A police officer identified as Ezra has been abducted by bandits in the Patigi Local Government Area of Kwara State, sparking renewed fears over the safety of security operatives in the volatile Kwara North region. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Thursday, between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m., while the officer was […]

The Nigerian military has reportedly frozen its investigation into the death of Air Force Cadet Officer Chidiebere Onyeomereneche, who was killed on April 9, 2024, at Hotel Royal Damgrete in Umuahia, Abia State.  Initially, it was reported that Chidiebere drowned in the hotel’s swimming pool, but an autopsy dismissed this claim, suggesting he was murdered

The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed a tragic incident in which a middle-aged woman, believed to be mentally unstable, set herself ablaze inside the family house of Nigeria’s late Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa.  According to the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Mohammed Ahmed Wakil, the incident occurred on September 26 at about

Despite budgeting for the “construction/provision of Agricultural facilities” in 2025, the Niger State government under Governor Umar Bago failed to spend any money on agricultural facilities’ construction and provision in the state between January and June 2025, findings have shown.  The budget document shows that the government allocated N407 billion for “construction/provision of Agricultural facilities”

   

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has rolled out a new whistleblowing policy designed to expose bribery, fraud, sexual exploitation, and other forms of malpractice in the recruitment of officers into the Nigeria Police Force. Announcing the policy on Thursday, the Commission said it would no longer tolerate entrenched corruption in the recruitment process that has

A Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a lawsuit challenging President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State earlier this year, ruling that the President acted within his constitutional powers. Justice James Omotosho held that the claim brought by the plaintiffs lacked merit, noting that the President’s justification for the

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Wednesday night showered accolades on Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka, hailing him as an “unrewarded talent” whose sacrifices inspired Nigeria to resist tyranny and uphold freedom. Speaking at the reopening of the newly renovated National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, now renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative

The family of the late James Etubi, a sectional manager at Hotel Royal Damgrete in Umuahia, Abia State, has expressed outrage over alleged conspiracy and shoddy police investigations into his death in 2024. SaharaReporters reported on April 13, 2024, how Etubi was allegedly murdered at the military barracks in Abia State following the death of

The Nigerian Immigration personnel attached to the Joint Task Force (JTF) operations in Kai, Maiduguri, Borno State, have accused their commanders of diverting feeding allowances meant for them, leaving hundreds of officers with only one inadequate meal a day. The aggrieved personnel, who spoke exclusively to SaharaReporters under strict anonymity for fear of reprisal, lamented