The Benue State House of Assembly on Friday suspended four lawmakers for six months over what it described as an attempt to remove the Speaker, Aondona Dajoh. Those suspended are Alfred Berger (Makurdi North), Terna Shimawua (Kian), Cyril Ekong (Obi) and James Umoru (Apa). The Majority Leader, Saater Tiseer, who raised the matter under urgent

The United States has halted the issuance of worker visas for commercial truck drivers from Nigeria and other countries, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on Thursday. Rubio made this known on a post on X, saying the policy change takes effect immediately. “Effective immediately we are pausing all issuance of worker visas for commercial

The raid, which the FBI Director ordered, is part of a high-profile national security investigation. Agents of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) raided the home of John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, on Friday morning in Bethesda, Maryland. The raid, which the FBI Director ordered, is part of

It was learnt that Odomma had openly lamented his situation for months and once threatened to end his life. A middle-aged man, popularly known as Odomma, has been found dead after allegedly taking his own life at Amakpu Okuku community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. The man, said to be in

This announcement is the IPC’s first outside of Africa. Gaza City is home to around half a million people. The humanitarian situation in Gaza has deepened as agencies confirm that large parts of Gaza City are now facing famine. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the UN-backed and globally recognised system for classifying food

The family of a woman identified as Khadijah, who was lynched by a mob in Kwara State after being falsely accused of child kidnapping, has cried out to the government and security agencies to bring her killers to justice. Khadijah, who had reportedly battled mental illness for decades, was beaten to death by residents who

A male National Diploma II (ND II) student of Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi, in Bauchi State, identified as Mr. Samuel Mbami, has been stabbed to death by armed hoodlums who attacked a students’ hostel in the school. A source from the institution told SaharaReporters that the incident occurred in the early hours of Friday

A civic accountability group, MonITNG, has condemned the move by the Anambra State House of Assembly to suspend one of its members, Hon. Abuchi Bernad Udemezue, for publicly disclosing the constituency allowance he received. The lawmaker also reportedly revealed rot in the system in the state, including reportedly exposing how the late Justice Azuka, who