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A year after he was sacked by the Supreme Court from the House of Representatives, Herman Hembe is enmeshed in alleged influence peddling leading to insertion of projects worth N827 million in Nigeria’s 2018 budget. Mr Hembe lost the…

Senate President Bukola Saraki and Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal are in their final days in the All Progressives Congress (APC), as SaharaReporters understands their defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will be sealed…

A beautician hanged herself in front of her little girl after having an argument with her boyfriend about him going on a "boys' night out", according to The Sun UK. The woman who is a mum-of-one identified as Agnieszka Giza, 23, had…

The United Kingdom National Crime Agency has announced that it is funding a forensic lab for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) billed to cost £500,000. Paddy Kerr, International Manager of the British antigraft…

Senators yesterday approved the payment of over N348 billion outstanding oil subsidy claims to 74 petroleum marketers. The upper chamber gave the approval following its adoption of the interim report of its Committee on Petroleum…

The Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) is a cesspool of fraud and lawlessness, a report has said A Federal Government panel has uncovered about N62.555 billion fraud in the agency. The money was spent without proper…

The Association of Shop Owners at the Sura Shopping Complex, Lagos Island yesterday  led a peaceful protest to the Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc (EKEDC) on the Marina, to demand freedom to patronise alternative power supply…

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mike Ozekhome has described the Executive Order no. 6 issued and signed by President Muhammadu Buhari as illegal, unconstitutional, undemocratic, and immoral. He said by signing the executive order,…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has announced the postponement of its Osun State governorship primary election initially scheduled to take place on Thursday due to “unforeseen development.” According to a statement signed by the…

Senate President Bukola Saraki; Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto; Samuel Ortom, governor of Benue; and Abdulfatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara; met with some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ilorin on Wednesday. Nigeria’s…

The leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) met with Aminu Tambuwal, governor of Sokoto state, and Abdufatah Ahmed, governor of Kwara, in Ilorin on Wednesday. The governors who were elected on the platform of the All…

The police on Wednesday paraded eight persons suspected to be involved in the kidnap of the 276 students from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok Borno state. One hundred and twelve of the captives have been released while the…

The UBA Pensions Custodian Limited — a wholly-owned subsidiary of UBA Plc — located at 22B Idowu Taylor St, Victoria Island, Lagos, is currently on fire. An employee of the bank who spoke with SaharaReporters on phone from the UBA Head…

Indian security officials have arrested two Nigerians in the India-Nepal border town of Raxaul, Bihar for allegedly forging the documents used in entering the country. According to DNA India, they were arrested by Raxaul Immigration…

Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, has unveiled the name and logo of the new national carrier, Nigeria Air. Speaking on Wednesday in London at the ongoing Farnborough International Airshow, Sirika said the government will…

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) says it will impose a higher sanction on the Ekiti State Broadcasting Service (EBS) if it fails to pay N500,000 fine within the stipulated period.The NBC Head of Public Affairs, Mrs Maimuna…

Electricity Distribution Companies, Discos, have described as false, most of the statements made last week Monday by the Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola, about the power sector. According to them, the comments…

Aso Rock, Nigeria’s seat of executive power, failed to remit taxes, such as pay as you earn (PAYE), value added tax (VAT) and withholding tax (WHT), to the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) in 2016 — despite deducting at source.…

Melanoma cancer, the most serious type of skin cancer, can now be detected in its early stages by a blood test developed by Australian scientists. The breakthrough could potentially save millions of lives and significantly reduce…

Suspected political thugs, Tuesday, launched an attack on the convoy of former Deputy Governor (Operations) of Central Bank of Nigeria, Chief Adebayo Adelabu in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Adelabu, who recently resigned from the…

The Government Girls Secondary School, Sarkin Noma and Lokongoma Secondary School in Lokoja LGA which were due for commissioning this morning have been razed down and vandalized by yet to be identified hoodlums. The renovation of the…

Aloysius Iyorgyer Katsina-Alu, a former chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), has died. According to ThisDay, Katsina-Alu, 76, died in the wee hours of Wednesday at Chida Orthopaedic Hospital, Gudu, Abuja. Katsina Alu was from Ushongo…

Supporters of Senate President Bukola Saraki welcomed him to Ilorin, Kwara state capital, on Tuesday. This is in celebration of the supreme court ruling that Saraki has no case to answer at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).…

As political parties gear up for their presidential primaries slated for between August and October 2018, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, said, yesterday, that the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari, has the right of first…