The Gombe State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Colonel Abdullahi Bello (rtd) has lost his life in a road accident. The Gombe State government announced this in a statement issued by Director-General, Press Affairs, Ismaila Uba Misilli, on Friday. Misilli said the late Bello died in an accident along Malam Sidi-Gombe road. “The Gombe […]

Addressing journalists after the incident, he accused the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, of masterminding the attack out of personal vendetta. A human rights lawyer, A.K. Musa, has condemned the invasion of the Kuje Magistrate Court, Abuja, by armed police officers during the arraignment of activist, Omoyele Sowore, describing it as a desecration of the

The legal representative of a students activist, Isah Mokwa, Ibrahim Usman Wali, has said that the police, in their usual manner, are using administrative delays to keep his client in custody.  Amid the bureaucratic reasons, Mokwa, a postgraduate student at Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, remains in custody until tomorrow, Saturday, 25 October, as proceedings

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC), Nigeria, has condemned the continued detention and alleged assault of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, and other protesters by the Nigeria Police Force, calling for their immediate and unconditional release.   In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mrs. Chinyere Oge Kalu, IPAC described the arrests as a

The appointment ceremony took place Friday at the Duguri palace in Alkaleri Local Government Area, where the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Aminu Hammayo, presented the appointment letter on behalf of the governor. The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, has appointed his elder brother, Alhaji Adamu Mohammed, as the Emir of the newly created

The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) has condemned, in strong terms, the re-arrest of human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, by the Nigerian police after he was granted bail by the Kuje Magistrate court in Abuja on Friday. In a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Barrister Yinka Oguntimehin, the OPC said such actions raised serious concerns regarding

 A SaharaReporters’ review of the budget performance document for the fourth quarter of 2024 has shown that the Nigerian government spent N65 billion on the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) in the 2024 fiscal year. The same amount was spent in 2023, the review shows. This means that between the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years, a

Nearly two years after being placed under global scrutiny for weaknesses in its financial crime controls, Nigeria has been officially removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The announcement came during the FATF October 2025 Plenary held in Paris, France, where the international watchdog delisted Nigeria from the list of jurisdictions under

The development marks a major milestone in the Nigerian government’s ongoing efforts to strengthen healthcare delivery and expand tertiary health services across Nigeria.  The University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital has been officially converted into the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Akure, Ondo State. The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Muhammad Ali Pate, who

The Global Defence Consortium of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has accused the Federal High Court in Abuja of continued bias and denial of fair hearing, following what it described as fresh irregularities during Friday’s court proceedings presided over by Justice James Omotosho. In a statement released on