A Nigerian pastor, Michael Oluronbi and his wife Juliana, have been sentenced to jail for 34 years in the United Kingdom. Oluronbi was found guilty of sexual offences against six women and a man....
The lawmaker representing Ondo South Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, has been suspended from the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged anti-party activities. In the suspension letter obtained by SaharaReporters on...
The organized labour has reportedly given the federal government a deadline of May 31, 2024, for the conclusion of all processes regarding the new minimum wage for Nigerian workers. According to sources familiar with...
A Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, who murdered his wife, Taiwo, with a skateboard and blamed his loss of control on medication has been jailed for life in the United Kingdom. Abodunde, 48, a resident...
The Kano State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of the principal suspect behind the early morning Mosque explosion in Gadan village in Gezawa Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it had commenced an investigation into the murder of a girl allegedly by her lover in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Timfon...
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, granted the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, bail of N300 million, following his arraignment on the unlawful...
President Bola Tinubu and the Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, will now pay airport access toll and parking fees at any of the nation’s airports. This was as the Federal Executive Council chaired by...
The Academic staff union of universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a fresh nationwide strike action except the government responds to its demands. The president of ASUU, prof Emmanuel Osodeke issued the warning at...
President Bola Tinubu has ordered the suspension of the controversial cybersecurity levy. This was disclosed to newsmen during a press briefing on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris. He explained...
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a cleric for allegedly defiling three teenage girls in Agah village in Ilorin South Local Government Area. The 45-year-old cleric...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Chukwuemeka Woke as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Ogun-Osun River Basin Development Authority. Woke’s appointment was disclosed in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the...
A former Rivers State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Zacchaeus Adangor, says Governor Siminalayi Fubara, through his recent actions, is not committed to reconciling with his predecessor, Nyesom Wike. “He (Fubara) is...
he Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has faulted the timing of the introduction of the 0.5% cybersecurity levy on electronic transactions recently introduced by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). In a statement on Thursday,...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, on Thursday, barred the immediate-past Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika, his daughter, Fatimah, and son-in-law, Jalal Hamma, from travelling outside the country. Justice Sylvanus Orji ruled...
The Clerk of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Emeka Amadi, has thrown his weight behind Martin Amaewhule as the authentic Speaker of the State House of Assembly. Amadi, in a statement dated 8th...
The bill seeking to increase the salaries and allowances of judicial officers in Nigeria has scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill, titled: “A bill for an act to prescribe the...
The Nigeria Senate has approved the death sentence for drug offenders in the country. This is as the lawmakers on Thursday, passed the bill to amend the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Act. The...
The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is being withdrawn worldwide due to concerns over a rare and dangerous side effect. This development came months after the pharmaceutical giant admitted for the first time in court documents...
The Rivers State Government on Tuesday dismissed a call on the state House of Assembly by the Caretaker Committee of the All Progressives Congress in the state to commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Siminlayi...
Nigeria Labour Congress and its Trade Union Congress of Nigeria counterpart have given the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission till May 12 to withdraw the recent hike in electricity tariff or face unprecedented industrial action....
Some victims have narrated how the officials of the Lagos State task force threatened to kill them in Osun Forest after they were allegedly arrested in the Marina area of the state and later...
The French Government has said there are no discussions between France and Nigeria to establish military bases in the country. Recall that some eminent Northern leaders and Civil Society Organisations cautioned President Bola Tinubu against...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has given the Tinubu-led administration 48 hours to withdraw the cybersecurity levy directive issued by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). CBN had issued a new directives...
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has expressed concern at the alarming rate of youth restiveness in Nigeria, particularly in the North East. The Director-General of the Agency, Dr Dayo Mobereola, while...
The Calabar-Lagos coastal road appears to be perennially swallowed in controversy since the first day of the project’s unveiling. Given the mounting public criticism and wide-ranging controversies trailing the ongoing 700km Lagos Calabar...
The visit by Vice President Kashim Shettima to the United States of America, for the US-Africa Business Summit, has created leadership vacuum at the nation’s seat of power as President Bola Tinubu is...
Nigeria is currently grappling with a severe petrol scarcity and poor electricity supply, leaving citizens frustrated and angry as they struggle to go about their daily lives. The situation is dire, with long queues...
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has described the presence of Seyi, the son of President Bola Tinubu, on the board of companies owned by Gilbert Chagoury as a clear conflict of interest. According...
A Nigerian man identified as Israel Joe, has revealed how his friend, Roseline, died after she was pushed into a boiling pot of fresh pepper and tomatoes by her two female friends in Sapele,...
On May 1, on the bustling streets of Lagos, a chilling incident unfolded as a journalist with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism, Daniel Ojukwu, vanished without a trace. As his phone numbers remained unreachable...
President Bola Tinubu has been asked not to allow the United States and French Governments to relocate their military bases from the Sahel to Nigeria. Some northern leaders made this known in a letter...
The Economic and financial crime commission (EFCC) has issued a statement dissociating itself from a false report circulating in the media. The report claims that the EFCC has released a list of 58 ex-governors...