Beyond the Headlines
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 […]
The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in a suicide explosion at the ministry’s offices in the capital Kabul, a government source told AFP. “Unfortunately an explosion happened at the Ministry of Refugees and minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani has been martyred along with some of his colleagues,” the official said, requesting not to […]
The World Bank and other stakeholders have urged the government to fight institutional corruption as it is the only guarantee to sustainable growth and development. Speaking at a policy conversation on the State of Anti-corruption Policy and Practice in Nigeria jointly organised by Agora Policy and MacArthur, on Tuesday, stakeholders said Nigeria must begin to […]
The Okuama community in the Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, is gripped with fear and anger following the death of its 81-year-old treasurer, Dennis Okugbaye, in military detention. According to Punch, Okugbaye’s demise comes barely six days after the community’s President-General, Pa James Oghoroko, reportedly died in similar circumstances in military detention. Pastor […]
