Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, has asked the Federal High Court in Abuja to throw out the six-count criminal charge filed against her by the Nigerian government. She described it as “a politically motivated witch-hunt” designed to protect Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, and former Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, from public scrutiny. In […]

 SaharaReporters’ review of the public payments portal, Govspend, has revealed how the Federal Co-Operative College, Oji River, awarded multiple road construction contracts worth several millions of naira — despite such projects being outside its legal mandate as an academic institution. The review shows that the College paid N20.4 million for the “emergency maintenance of road

Some Nigerian Army personnel have raided the Abuja residence of a former governor and former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, in connection with an alleged coup plot currently under investigation by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), SaharaReporters can report.  Multiple security sources confirmed to SaharaReporters on Tuesday that the army raid occurred

Human rights lawyer, Abubakar Marshal, has defended the right of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, to file a fresh objection against the terrorism-related charges brought against him by the Nigerian government. Marshal, who described the move as “legally sound” and “founded on strong legal principle,” said that the

We take issue with Senator Ned Nwoko’s recent statement on Channels TV, where the Senator representing Delta North in the Senate claimed that the Ukwuani people are Igbos. This statement is inaccurate and misleading. The Ukwuani people have a distinct cultural identity and heritage that has been passed down through generations. During the Nigerian Civil