Showing posts from May, 2022
A regional quarterly report on Freedom of Expression (FOE) by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), has shown that Nigeria recorded 5 cases of freedom of expression violations. This puts Nigeria in second place behind Ghana as the most re…
Miyetti Allah group The South-East chapter of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) has lamented the killing of four of its members in Anambra State. According to the Chairman of MACBAN in the region, Alhaji Gidado S…
Former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu may likely join the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the governorship seat of the Enugu State in 2023. The twist, SaharaReporters gathered, comes after discussions between Ekwer…
The Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State on Tuesday sentenced a Chinese national, Li Lei Lei, to 24 months imprisonment for mutilating the Nigerian currency, Naira. Li Lei Lei was arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financ…
Tunde Bakare The Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, Pastor Tunde Bakare, has boasted that he will defeat former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential candidate if he is given the All Pro…
Eno Umo and Emmanuel Udom Some residents of Akwa Ibom have accused Umo Eno, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Akwa Ibom State of the forceful takeover of some parcels of land belonging to them. They accused Eno…
The Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād has claimed responsibility for an explosion that rocked the ancient town Kab…
The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP) and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has decried the retrogression of the country, saying that those elected to manage her resources have abandoned the national currency and are livi…
A member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Sagir Mai Iyali has asked the party’s presidential screening committee to disqualify one of the aspirants, Bola Ahmed Tinubu over alleged certificate forgery. The petition dated May 17, 202…
Stakeholders in the southern and central regions of the country under the platform of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum (SMBLF) have criticised the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for electing Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a northern aspirant as…
Suspected Fulani herdsmen have reportedly kidnapped the Prelate, Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu Uche along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia. He was abducted alongside Rt. Rev…
Goodluck Jonathan Former President Goodluck Jonathan is not on the list of presidential aspirants expected to be screened by the All Progressives Congress (APC). Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State last Friday dec…
A pro-independence movement fighting for self-rule in South-West Cameroon, Ambazonian Boys have killed at least 20 people in a community in Nigeria. The Ambazonian soldiers were said to have crossed into the Nigerian community near Bashu in Boki…
Monkey Pox The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed that Nigeria has had at least 66 suspected cases of monkeypox disease between January 1 to May 29, 2022. The agency said 21 of the cases were confirmed from nine states incl…
Former Minister of Information and Communications, Chief Frank Nweke Jnr has emerged the winner of the All Progressives Grand Alliance Enugu governorship primary election held on Sunday. Nweke won the ticket in a keenly contested primary electio…
The former first lady of Anambra State, Mrs. Ebelechukwu Obiano, has emerged the winner of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) ticket for Anambra North Senatorial District. The wife of the immediate past governor, Willie Obiano, on Sunda…
An explosion in Kabba, Kogi State, has thrown residents into confusion. The incident was said to have occurred opposite Mannajot Petrol Station on Sunday evening, with a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people feared injured. SaharaReporters Me…
Senator Musiliu Obanikoro, a former minister of state for defence, says he is displeased with the process and eventual outcome of the All Progressives Congress Lagos West Senatorial primary where he lost to the former deputy governor of Lagos, Id…
Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has stepped down from the 2023 presidential race under the Peoples Democratic Party, endorsing former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, Punch reports. The special convention to elect the PDP presidential cand…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained why its operatives on Saturday stormed the venue of the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential primary election in Abuja. The presence of the operatives of the anti-g…
Betty, the wife of the Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has accused Governor Hope Uzodinma of allegedly imposing candidates in the federal legislative primary elections of the All Progressives Congress in Imo State. Mrs Akeredolu, is conte…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has fully commenced its 2022 National Convention at the Moshood Abiola Stadium Abuja, where the party is expected to elect its 2023 presidential candidate. The National Convention started around 6pm with the Na…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has shifted the deadline for political parties to conduct their primaries for the 2023 general elections by six days. This was announced by INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of Informa…
The family of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has formally written Simon Ekpa, a self-proclaimed disciple, to stop using the name of the agitator for material gains. In a letter addressed to Ekpa by Magnus Jonsson,…
Infamous former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, has been uncovered to have laundered money from the West African country by buying a luxurious property in the United States. A US Court has meanwhile ruled that the $3million (£2.4million)…