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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, today arraigned the duo of Usman B Abdurahman, a.k.a Kilishin Dass, and Hafizu Dauda of the Bauchi State Judiciary before Justice M. A. Sambo of the Bauchi State High Court on six count charges bordering on conspiracy, obtaining of goods under false pretence and presenting false documents.  The suspects […]

A mother and her three children were killed in an uncompleted church building at Agbowa, near Ikorodu in Lagos state today March 1. Lagos state Commissioner of Police disclosed this at a press conference held at the state police command headquarters today. According to Owoseni, the police was called to the murder scene at about […]

A Nigerian software engineer, Celestine Omin claims that he was made to sit a written test by US airport immigration officers in order to prove his skills. Omin, 28, who works with Andela, a tech start-up, landed in New York’s JFK airport last Sunday after a 24-hour flight from Nigeria. He had been granted a short-term […]

Leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, vowed never to contest the Presidency against President Muhammadu Buhari. He noted that a newspaper report to the contrary was conjured to put him at odds with the President. In a strongly worded rebuttal to the news report by the daily, Tinubu affirmed his unwavering loyalty to […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has explained why governors on the platform of the PDP met with former President, Goodluck Jonathan. Governors of the PDP had yesterday met with the former president in Abuja. Addressing reporters on the outcome of the meeting in Abuja, the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum said the parley […]

Nigerian Senate, on Wednesday confirmed the appointment of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Commenting on the development, Senate President Bukola Saraki described Justice Onnoghen’s nomination, screening and eventual confirmation as a milestone and evidence of democratic progress. He said the Senate would ensure that the relationship between the three arms of […]

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday struck out six out of the 11 counts charge preferred against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, and three others. The other defendants are David Nwawuisi, Benjamin Madubugwu and Chidiebere Onwudiwe, 2nd, 3rd and 4th defendants respectively. Nyako held […]

Mercy Johnson’s husband, Prince Odianosen Okojie, has weathered the tempest that greeted his marriage to the actress at the beginning, and he’s promising nothing else can break their conjugal bliss of six years. While speaking in an exclusive interview with New Telegraph, Prince Odianosen Okojie, who is the husband of popular Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson, […]

The grand daughter of Nigeria’s first Chief Justice who is a renowned actress, filmmaker and musician, has opened up on how she lost her fiance just 2 months to their wedding. While speaking in an exclusive interview with the Vanguard, renowned Nigerian Actress, Filmmaker, and Musician, Allwell Ademola, who is reportedly the grand daughter of […]

The Penguin Random House has landed a deal to publish two forthcoming memoirs by former U.S. President Barack Obama and the former first lady, Michelle Obama, with one volume to be written by each, the publishing company said on Tuesday. Terms of the agreement, in which Penguin Random House acquired worldwide publication rights for the […]

In addition to xenophobia sweeping through some South African cities, the government of South Africa has deported 97 Nigerians for committing various offences. The deportees landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Monday night in a chartered aircraft with the registration number GBB710 from Johannesburg. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that they […]

Going to a private school has nothing or little to do with being brilliant and intelligent. While equal opportunities are being preached in Nigerian schools, we have to acknowledge the fact that some students perform well in the government owned schools and compete with their mates in the private schools. Oyedele Olalekan, a JSS 3 […]

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, and Igbo leaders have asked the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. They made the call under the aegis of an Igbo group, Nzuko Umunna. Soludo, who delivered the group’s statement in Abuja, said, ‎”We visited Nnamdi Kanu […]

Below is a statement from EFCC declaring former banker, Aisha Shettima Nur (aka Yagana Ibrahim Bukar) wanted, over allegations of money laundering. “The public is hereby notified that Aisha Shettima Nur whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for money laundering. On November 14, 2016, Nur, a former banker, was […]

A serving police inspector and a dismissed army corporal were among 14 suspects arrested by the NDLEA in Kogi for being in possession of 1,083.62 kilograms of Indian hemp valued at N6 million. Commander of NDLEA in Kogi, Mr Idris Bello, told journalists in Lokoja on Monday that the police inspector was arrested on February 25 at Crusher area of Lokoja while conveying […]

After the publication of my column last week, titled “I want to go to London… to see Buhari”, I received a lot of feedback from persons who were either amused or dead serious that they had been overlooked in my compilation of the list of persons who should go to London. One fellow asked: “Abati, you left […]

Nigerian Senate has fixed the confirmation hearing of Justice Walter Onnoghen as CJN for tomorrow, Wednesday, March 1. Senate President Bukola Saraki announced this during plenary on Tuesday morning. Acting President, Yemi Oshinbajo, had sent the name of Justice Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation as CJN on February 8, just two days before the expiration […]

President Donald Trump has accused former President Barack Obama of being “behind” the protests that Republican members of Congress have encountered at town hall meetings across the country. The allegation came during the president’s interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends,” clips of which were released Monday.   Interviewer Brian Kilmeade first states that Obama’s […]

He furtively stole a glance. Not a soul in sight. Tiptoeing across the hotel veranda, a bead of sweat broke his brow, signs of the intensifying battle within. Conscience dimmed to the point of dullness, lust overtook reason and perversion pounced. A gaunt lady, old enough to be his grandmother, was the victim. “You want […]

Sahara Reporters has learned from reliable sources at the Nigerian Presidency that President Muhammadu Buhari, who has been in the UK since January 19, is receiving “intense treatment” for a renewed flare-up of prostate issues. He had undergone surgical treatment for prostate cancer soon after losing the 2011 presidential election to former President Goodluck Jonathan. […]