A High Court sitting in Oyo State has ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its acting National Chairman, Umar Damagum, to proceed with the party’s national convention scheduled for November 15 in Ibadan, the state capital. Justice A. L. Akintola, the presiding judge, gave the order on Monday after hearing an ex parte application

The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has dismissed allegations by Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central Senatorial District, that its officers seized her passport at the airport in an attempt to stop her from travelling. The NIS spokesperson, Akinsola Akinlabi, said that the incident was merely part of standard immigration checks and not an act of

   

Bandits in large numbers have kidnapped six farmers while working on their farms in the Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A source in Birnin Gwari town confirmed the abduction to SaharaReporters which he said occurred on Monday evening. According to the source, the incident happened in Layin Danauta village in Kuyello Ward

The Gwoza Christian Community Association in Borno State has insisted that there is an ongoing genocide being perpetrated against them by Boko Haram terrorists. The association, in a statement jointly signed by Rev. Ayuba John Bassa and Rev. Filibus K. Goma, national coordinator and chairman of the Board of Trustees respectively, said they had documentary

President Bola Tinubu has requested the approval of the Senate for a fresh domestic borrowing of ₦1.15trillion to finance the deficit component of the 2025 national budget. The President’s request was conveyed in an official letter read during Tuesday’s plenary session by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio.  In the correspondence, Tinubu explained that the proposed

A heated session erupted in the House of Representatives on Tuesday following a motion seeking to counter what lawmakers described as “misleading international narratives on religious killings in Nigeria,” in the wake of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent comments designating Nigeria as a “country of particular concern.” The motion, sponsored by Hon. Olamijuwonlo Ayodeji

The Senate has moved to address the growing safety concerns surrounding Nigeria’s railway system by launching a full-scale investigation into the frequent derailments plaguing the nation’s rail network.In a resolution passed on Tuesday, lawmakers agreed to set up an ad hoc committee to probe the “persistent derailments of the country’s rail lines” and to “conduct