At least 27 people were killed on Saturday when heavily armed bandits launched a deadly attack on communities in Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. A military source confirmed the incident to SaharaReporters on Sunday, describing the assailants as “heavily armed” and equipped with sophisticated weapons. “Bandits killed 27 people in Yagba West, […]

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on Nigeria’s 36 state governors and the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, to make public the spending details of the estimated N14 trillion in fuel subsidy savings received from the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC). The organisation urged the governors and the FCT

Former Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and ex-President-General of the Maritime Workers’ Union of Nigeria (MWUN), Comrade Anthony Emmanuel Nted, has decried the worsening hunger in the country, accusing pastors of enriching themselves while their followers go to bed hungry. Nted, who spoke during his 65th birthday celebration, which coincides with Nigeria’s

Leader of the UK Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has launched a sweeping new immigration plan, describing it as the “toughest reforms Britain has ever seen” to secure the country’s borders. In a video message posted on her X account on Sunday, Badenoch announced the launch of a new Removals Force, modelled on the United States

At least 13 people have been confirmed dead in a series of landslides across the North Bengal hills following relentless overnight rainfall, officials said on Sunday. According to authorities, nine of the victims died when an iron bridge collapsed in Mirik, Darjeeling district, while four others lost their lives in separate landslides in the Sukhia

A federal judge in Oregon has blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from deploying National Guard troops in Portland, ruling that facts did not support the move and could harm state sovereignty. U.S. District Judge Karin Immergut issued the temporary order on Saturday, pending further hearings in a lawsuit filed by the state of Oregon and

The founder of Citadel Global Community Church, Dr. Tunde Bakare, has revealed that several political stakeholders have been pressuring him to join the African Democratic Congress (ADC). Speaking on Saturday during the maiden edition of the Citadel School of Governance Dialogue Series themed “Nigeria at 65: Historical Reflections, Futuristic Projection” in Oregun, Lagos, Bakare disclosed

When Olusegun Obasanjo took over in the middle of 1976 from the slain Murtala Mohammed as Nigeria’s military Head of State, the regime was already committed as a matter policy to transition power to an elected civilian administration in 1979. This was a big deal alright but not one over which he had much say as