How an illiterate girl from the mountains of Ethiopia became the ‘future of African medicine’ – as the heartwarming reason she’s returning to the operating theatre at 73 is revealed. Mamitu Gashe was 16 when she went into labour with [...]
Sir Sean Connery has died at the age of 90, his family has said. The Scottish actor was best known for his portrayal of James Bond, being the first to bring the role to the big screen and appearing in [...]
Seven Nigerians who tried to hijack an oil tanker off the coast of the Isle of Wight, have been bailed. UK media, however, say they are in the custody of the British border force. After a ten-hour stand-off between the [...]
The Lagos State panel hearing cases of extrajudicial activities and police brutality has said it will be summoning operatives of the now scrapped Special Anti-Robbery Squad to appear before it. This was announced by Chairperson of the panel, Justice Doris [...]
With thousands of residents across Nigeria demonstrating against police brutality and the widely condemned Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) over the past few weeks, expats and community members who live in Canada are rallying to support friends and loved ones who [...]
Akwa Ibom and Benue rank very high as states with the highest number of people living with HIV in Nigeria — NACA The latest quarterly factsheet of the National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) has revealed that two [...]
Catherine Ugorji of the Nigeria Police Force serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), has been selected by the United Nations as one of two runners-up for the prestigious UN Woman Police Officer of the Year [...]
President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will spend N167,459,107 on food and refreshment next year if the 2021 Appropriation Bill, which Buhari presented to the legislature last Thursday, is passed. While the President will spend N98,306,492 on foodstuff/catering [...]
Few hours after saying Nigerian youth “are high on drugs all the time”, Nigerians have exposed how Mojisola Alli-Macaulay, member representing Amuwo-Odofin 1 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, used COVID-19 palliatives as birthday gifts. Nigerian politicians, who hijacked [...]
At this difficult time in our Nations history Benue state should not be in the news for Shameful reasons such as this . At a time when our people are hungry , evil men and women are selling off food [...]
The Nigerian Air Force has arrested its personnel who flogged curfew violators in Ilesha, Osun State.This was made known to the public through Nigerian Air Force official Twitter page. It reads: Alleged Flogging of Curfew Defaulters in Ilesha, Osun State [...]
The court papers donating charges brought against Bola Tinubu, a former governor of Lagos, and tax consultancy firm, Alpha Beta Consulting, by a former Managing Director of the company, Dapo Apara, has been burnt according to claims by Tade Ipadeola, [...]
A member of the United States House of Representatives, Alexander N. Green, has condemned the killing of EndSARS unarmed protesters by operatives of the Nigerian Army in Lagos State. SaharaReporters had last week Tuesday reported how armed men in army [...]
Rights organisation, Amnesty International, has asked the Nigerian authorities to stop trying to cover up the killing of peaceful protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of Lagos on October 20. AI in a series of tweets on Wednesday said [...]
Governors of the 36 states were said to have received N1billion each from the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to cushion the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The Governors were also said to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with [...]
A petrol station has been engulfed in fire in Lagos. The filling station along Ajayi Road, Ogba, Lagos, went up in flames in the early hours of Tuesday. The Head, Public Affairs of Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Nosa Okunbor, [...]
Karaye Emirate in Kano State has announced the abduction of the wife of the village head of Tsara under Rogo Local Government Area, Aishatu Aliyu, by some gunmen. According to the report presented to the Emir of Karaye, Ibrahim Abubakar [...]
The Coalition of Edo North Youth for Good Governance has demanded justice for a 25-year-old orphan, Godwin Junior Iraoya, killed during the #EndSARS protest in Auchi, Edo State. Iraoya was killed by soldiers led by one Colonel Abdulsamad Tanko during a peaceful [...]
There is tension at Kubwa, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, as security operatives fired teargas to disperse thugs, who besieged the orientation camp of National Youth Service Corps in an attempt to loot COVID-19 palliatives. The thugs [...]
There is currently tension in Lokoja, Kogi State, as policemen reportedly opened fire on rampaging thugs, who had converged on Zone 8 area of the town in an attempt to loot a warehouse. It was gathered that the miscreants gathered [...]
Rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has written to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos to release the details of Closed Circuit Television records showing the attack on #EndSARS Protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate area of the city on Tuesday night. In [...]
Katsina State governor, Aminu Masari has ordered civil servants in the state to swear to an oath of secrecy in order to block the leakage of files on corruption and fraudulent acts in his administration. Recall that a resident of [...]
Security operatives are currently shooting sporadically at the popular UTC loated in Area 10 in Abuja as thugs attempted to break into the Art and Culture building where COVID-19 palliatives are suspected to be kept. The miscreants whose aim was [...]
More COVID-19 Palliatives were discovered last Night inside Cross River State ministry of works . large crowd went in to pack, after emptying all the ware houses, some hoodlums also entered the main offices packed everything and burnt the whole [...]
Edo Jailbreak: Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has extended the ultimatum issued to fleeing inmates to return by one week, till Friday, October 30, 2020. The governor, who had given the fleeing inmates till today to return, said the [...]
Famous Hausa musician, Hassan Wayam, is dead. He died after a long illness in Zaria, Kaduna State. According to family members, he will be buried on Saturday (today) in line with Islamic rites. The late musician is originally from Maradun [...]
Nigerians have expressed their displeasure with President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech on the current security situation in the country. After weeks of #EndSARS protests, Buhari in a live broadcast on Thursday evening finally addressed angry Nigerians. In his less than 15-minute [...]
Angry Nigerians have besieged the residence of a former Lagos State governor, Bola Tinubu, with an attempt to break into the building. The house is located on Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, Lagos. There has been a general breakdown of law and [...]
The Muslim Rights Concern has berated the Nigerian Government for ordering the military to open fire on unarmed protesters in Lagos. The Muslim group in a statement by its Director, Prof Ishaq Akintola, also appealed to protesters to take time [...]
Seyi, son of a former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Thursday morning at about 1:53am flew out to London, United Kingdom, in a private jet with members of his family and a few others, SaharaReporters has exclusively [...]
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