Nigeria is becoming a huge national morgue – Bishop Kukah
In his Easter message for 2025, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto has sounded a dire warning about the state of Nigeria, describing the country as gradually becoming a “huge national morgue”…
Court Ruling: How Obasa played Lagos Assembly members
The Lagos High Court’s ruling nullifying the impeachment of Mudashiru Obasa as Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly hasn’t surprised many political observers. Some actors had predicted this outcome after Obasa…
Insecurity: Danjuma Restates His Self-defence Call
As the death toll in the attacks by suspected herdsmen on the people of Benue State hit 56 yesterday, a former Minister of Defence, General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd)…
Police confirm extradition of suspected murderer of Lead University First Class student
Following his extradition from Doha in Qatar by the Nigerian government, murder suspect, Benjamin Best Nnayereugo a.k.a. Killaboi has been handed over to the Lagos State Police Command for prosecution. Killaboi fled to…
Easter: Food prices reduction excites Lagos consumers, traders
Some Lagos State foodstuff traders and consumers have expressed respite over the price stability of foodstuff during this year’s Easter celebration. They disclosed this in separate interviews with the News Agency…
Revealed! ‘Why Igbo youths shun Army recruitment’
The low turnout of Igbo youths in the ongoing army recruitment exercise has been attributed to historical grievances and systemic marginalisation. On Wednesday, the Nigerian Army disclosed that only 200 persons…
Benue killings: Retired generals’ homeland under siege
•This is an existential threat, defend yourselves, the monarch tells subjects•Dozens killed, countless displaced, houses razed•It’s unacceptable — Senator Moro•Arrest perpetrators now — Senator David Mark•Three…
2027: Obidients take stand as coalition plots Atiku for one term, Peter Obi as VP
•to then run in 2031 for President •Why CPC or SDP is a potential platform The Nigerian political atmosphere is awash with speculation about the 2027 presidential election, particularly as it concerns a potential…
Death Toll In Benue Killings Rises To 56
Death toll from the multiple attacks by armed invaders on communities in Benue State has risen to 56. Our correspondent reports that many rural communities of Sankera axis comprising three local government areas…
Security chiefs under fire over mass killings
Nigeria’s security chiefs have been slammed over increasing terror attacks that resulted in mass killings, especially in the northern part of the country. The security chiefs, according to stakeholders, may have…
Varsities face probe over student loan fraud
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has started investigating some universities and banks for allegedly engaging in fraudulent activities that prevented students from receiving…
Lagos hunts landlord after two die in building collapse
The Lagos State Government has begun a probe into the collapse of a three-storey building at 10, Oremeta Street, in the Ojodu-Berger area of Lagos. The building, which housed the popular Equal Right Restaurant and…
If the foundations of logic be destroyed
In July 2005, I was aboard an Egypt Air flight from Cairo to Lagos on my way from Saudi Arabia. As we approached the…
Boko Haram terrorists attack Adamawa community, hoist flag
Some suspected members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group have launched an attack on a community in Hong Local Government Area Adamawa State. It was gathered that the terrorists invaded Dabna village in…
Drama as Bauchi Deputy Gov, Jatau slaps Foreign Affairs minister Tuggar
There was mild drama at the Emir’s Palace in Bauchi on Friday, when the state’s Deputy Governor, Auwal Jatau, allegedly slapped the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, during a heated altercation.The…
JUST IN: Many feared trapped as building collapses in Lagos
An unspecific number of people are believed to be trapped under an uncompleted storey building which collapsed in Lagos The building housing…
Resurgence Of Boko Haram Amid Denials
The recent resurgence of Boko Haram attacks in Borno and neighbouring Yobe state signals a grim return to a past that Nigerians hoped had been buried. Sadly, instead of those in position of authority to look at…
Nigeria’s Debt Servicing Gulps N1.3trillion In Two Months As FG Continues Reliance On Loans
A SaharaReporters' review of Nigeria’s recently released economic report for January 2025 has shown that the country spent N1.3trillion on debt servicing between December 2024 and January 2025. According to…
2026: Osun West agitators pick Oyebamiji as guber candidate
A socio-political group, Falex Foundation, has picked a former Commissioner for Finance in the state and current Managing Director, National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Asiwaju Munirudeen Oyebamiji, popularly…
Paris Club refund: Consultant files contempt charge against Cardoso over ‘failure’ to return N220m
Olayemi Cardoso, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and Kofo Salam-Alada, the apex bank’s director of legal services, are facing contempt proceedings for allegedly failing to fully comply with a supreme…
‘Mischievous and fabricated’ — presidency rejects claim Shettima has been barred from villa
The presidency has denied reports that Vice-President Kashim Shettima has been denied access to the presidential villa. In a statement on…
“I don’t want them to go higher because at a certain point you make it where people don’t buy”…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday signaled a potential end to the tit-for-tat tariff hikes between the U.S. and China that shocked markets, and that a deal over the fate of social media platform TikTok may have to…
Convicted Kidnappers To Die By Hanging In Edo, Says Okpebholo
Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo, has said his administration is ready to sign death sentences for kidnappers caught in Edo State. The governor said convicted…
If Tinubu Can’t Transform Nigeria, No Politician Can – Seyilaw
Nigerian comedian, Oluwaseyitan Aletile, popularly known as Seyi Law, has stated that if President Bola Tinubu is unable to transform the…