There is tension currently in the Makurdi Local Government Area after angry residents from Achakpa community took to the streets in protest following a deadly attack by suspected armed herdsmen that left several people dead and others missing. The protesters, numbering in hundreds, barricaded the busy Makurdi–Abuja highway at the Garba–Atson–Abagena IDP camp axis, paralysing

Officials at a Kaduna State hospital have confirmed receiving casualties from the explosion that rocked the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON).  They added that medical personnel were battling to save the lives of those critically injured.  SaharaReporters reported that several people were feared dead in the explosion that rocked the DICON factory in the

President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping executive order imposing a $100,000 annual fee on skilled workers visa applicants known as H-1B visa programme, which allows skilled foreign workers to enter the country. The order, which takes effect on Sunday, September 21, cites “abuse” of the programme and makes entry contingent on the payment.  Until

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has raised the alarm of the escalating cases of suicide across the world, saying that suicide has become the third-leading cause of death globally among young people. The Director-General of WHO, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who made this known on Friday, urged governments across the world to take urgent and