Beyond the Headlines
Jimoh Abdulquadri, a resident of Ilorin, Kwara state capital, who was arrested and detained, has reportedly died in police custody. Abdulquadri was reportedly arrested on Friday at his residence for allegedly owing a friend N220,000. On Saturday, his family members were informed that he had died in police custody. In a viral video taken at […]
NDLEA Arrests Businessman At Kano Airport With Large Consignment Of Cocaine Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a businessman, Olisaka Chibuzo Calistus, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano State. The suspect, an importer and exporter, was nabbed on Sunday, December 15 with 256 wraps of cocaine weighing […]
Claim On a Facebook page, Eastern Development Volunteer shared fine photos of the constructed airport and claimed it’s the new airport in Abia State in Nigeria’s Southeast. Verdict This claim is MISLEADING. A simple Google Image Reverse Search showed that the two images attached to the claim were taken from the Zayed The international airport in Abu Dhabi, […]
The death toll from the tragic stampede during a palliative distribution event in Okija, Anambra state, has risen to 22, according to the state Police Command. Initially, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Tochukwu Ikenga, reported three fatalities on Saturday. However, conflicting figures continue to emerge, with eyewitnesses claiming the death toll could exceed […]
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas “to cut the proposed budget of N9.4bn on travels, refreshment/meals, and foodstuff/catering materials for the presidency, and the proposed N344.85bn for the lawmakers, and to use the savings to address the budget deficit.” […]
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army/Sector 3, Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS), have arrested four members of the Ambazonian rebel group from the Republic of Cameroon in Taraba State. The suspected Ambazonian rebel group members were nabbed at a hotel in the Takum Local Government Area of the state. Acting on credible intelligence on 18th […]
Eighty-five Chinese nationals who were remanded at Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja over alleged cybercrime have been released on bail, Sunday PUNCH has gathered. The spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, Federal Capital Territory Command, Adamu Duza, who disclosed this to our correspondent said the Chinese were released on Friday, December 20, 2024. The suspects […]
Sunday 22 December 2024 Amid intense competition, petrol price drops below N900 Tinubu cancels engagements as 39 killed in Anambra, Abuja food stampedes Christmas: Fear spreads among northern churches over fresh bomb attacks Edo tribunal: PDP, APC, INEC line up 290 witnesses Families cry out as Abuja DSS arrests lovers in Osun Tinubu, Shettima’s official […]
Peter Obi has blamed hunger and systemic failures for the recent spate of stampedes across the country. Scores of persons were dead and many others wounded in the tragic incidents in Ibadan, Oyo State; Okija in Anambra and another one in the nation’s capital of Abuja. The stampedes happened in a space of five days […]
Kayode Egbetokun, inspector-general of police, has ordered an investigation into the stampede incidents that occurred in Oyo, Anambra, and the federal capital territory. In a statement on Saturday, Egbetokun warned organisers of events that negligence on their part is criminal. The IGP said the “lack of a well defined plan” for the distribution of palliatives […]
