Showing posts from February, 2022
The Aare Onakakanfo of Yoruba land, Iba Gani Adams, has condemned the removal of State Police from the constitutional Amendment procedure by the National Assembly. Adams on Monday asserted that it was a disservice to the nation, noting that the …
Twelve members of Russia’s diplomatic mission to the UN have been ordered to leave the United States by the end of March, Russia’s ambassador to the world body said Monday. According to AFP, Vassily Nebenzia told reporters at a press conference …
The Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC) says it is working to ensure Air Nigeria begins to convey Nigerians before the end of President Muhammad Buhari’s administration. The Acting Director-General of the commission, Michael O…
The whereabouts of a man, Agubata Maxwell, has become a source of worry after he was reportedly arrested by policemen attached to the Imo State Police Command. SaharaReporters gathered that Maxwell was arrested on December 11, 2021 by men of the…
Google had disabled its map services for Ukraine which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are. According to a Reuters report, the company said it had taken the action of globally disabling the Google …
The Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has suspended football teams from Russia indefinitely in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine that has left at least 240 civilian casualties. The decision was taken on Monday by the Bure…
The Economic Financial and Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Oyo State Accountant-General, Alhaji Gafar Bello, over alleged N9billion money laundering, SaharaReporters has learnt. A source close to the office of the AG confirmed the deve…
File photo used to illustrate story. President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the ill-treatment being meted out to Nigerian nationals, and citizens of other African countries in Ukraine amid the ongoing war in the country. Garba Shehu, Senior Sp…
Some power-drunk officers of the Department of State Services have stopped a 66-year-old Nigerian woman, Bolanle Adeoye, from travelling to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, because she granted an interview to SaharaReporters in which she spoke about…
About eight worshippers have been abducted by terrorists during a church service at Salama Baptist Church in a village called Gidigori in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. A source from the community told Daily Trust the incident oc…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted at least, 649,300 capsules of Tramadol 225mg and €809,850 among consignments from Pakistan, Austria and Italy at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ik…
President Vladimir Putin’s decision to place his nuclear forces on alert amounts to “irresponsible” behaviour, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation said on Sunday. “This is dangerous rhetoric. This is a behaviour which is irresponsible,” th…
Lawyers representing the Nigerian Government have accused two former Attorney Generals of the Federation, Mohammed Bello Adoke and Bayo Ojo, of working against the country and taking millions of dollars in bribes as part of a fraudulent scheme to…
Some foreign nationals in Ukraine, including an unspecified number of Nigerians, are being kept in camps in Ukraine because of their expired documents and are not allowed to flee the war-ravaged country, SaharaReporters has learnt. This was disclo…
Armed men suspected to be members of a secret cult on Saturday invaded a burial ceremony in Ebenebe, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, killing about 20 persons. It was gathered that it was the burial of a suspected leader of a c…
The Nigerian Government has informed a court in London, United Kingdom, that a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, contacted JP Morgan through phone call and email. The government said this while br…
Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, released a self-shot video from central Kyiv on Friday vowing alongside key aides to stay and defend the capital against Russian invasion. “We’re all here. Our military is here. Citizens in society are he…
The police in Edo State on Friday confirmed that some monies carted away during the deadly bank robbery in Uromi have been recovered. Commissioner of Police in the state, Phillip Ogbadu, spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria. On Thursday afternoon,…
File photo used to illustrate story. An Improvised Explosive Device has exploded at Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Government Area, Niger State. This was confirmed in a statement by co-convener, Concerned Shiroro Youths of Niger State, Sani Abuba…
Russia has threatened "military and political consequences" against Finland and Sweden if they attempt to join NATO. The country made the threat on Friday. Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova warned against other…
A teenager, Jeffery Ugiagbe, has reportedly died after Ovie Oktogbo, a security guard, raped him in the Ugbowo area of Edo State. It was learnt that 13-year-old Ugiagbe fell sick and thereafter told his parents that Oktogbo forcefully had anal s…
Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says identity cards carried by the agency’s officers also doubled as search and arrest warrants. Babafemi said this on Friday during a Twitter Spaces conversation ho…