Igbo women under the umbrella of the Igbo Women Assembly (IWA) have announced their full backing for the planned October 20 nationwide protest at Aso Rock Villa, championed by human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, to demand the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). In a

There was a brief panic on Saturday after a ValueJet aircraft transporting Nigeria’s Super Eagles from South Africa made an emergency landing in Angola following the discovery of a crack in one of the plane’s windows, SaharaReporters has learnt. A top official of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), who is among the team’s contingent, confirmed

The Coalition of All Civil Society Organisations in Ondo State (CACSOD) has condemned the mass defection of opposition lawmakers in the Ondo State House of Assembly to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), describing the move as a betrayal of the people’s mandate and a grave threat to democracy. With the latest defections, all 26

The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has hit back at Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the latter’s recent comments questioning the cost per kilometre of the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway.  Umahi on Saturday asked Governor Makinde to withdraw his statement because “I am his senior in governance and engineering practice.” The minister insisted that the

A violent confrontation between soldiers and police officers in Bauchi State has left a police constable, Ukasha Muhammed, dead, sparking outrage and renewed concern over the recurring clashes between Nigeria’s security agencies.   The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement released on Saturday by its spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil.   According

President Bola Tinubu has granted sweeping clemency and posthumous pardons to a total of 147 convicts, inmates and deceased Nigerians, including Maryam Sanda, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Sir Herbert Macaulay, Major General Mamman Vatsa, Professor Magaji Garba, and dozens of illegal miners, drug convicts, and white-collar offenders. The gesture, which the Presidency described as a mark of