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Tragedy has struck Neke Akpani autonomous community in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State, where five family members died in an alleged food poisoning incident. SaharaReporters gathered that the tragic incident occurred on Saturday, August 30, and Sunday, August 31. Family sources revealed that the victims, identified as Barnabas Ikeze, his wife, and their […]
The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned the recent detention of Sodeeq Atanda, a senior reporter with the Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), by the Ekiti State Police Command. The IPC made the condemnation in a statement issued by Melody Akinjiyan, Press Freedom Officer of the IPC’s Safety and Protection of Journalists (SPJ) hub. SaharaReporters
Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has threatened to sue the Clerk of the National Assembly if he fails to facilitate her resumption of legislative duties by Monday, 15th September 2025. In a letter to the Clerk of the National Assembly, through her lawyer, Michael Jonathan Numa, SAN, dated September 10 but
Nigerian TikToker, Olumide John Ogunsanwo, popularly known as Seaking, was arraigned on Thursday, 11th September, 2025 before the Magistrate Court of Lagos State sitting in Ogba, on a two-count charge bothering on conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. During the proceedings on Thursday, Ogunsanwo pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge which
The House of Representatives has reopened investigations into the operations of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), following fresh allegations of irregularities in the disbursement of student loans across tertiary institutions. The Chairman of the Joint Committee on Student Loans, Scholarships and Higher Education Financing, Banking and Other Ancillary Institutions, Anti-Corruption, and University Education, Prof.
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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Ministerial Task Force has stopped ongoing construction at the River Park Estate in Lugbe, Abuja, while arresting some workers who defied the orders of the court in the estate crisis. SaharaReporters had reported that an Abuja High Court directed the warring parties in the River Park Estate dispute to “maintain
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained former Senate President David Mark, ex-Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, and others from parading themselves as leaders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC). The order, delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite on September 4, 2025, followed a motion ex parte filed on September 2. A copy of
The Nigerian government has announced the revocation of the 5% excise duty previously imposed on telecommunications’ voice and data services in Nigeria. The National Orientation Agency (NOA), which announced the revocation of the telecom tax on voice and data services in a statement issued on Thursday, said the move is expected to ease cost pressures
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A magistrate court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, on Wednesday remanded Mr. Aye Egberi, head of the Social Media team of the state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to 30 days in the Okaka Medium Correctional Facility. Egberi, 37, faces allegations of cyberstalking involving the State Police Commissioner, Mr. Francis Idu, Governor Douye Diri,
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 65-year-old man who allegedly paraded himself as the “Obi of Lagos,” along with three accomplices, thereby thwarting their planned unveiling ceremony. The suspects, Engr. Chibuike Azubike, 65, of Obodoukwu Ancient Kingdom in Ideato North LGA, Imo State; Chief Chibuzor Ani, 57; Chief Martins Nwaodika, 65; and Mr.
