President Buhari The Nigerian Government failed to meet capital funding promises worth 101.98bn made to the health and education sectors between 2016 and 2018, Civic Media Lab has discovered. In the three […]

Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi Some officials of the Ebonyi State Government have tested positive for COVID-19. Commissioner for Information and Orientation in the state, Orji Uchenna Orji, made this known in […]

Women Arise for Change Initiatives and Kudirat Initiative for Democracy have described Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, as […]

Nigerians have described the N9.25bn approved for the renovation of the National Assembly complex as a misplaced priority and insensitivity by lawmakers. In the revised 2020 budget approved on Tuesday, the Federal […]

Tina The police in Lagos have stopped activists and other concerned individuals from protesting the killing of Tina Ezekwe in the city. The teenager was hit by a bullet from the gun […]

Evangelist Bamidele Isola Olumilua, a former governor of Ondo State, is dead.  A family source confirmed his death in a chat with our correspondent on Thursday morning.  Olumilua is said to have […]

Minister of Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, got a N300m contract for the fencing of Federal Polytechnic Ukana, Akwa Ibom, (N200m), and Federal Government College, Ikot […]

The Osun State House of Assembly has passed into law a bill recommending life imprisonment for rapists in the state.  Speaker of the Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, who made the disclosure, also said […]

Peniela E. Akintujoye Of the three arms of government in our country, it would seem as if the Judiciary has been relegated to the background in the balance of power and its […]

Details have emerged on how Boko Haram terrorists killed the Acting Commanding Officer, 401 Special Forces Brigade Signals of the Nigeria Army, Major K Yakubu, and wounded one soldier during an attack […]

A Nigerian, identified as David, has narrated his ordeal in the hands of the police during one of their raids in Lagos. David, who recounted his experience on Twitter, said the police […]

Some senior members of staff of the National Intelligence Agency have written President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to investigate alleged witch-hunt by the Director-General of the NIA, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar. The staff […]

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayotellah Khamenei, has joined China to criticize the United States. Khamenei says police killing of unarmed African-American George Floyd shows the “true face” of the United States and its […]

Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, has explained why he visited the national leader of the ruling All Progressive Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.  This came as he denied secretly obtaining the nomination and […]

Jungle justice has been repeatedly happening day in day out in many Muslim communities in Nigeria. In fact, the act has become popular not only among Muslim communities but in the Nigerian […]

Boko Haram At least four persons were abducted in an ambush suspected Boko Haram insurgents laid along Monguno Road in Borno State on Tuesday, SaharaReporters has gathered. A camp manager at Monguno […]

CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele A group, Nigerian Young Professionals Forum, United States of America/Caribbean chapter, has asked the United States Congress to investigate and sanction Central Bank of Nigeria governor, Godwin Emefiele, […]

SOC Okenwa The United Sates of America is doubtlessly a great nation that is unique in many ways. She has a unique President named Donald Trump(et). I call him ‘trumpet’ because he […]

Medical practitioners in Ondo State have threatened to embark on industrial action following the cut in their salaries by the state government without any prior notice.  The practitioners under the platform of […]

When I first read about the rape and subsequent murder of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa – Uwa – a 22-year-old undergraduate at the University of Benin, I had no doubt in my mind […]

The trial of the four suspects linked to the murder of Funke Olakunri, daughter of Afenifere leader, Reuben Fasoranti, will continue at the High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State. Recall that […]

An official of the Department of State Services on Wednesday tendered a recorded statement of one of the persons standing trial in the case of a missing one-year-old boy, Eniola Gold Kolawole, […]

A former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Kalu, who was jailed for allegedly stealing public funds, has been released from custody. SaharaReporters gathered that Kalu was freed from the Kuje facility in […]

The Lagos Government says it has discharged 20 more COVID-19 patients, who tested negative to the virus, following their treatment at the Mainland Infectious Disease Hospital. This was disclosed by the Lagos […]

Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, believes President Muhammadu Buhari will not condemn reports of police brutality in America because he has supervised repression and killings of Nigerian protesters agitating for their rights. […]

A court in Paris, France, has disregarded the request by Rwandan genocide suspect, Felicien Kabuga, that he be tried in France on health grounds.  The 87-year-old fugitive accused of bankrolling the murder […]

AGF Abubakar Malam The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has grabbed the headlines again after taking over the case involving Bala Hamisu Wadume, a notorious kidnapper. Some soldiers had killed three […]

Gunmen on Tuesday night kidnapped a female student of the University of Jos.  The sister of the student identified as Helen, told PUNCH that the 300-level Zoology undergraduate will not be released until ransom […]

Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has submitted his nomination form to contest the governorship position in the state on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. Obaseki, who is in a […]

Omoyele Sowore in court. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has fixed July 8, 2020 for the hearing of the appeal filed by human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, challenging his bail […]

Abdullahi Dikko Inde The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has withdrawn fraud charges filed against Abdullahi Inde Dikko, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service. Ebenezer Shogunle, ICPC […]

Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, has attributed the prevalence of rape cases in Nigeria to parental negligence in training the male child as […]

Edwin Madunagu On April 21, 2020, and for a couple of days thereafter, my article, “Re-introducing the Lugano Report”, appeared in the media and on discussion platforms. The content of the piece […]

Suspected Fulani herdsmen have invaded Tudun Doka community under Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, killing dozens of persons in the process, SaharaReporters can confirm.  Nine persons, mostly women and children, […]

Barakat Bello While the world is yet to recover from the rape and gruesome murder of Vera Uwaila Omozuwa, a student of University of Benin, Edo State, another young female student named […]

Leo Igwe Something is strikingly absurd in the petition brought against Mubarak Bala. That his said posts were forms of racist and xenophobic attack. Racist and xenophobic attack? Did the petitioners look […]

Residents of villages hit by bandits in Katsina, President Muhammadu Buhari’s home state, have expressed their frustration with the incessant attacks by bandits who have made their lives a nightmare in the […]

The All Progressives Congress has said the ruling party did not endorse Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, for a second term in office as being reported.  A group within the party identified […]

Independent monitors of the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) will begin receiving their stipends for March and April 2020 by Thursday, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs. […]

Charles Majomi The Northern region and the rest of the country could be on a gas-fuelled collision if non associated gas fields are not developed, an oil and gas expert, Charles Majomi, […]

Eze Onyekpere A financial expert and Lead Director, Centre For Social Justice, Eze Onyekpere, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to disclose the terms and conditions attached to the foreign loans taken by his […]

Coordinators of “The Show Must Be Paused” project have called on corporations and celebrities to bombard their social media accounts with black squares to condemn police brutality and racial injustices against African […]

The Ondo State Special Task Force on COVID-19 says it has begun the strict enforcement of all guidelines put in place by the government for the reopening  of  banks and other financial […]