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 […]

No fewer than 100 Nigerians have been killed and 120 others abducted between August 10 and October 26, 2025, in a renewed wave of religiously motivated attacks across Nigeria.  An investigative report on Sunday noted that the victims were mostly targets of Fulani jihadist militants and Boko Haram insurgents, who jointly carried out multiple deadly

The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu has withdrawn his earlier decision to call witnesses in his ongoing trial before the Federal High Court in Abuja, insisting that there are no legitimate charges against him. The development occurred on Monday during the court session where Kanu, who is standing trial

Chioma Ifemeludike, the governorship candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the upcoming November 8, 2025 governorship election in Anambra State, has pledged to raise the state’s minimum wage to N100,000, if elected. Ifemeludike said that N100,000 minimum wage is a practical and achievable commitment rather than a political promise. She made the vow

A students activist, Isah Mokwa, a postgraduate student of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL), is set to be arraigned today (Monday) before Magistrate Court Chief 1 at the State High Court Complex, Oduoye Quarters, Minna, the Niger State capital.  The student was charged last week by the Niger State government with terrorism, cybercrime

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

An analysis has shown how a wave of ageing leaders continues to dominate political power in Nigeria and other African countries despite having the world’s youngest population.  From Cameroon’s Paul Biya, who has ruled since 1982, to Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, Africa’s old guard remains unshaken despite rising anger from youth demanding

An awaiting trial inmate, identified simply as Dung Bulus Pam has died overnight at the Kuje Correctional Center of an undisclosed ailment. Although the inmate’s cause of death has not been determined, prison sources told Saharareporters that he was put in Kuje by the same police prosecutor, Musa Adama who also had arraigned 13 #FreeNnamdiKanuNow

   

A faith-based and community development organisation in Zaria, Kaduna State, Fityanatul Islam Gabari, has declared its support for Senator Ikechukwu Obiorah’s proposal to establish a truly independent electoral commission in Nigeria. The organisation announced this at a press briefing in Kaduna, adding that there is the need to reform Nigeria’s electoral framework and reduce political