By SaharaReporters, New York Governor Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso of Kano State yesterday took a critical look at the insecurity in the country, and divided the blame between governments, politicians, traditional rulers and religious leaders, parents, and communities. read more [...]
By Premium Times The military said it was acting on directives by President Goodluck Jonathan. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) announced in Abuja on Tuesday that it would release some persons [...]
By Sani Tukur Mr. Achebe’s body arrived at Abuja without much of the pageantry earlier envisaged. Hundreds of people were at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, to receive the [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Former Bayelsa State Governor and ex-convict, DSP Alamieyeseigha has said that President Goodluck Jonathan had no choice in the state pardon he recently granted to him, as [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Maryland-based lawyer, Emeka Ugwuonye, yesterday suffered another devastating legal defeat as a US District Court ruled that he must refund the $1.55 million that was meant [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters has learned of a cold war among political figures of Isoko ethnicity in Delta State over a purported endorsement of Victor Ochei, speaker of the [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Middle Belt Dialogue (MBD), has accused the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) of protecting Boko Haram, stating that the only concern of the Forum is how to [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York The Nigeria Police in Ogun State has denied that any students were killed earlier today at the Olabisi Onabanjo University in Abeokuta. SaharaReporters had reported the [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York In continuation of the military crackdown against the Boko Haram sect, the Yobe State government this afternoon declared a dusk-to-dawn curfew in observance of military operations [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Two students are reported to have been killed this morning at the Olabisi Onabanjo University [OOU] in Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, as policemen confronted [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York None of the 12 judges recently approved by the National Judicial Council to the National Industrial Court is qualified, the Anti-Corruption Network (ACN) has alleged, calling [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York In furtherance of its crackdown of Boko Haram sect in Nigeria's troubled North-East region, the Defence Headquaters in Abuja has ordered deployment of 1000 combatant soldiers [...]
By Ademola Bello Folasayo Dele-Ogunrinde, award winning Nigerian writer, visual artist, performance poet, public speaker, filmmaker and actress is dead. read more Read full story on author website »
By SaharaReporters, New York A delegation of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) last Thursday visited the National Assembly Complex to unveil Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, as [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York A cold war has broken out at the Kaduna State Government House over a strange power show on Saturday in Abuja in which the wife of [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Over 2000 Nigerians have fled the Nigerian State of Borno following the clash between Boko Haram and Nigerian troops in Abadam local government area of Borno [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Four Ghanaian churchgoers were killed in a stampede today at Pastor TB Joshua's church service in Accra, Ghana as worshippers scrambled for "Holy Water." read more [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York A northern politician, Tanko Yakassai, and prominent Ijaw figure, Edwin Clark, at the weekend expressed divergent views on the likely candidacy of President Goodluck Jonathan in [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with the National University Commission (NUC) on Friday arrested the sole proprietor of the [...]
The Nigerian military in Abuja confirms it has killed 10 members Boko Haram sect and captured 65 who sneaked into Maiduguri in Borno State after fleeing various hot spots on [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Years after graduating from the College of Medicine of the University of Nigeria, the 2008/2009 batch of doctors can hardly call themselves doctors, as the University [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York HEDA, the Human And Environmental Development Agenda, has called on the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to investigate the claim by five oil producing communities in [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York The transition committee chairman of Ughelli South local government area of Delta State, Anthony Oviri Uto, yesterday engaged the council’s secretary, Henry Tafri, in a physical [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York There are conflicting reports emanating from Daura, Katsina State, about the overnight confrontation there between security forces and Boko Haram sect members, with the latest saying [...]
By News Agency of Nigeria Thirty one persons were killed in Imo State when a tree fell on them. The incident happened at the Ukwu Uko evening market at Umuejinwaoke [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG), the Yoruba umbrella organization, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately declare a State of National Emergency in the country, and [...]
By Akin Kuponiyi Justice Okechukwu Okeke of a Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Friday jailed two producers of My Pikin teething syrup after he found them guilty of [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York Three soldiers and at least 10 Boko Haram militants were killed in an overnight battle in Daura, Katsina State. Daura is the home town of former [...]
By Vladimir Duthiers, CNN Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — At least 20 insurgents were killed Friday as Nigeria's military carried out an aerial bombardment of suspected militant Islamist camps in the [...]
By SaharaReporters, New York SaharaReporters has learned of a bizarre offer by Governor Peter Obi of Anambra to use public funds to make full financial restitution for questionable expenses made [...]
