Barely days after its commissioning, a water project meant for the people of Gwara in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State has turned into a test of credibility for the President Bola Tinubu-led government’s Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project (HYPREP). SaharaReporters earlier broke the story that the overhead tank of the newly inaugurated water station […]

The University of Abuja Alumni Association has called for transparency, fairness, and integrity in the ongoing selection process for the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Dr. Rauf Olaiya Sarafadeen-Kunle, on behalf of the National President, the Association urged the Governing Council of the

Major General Mijinyawa noted that the late Lieutenant General Lagbaja was a mentor, adding that within a year in office, the late COAS left an indelible mark in the Nigerian Army. The Nigerian Army, 81 Division, Lagos State, has held a one year memorial for late former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja

Murtala Ibrahim, the Niger State judge who remanded a students activist, Isah Mokwa, for criticising Governor Umar Bago, has been shortlisted for appointment as a High Court Judge.  SaharaReporters earlier reported that the decision to remand Mokwa, was widely condemned by the global human rights body, the Amnesty International, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, and civil society organisations.

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has announced that the death toll from Lassa fever in the country has climbed to 176, with 955 confirmed infections recorded so far in 2025. According to the agency’s latest epidemiological report for Week 43, Nigeria’s Case Fatality Rate (CFR) now stands at 18.4%, a sharp

The Federal High Court in Lagos State has issued an interim order restraining the Lagos State Commissioner of Police and the Nigeria Police Force from harassing, intimidating, or declaring human rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, as a “wanted person. Justice Musa Kakaki, presiding over the matter on Wednesday, granted the order following an

The Minna Chief Magistrate Court 1 has refused to grant bail to a students activist, Isah Mokwa, even after admitting that it lacks jurisdiction to hear the cybercrime case brought against the Niger State Governor, Umar Bago.  The court delivered the ruling on Wednesday after considering a formal bail application filed by Mokwa’s lawyer, Barrister

The Nigerian senate has uncovered massive financial discrepancies in Nigeria’s crude oil sector, with about $303 billion allegedly stolen from both local and international transactions. This is according to the Senate Committee Investigating Incessant and Nefarious Acts of Crude Oil Theft in the Niger Delta, which stated that forensic reviews by its consultants revealed that

The Nigerian Senate has passed a landmark bill prescribing up to 14 years imprisonment for any educator found guilty of sexually harassing students in tertiary institutions. The legislative move follows years of widespread reports exposing how lecturers and other academic staff coerce students—mostly women—into sexual relationships in exchange for grades, admission, or other academic favours.