The National Vice Chairman (Northeast) of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mustapha Salihu, has strongly denied allegations that he stole election materials during Saturday’s State Constituency by-elections in Adamawa State. SaharaReporters earlier reported that angry youths in Ganye surrounded Salihu’s SUV, accusing him of concealing Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices and a ballot box […]

After three years on the run, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have finally arrested 36-year-old Sunday Ibigide, identified as a “notorious drug kingpin”, in Asaba, Delta State. Ibigide, who has been on the agency’s wanted list since March 19, 2022, was nabbed while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 52-year-old woman, Muyibat Mumuni, and her son, Faruk Mumuni, 25, in Lagos for allegedly storing and distributing 298 blocks of Ghana Loud cannabis weighing 149kg. The suspects were picked up on Wednesday, August 13, at Ladega Street, Mushin, where officers stormed their hideout

In addition, the Board approved the promotion of 30 Assistant Directors to Deputy Directors, 35 Chiefs to Assistant Directors. It ratified the promotion of 169 other staff members from one grade level to the next, a statement from Osagie Edward, NIMASA Deputy Director/Head, Public Relations, said on Sunday. The Governing Board of the Nigerian Maritime

The Emir of Zuru in Kebbi State, Major General Muhammadu Sani Sami (Rtd.), also known as Gomo II, is dead. He died in a London hospital after a brief illness. He was 81. SaharaReporters learnt that the late monarch, a retired military officer, is survived by four wives and seven children. Confirming the death, Kebbi

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Garba Gwarmai, has been declared the winner of the Ghari/Tsanyawa supplementary election in Kano State. The Returning Officer, Professor Muhammad Waziri of Bayero University, announced on Sunday that Gwarmai won with 31,472 votes, defeating his closest rival, Yusuf Maigado of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), who scored 27,931

Abdul Oroh is an unlikely avatar of the Nigerian dream. An Afenmai from Ivbiaro in Owan West Local Government Area of Edo State in the south-south of Nigeria, Abdul had the privilege of seeing Nigeria’s promise at independence and its descent to the edge of the proverbial precipice. Born in August 1960, he was less than two

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Chief Security Officer (CSO), Adegboyega Fasasi, and Chief Personal Security Officer, Usman Shugaba, have been implicated in a $1.5 million bribery scandal. Sources told SaharaReporters that the duo allegedly facilitated access for the embattled Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited to meet with the