 24 2024, shared image of a long […]
A performance report by OrderPaper, Nigeria’s parliamentary monitoring organisation, has revealed that 15 senators and 149 members of the House of Representatives did not sponsor any bills in the first year of the 10th National Assembly. The report, released in Abuja by Oke Epia, Executive Director of OrderPaper, highlighted a legislative output of just 77 […]
Kenneth Okonkwo, a former presidential campaign spokesperson of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 elections, says Nigeria needs new political leaders in 2027. Okonkwo spoke on Tuesday in an interview on Arise Television. He said the ruling and opposition parties have failed Nigerians, adding that President Bola Tinubu, former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, and Peter […]
TWO of the arrested six leaders of Okuama community in Ughelli South Area of Delta State by military officials last month have dragged the Nigerian Army and the State Security Services before the Federal High Court, Warri demanding 200m in two fundamental Rights suits. James Oghorokor and Dennis Okugbaye in their separate suits filed by […]
THE National Economic Council, NEC, on Wednesday gave Monday September 9 deadline to four states yet to submit report from their states on establishment of State police. The NEC also resolved to adopt the comprehensive reports from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja on Monday and warned that […]
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned Nigerians of a critical security vulnerability identified in the Google Chrome browser. Speaking in a post on X on Tuesday, NITDA said the vulnerability, tagged, ‘CVE-2024-79’, was discovered by Google and is currently being exploited by cyber attackers to target users online. NITDA, through its emergency […]
