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The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) will today, Sunday, August 18, 2025, begin the deportation of 42 Chinese and Philippine nationals convicted of cyber terrorism and Ponzi scheme offences. The deportees, who constitute the first batch out of 192 convicts, are scheduled to depart Nigeria on Sunday afternoon. They were among 759 suspects arrested during a […]

Hundreds of residents in Kwara South have abandoned their ancestral homes following a surge in kidnapping incidents, particularly in Ifelodun Local Government Area, where attacks by suspected armed bandits have become a daily occurrence. A video obtained by SaharaReporters shows a resident, identified as Ganiyu Babatunde, pleading with the Kwara State Government to intervene and

The Yoruba Union, a socio-cultural organisation known as Ìgbìnmó Májékóbájé Ilé-Yorùbá, has expressed concern over the worsening security situation in Kwara South, accusing Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of neglecting the region despite persistent terrorist attacks allegedly carried out by armed Fulani herders. In a statement issued on Sunday, the union expressed deep concern that residents of

The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN), Oyo State branch, has dismissed the victory of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just-concluded Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election. The group insisted that the dismal turnout and widespread allegations of vote-buying show Nigerians have lost faith in the country’s so-called capitalist democracy. In a statement signed by

The Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) has petitioned Governor Alex Otti to urgently intervene in the arbitrary arrest, detention, and persecution of the Chikadibia family in Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area of Abia State. According to the petition signed by its Executive Director, Okechukwu Nwanguma, on April 12, 2025, armed men identified

   

The Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy & Development (FENRAD), an environmental and anti-corruption organisation, has once again raised alarm over the controversial ₦54.07 billion allegedly spent by the Abia State Government on the retrofitting and rebuilding of public schools in the 2024 fiscal year. In a statement signed by its Executive Director, Comrade Nelson Nnanna Nwafor,

A decorated Nigerian Air Force veteran, Air Commodore Abayomi Balogun (rtd.), has accused officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) Development Control of demolishing his Abuja lounge and restaurant without prior notice, leaving him devastated. Balogun, once celebrated as one of the country’s finest fighter pilots, served heroically during the civil wars in Liberia

The Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the arrest of a criminal gang made up of one of its own officers and three civilians, who were caught terrorising innocent residents of Benin City with acts of extortion, brutality, and outright robbery. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s spokesperson, CSP Moses Joel Yamu,

The Imo State Government has announced sweeping reforms in the state’s education sector, abolishing graduation ceremonies for kindergarten, nursery, and Junior Secondary School 3 (JSS3) students, while also directing schools to stop the yearly change of textbooks. This was contained in a memo dated August 15, 2025, and signed by the Commissioner for Education, Professor