Gbajabiamila opens investigative hearing into Nigerian Govt’s abandoned power projects from 1999 to date

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says that unpatriotic activities of serving and retired public office holders are responsible for the socio-economic misfortune in the power sector. Gbajabiamila spoke while declaring open the investigative hearing into the Federal Government’s abandoned power projects from 1999 to date. The Speaker, represented by the Chief Whip, […]

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Nigerian politics must go back to the era when party members were contributing money for the party —Akande

Chief Bisi Akande, former interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), on Thursday, said politicians with no other sources of livelihood may end up getting involved in corrupt acts in public office. Chief Akande, who spoke in Yoruba at the lecture organised to mark 94th birthday of Second Republic Senator, Pa Ayo Fasanmi, […]

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The Burden of Power, By Tony Ogunlowo

I’ll introduce this article by saying “with great power comes great responsibility!” (- a line I pinched from the ‘Spiderman’ movie!). Man has always craved power whether it be political, spiritual or financial power: it becomes the aegis necessary to stand out from the crowd. Some people have it while others clamour for it. There […]

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I hated men so much while growing up, can’t believe I’m now addicted to them -Huddah Monroe

Huddah Monroe has narrated how she ended up being addicted to men even though she grew up hating them after she watched her mother being repeatedly assaulted by her step-father. The Kenyan socialite and businesswoman stated that one doesn’t need a role model to become who he or she wants to be in life as […]

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Robbers attack bank in Ekiti, Police officer killed

A police officer has been confirmed dead and many persons wounded in a commercial bank robbery in Ise-Ekiti, the headquarters of Ise/Orun Local Government Area of the state today Thursday, September 26th. Daredevil armed robbers stormed the bank around 2pm, shot sporadically into the air  and forced their way into the banking hall with dynamite and […]

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Fani-Kayode asks Osinbajo to resign, face Timi Frank man to man

Former Nigerian Aviation Minister, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has called on Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to tender his resignation immediately. Fani-Kayode made the call while reacting to the Vice President’s declaration of his readiness to waive his constitutional immunity to enable the law enforcement agencies investigate the “several baseless allegations, insinuation and falsehoods leveled against his […]

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Mike Ozekhome expresses ‘sympathy’ for Tinubu over crisis in the presidency

Mike Ozekhome has expressed his “sympathy” for APC Chieftain and former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu over the crisis in the presidency. The human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said the alleged challenges Yemi Osinbajo is going through in discharging his duties as the Vice President of Nigeria, is because of the Presidential […]

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Of Jonathan, insults and weak presidents, By Abimbola Adelakun

Over the weekend, supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan came up with a funny idea while mocking the travails of SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, who is presently in the Department of State Services’ gulag for, among other attributed sins, insulting President Muhammadu Buhari. According to them, Sowore had it coming because his criticisms of Jonathan promoted […]

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Why Buhari answered UN General Assembly’s question from prepared speech -Presidency

The Presidency on Wednesday defended President Muhammadu Buhari’s decision to read from a prepared text in response to a question while serving as a discussant at the United Nations Climate Action Summit 2019. The session took place in New York on September 23 as part of the ongoing 74th Session of the United Nations General […]

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Buhari’s answer to a question at the UN General Assembly that causes Nigerians to react (Video)

Nigerians reacted to a video posted on Twitter by Special Assistant to President Buhari on Digital and New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, showing President Buhari wrongly answering a question about Nigerian youths at the ongoing 74th United Nations General Assembly. The President was at the time attending the side event which focused on Climate Change. Also […]

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Metropolitan Police, UK, waiting for me to resume -BBNaija’s Khafi says

Khafi Kareem, the former housemate in the 2019 BBNaija show, has refuted claims that she has been sacked by the Metropolitan police UK where she served as an officer before auditioning to compete in the Big Brother 2019 edition. The 29-year-old gave the clarification in an interview with SaharaReporters. Khafi said the authorities of the Metropolitan Police […]

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EFCC says there is corruption in N-SIP programme Osinbajo superintends

The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ibrahim Magu, has raised an alarm over an alleged corruption in the National Social Investment Programme and Anchor Borrower’s Programme which Vice President Yemi Osinbajo superintends. Speaking at the 15th Anti-Corruption Situation Room organised by the Human and Environmental Development Agenda in Kaduna on Tuesday September 24, Magu […]

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BBNaija celebrity, Tacha, spells ‘daughter’ and ‘Port Harcourt’ wrongly (Painting)

The Big Brother Naija ‘Pepper Dem’ housemates were tasked by Biggie to celebrate themselves in the house by painting the walls with unique and memorable designs of their choice. They all did, but Tacha’s design got the attention of the fans as she made blunders with the spellings of her favourite phrase, ‘Port Hacourt’s 1st Daughter’. See her painting […]

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Woman flees after her 60-year-old lover dies during sex in Lagos

There was pandemonium at River Bank Hotel in Ijora-Badia area of Lagos State as a 60-year-old man, Raji Adio, died while having sex with his lover who fled the facility after making the discovery. The woman disappeared from the hotel premises before the cleaner, John Chuks could alert his co-workers after he saw her running. […]

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Anti-Buhari protesters at the UN, Sowore’s wife, Opeyemi leads

Wife of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, an online news platform, Mrs Opeyemi Sowore, on Tuesday led protesters to the United Nations Plaza in New York, over the detention of her husband by Nigeria’s Department of State Services. CNN reports that Mrs Sowore went to the UN office, where President Muhammadu Buhari is currently […]

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Nigerian man crashes van into residential apartment his ex-wife lived in the US, razes it

A Nigerian man identified as Anthony Imafidon has been arrested by the police after he intentionally drove a van into his ex-wife, Bisi’s building at Staten Island, causing the vehicle to burst into flames. The van which crashed into the building at 671 Bay St. in Staten Island just before 11 p.m. on Sunday September […]

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Jihadists execute aid worker in Nigeria, NGO confirms

Jihadists aligned to the so-called Islamic State group have executed one of six aid workers abducted in July in northeast Nigeria, charity group Action Against Hunger said Wednesday. “The armed group holding captive an employee of Action Against Hunger, two drivers and three health ministry personnel, have executed a hostage,” the Paris-based organisation said in […]

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Soldier caught his wife in bed with another man, allegedly commits suicide (Photos)

A 29-year-old Ghanaian soldier working with the US army reportedly committed suicide after he caught his wife in bed with another man. The deceased identified as Prince Yeboah Wiredu who couldn’t take the heartbreak of finding his wife in bed with another man allegedly committed suicide on the 11th of September.  This reportedly occurred less than 2 years […]

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