Some 58 people were injured and were rushed to the hospital, he added.Vijay, known by only one name, was addressing the audience at the rally in Karur district when chaos broke out, forcing him to halt his speech. No fewer than 31 people were killed on Saturday after a stampede broke out at a campaign […]

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has strongly condemned the ruling of Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which declared that its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, has a case to answer in the terrorism charges filed against him by the federal government. The Biafran group in a statement issued on Saturday

A human rights lawyer, Mr Christopher Chidera, has expressed profound concern over a recent ruling by Justice James Kolawole Omotosho, of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Nnamdi Kanu’s lingering trial.  SaharaReporters had reported on Friday that Justice Omotosho, had in a ruling on terrorism charges against Kanu declared that Nnamdi Kanu, the leader

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has directed its members to cut off gas supply to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery.  The directive, PENGASSAN said, followed the refinery’s management decision to disengage its members in response to their efforts to unionise. In a memo signed by Comrade Lumumba Ighotemu Okugbawa, General

Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong Esq., has strongly condemned the assault on a woman, Precious Onuche, popularly known as Mama P, by thugs allegedly linked to the factional National Chairman of the Labour Party, Barrister Julius Abure.  Effiong described the decision of the Edo State Police Command to detain Mama P as “condemnable and utterly

A Nigerian expert and solar analyst, Yakubu Yunusa, has stated that generators should no longer be alternatives to power supply for Nigerians, adding that they are merely “symbols of missed opportunities.” Yunusa was reacting to a video allegedly showing an entertainer, Carter Efe, frustrated after his neighbour reportedly switched off a generator during his livestream.

The Labour Party under Julius Abure, a factional chairman, has recounted how a woman identified as Precious Oruche, first charged at its chairman, at the Benin Airport in Edo State on Saturday. According to Obiora Ifoh, the National Publicity Secretary of Abure’s faction, the chairman was physically attacked by Oruche, also known as “Mama P”.

A Nigerian cannot be a foreigner in Nigeria. This statement is a legal fact, but on the ground, it feels like a cruel irony for millions. To be a Nigerian in Nigeria today is to be a native stranger in your own land, a citizen whose experience is defined by a profound sense of alienation

The management of Dangote Petroleum Refinery has condemned a directive issued by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) instructing its branches to halt crude oil and gas supplies to the 650,000 barrels-per-day plant. In a statement on Saturday, Dangote Refinery warned that the directive, if enforced, would not only cripple

The Forbes currency calculator report for September 2025 has ranked the Nigerian Naira as the ninth weakest currency in Africa. This latest ranking underscores the lingering pressure on Nigeria’s economy despite recent signs of easing inflation. The Forbes currency calculator, which sources real-time foreign exchange market data via the Open Exchange Rates API, updates every