Beyond the Headlines
An attempted raid of President Yoon Suk Yeol‘s office by police was botched on Wednesday, amid an investigation into the declaration of martial law. Hours before the attempted raid, the police arrested Cho Ji-ho, Korea National Police Agency commissioner; and Kim Bong-sik, Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency head. Both officials were handed travel bans on Tuesday. […]
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has struck out an alleged ₦4.8 billion fraud charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), against the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto. Justice Oyindamola Ogala struck out the charge after counsel to the EFCC, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), informed the court […]
The tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s father Hafez was torched in his hometown of Qardaha, AFP footage taken Wednesday showed, with rebel fighters in fatigues and young men watching it burn. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor told AFP the rebels had set fire to the mausoleum, located in the Latakia […]
Troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State have dismantled a kidnappers’ den in Bassa Local Government Area, apprehending a notorious kingpin identified as Mohammed Musa, also known as Mamman. The operation, carried out in Rafiki community, also led to the arrest of Musa’s accomplice, Mallam Alhassan Samaila, and the recovery of ammunition concealed in […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control on Wednesday seized alcoholic beverages packaged in sachets and pet bottles below 200ml in Delta. The Deputy Director and State Coordinator of the agency, Jude Ndekile, said after the operation that the sale of alcoholic beverages in sachets and PET bottles below 200ml remains banned. […]
Nigerians were on Wednesday plunged into darkness following another collapse of the national power grid. Recall that hat from January 2024 till November, the grid has collapsed 11 times. Within one week in October, the grid collapsed three times with its attendant blackouts, sparking reactions from Nigerians. A tweet via the official handle of Nigeria’s […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has announced a recall of one batch of Deekins Amoxycillin 500mg Capsules. This was made known in a statement shared by the Agency on X(formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. The affected batch, with lot number 4C639001, was manufactured by Eco-med Pharma Ltd and marketed by DevineKings […]
An Allied Air Cargo aircraft with registration number 5N-JRT skidded off Runway 22 at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, prompting a temporary shutdown of the airport. The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed the incident, which occurred at 10:05 a.m. today, and disclosed that five people were on board the aircraft. All […]
Katcha Local Government Council Chairman, Danlami Saku has died in an auto crash. A statement by the Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago revealed this on Wednesday. The late Saku was said to have died in a ghastly motor accident around Kwakuti, on the Minna-Suleja road. According to the statement, Bago said he received with rude […]
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says Nigeria’s crude oil production has increased to 1.485 million barrels per day (bpd). The drilling performance is contained in the commission’s latest crude oil and condensate production data. According to the NUPRC data, output rose by 152,334 bpd in November — a 11.43 percent increase compared to […]
