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“Every Agunechemba member should stay away from polling units. You are citizens like everyone else—vote peacefully and go home. From 6 p.m. on the eve of the election, no vigilante should appear in uniform near any polling station,” Orutugu warned during a tour of the state. Ahead of the November 8, 2025, governorship election, the […]
At least four people were killed on Sunday in Cameroon’s largest city, Douala, as violent clashes broke out between opposition supporters and police ahead of the country’s presidential election results. The unrest, which spread through several neighbourhoods, underscored growing anger over alleged vote manipulation and years of political stagnation under President Paul Biya’s rule. The
A disturbing case of alleged child trafficking has emerged at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) Ituku-Ozalla Enugu, where medical teams are accused of giving out three children to unknown parties after their mother died in the hospital. SaharaReporters learnt that the incident came to light when Mrs. Chinyere Jennifer James, a good Samaritan,
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of plunging Nigeria into what he described as “a police state where fear reigns supreme,” warning that the country was fast sliding into dictatorship under the guise of law enforcement. In a piece released on Monday and titled “A Nation Gripped in the Throes
Adeseye confirmed that the Sari-Iganmu Fire Station team was immediately dispatched to the scene after receiving a distress call at about 12:20 a.m. on Monday. Several people sustained varying degrees of injuries after a two-storey building collapsed in the Oyingbo area of Lagos in the early hours of Monday. According to a situation report released
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The Delta State Attorney General, Mr. Ekemejero Ohwovoriole, SAN has filed fresh criminal charges against investigative journalist and activist, Oghenetega Oghenedoro, popularly known as Fejiro Oliver, over allegations of defamation, cyberstalking, and conduct likely to cause a breach of public peace. According to documents obtained by SaharaReporters on Sunday, the new charges were filed at
The National President of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN), Bishop Wale Oke, has said that genocide exists in Nigeria but stressed that the killings are not limited to Christians. In an interview on Sunday, Oke urged the Nigerian government to end the killings of both Muslims and Christians across the country, noting that no
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