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A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered a service of hearing notice on the Independent National Electoral Commission over the exclusion of the African Action Congress and its candidate, Edith Isokpan, from the September 19 governorship election in Edo State. The vacation judge, Justice A.R Muhammed, gave theContinue Reading

The Debt Management Office on Wednesday released Nigeria’s total public debt stock as of June 30, 2020.  The DMO set Nigeria’s entire debt at N31trn, indicating an increase of N2.38trn within a space of three months, a report by PUNCH said. In reports released by DMO, the country’s total publicContinue Reading

Justice Ayo Salami Facts have emerged on the real reason the Justice Ayo Salami-led investigative panel looking into allegations of abuse of office and corruption against suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, asked for an extension for the assignment. Against public perception that theContinue Reading

Nigeria has overtaken India as the world capital for deaths of children under the age of five. According to the 2020 mortality estimates released by the United Nations Children’s Fund, Nigeria recorded 209,000 neonatal deaths in 1990– a 61,000 increase compared to 270,000 deaths in 2019. The figures for numberContinue Reading

A popular Islamic cleric, Sheik Murtala Bello Sokoto, has blasted President Muhammadu Buhari over rising insecurity in many parts of the country and the hardship his government had caused the generality of Nigerians in recent times. Sokoto in a viral video seen by SaharaReporters said that the people were nowContinue Reading

Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, has worn a face mask in public for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began. He wore the mask on Wednesday while attending his second traditional general audience before a limited public presence after a six-month suspension occasioned by Coronavirus restrictions. TheContinue Reading

As the saying goes, if you run after two hares, you will catch neither. So, it follows that if you are agitating for an independent state of Biafra and insisting on a Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023, then you will end up empty. The reason is simple, aContinue Reading

Somali Attorney-General, Dr Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud. Following the killings, brutalisation and disappearance of journalists in Somalia, the country’s Attorney-General, Dr Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud, has appointed a special prosecutor to probe and prosecute those who carry out offences against journalists. Mohamud in a statement said perpetrators of the crimes will faceContinue Reading

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire. Nigeria’s Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has directed heads of Federal Government hospitals to employ the services of doctors, who are currently undergoing the mandatory National Youth Service Corps, to ensure that there was no break in medical delivery. Ehanire gave the directiveContinue Reading

Special Adviser to Edo State governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr Crusoe Osagie, has called on the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, and other relevant security agencies in the country to invite Captain Hosa Okunbo to unveil the identitiesContinue Reading

Nnamdi Abana There is an ongoing controversial case of blasphemy in Kano, the Northern part of Nigeria, which is generating much controversy across the country and beyond but the most shocking shade of the case is the statement issued by the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria whose positionContinue Reading

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has tackled the Nigerian Army for killing Terwase Akwaza better known as Gana, who is said to be the most wanted criminal in the state. Reacting to news of the killing of Gana, Ortom said he was held after accepting the amnesty programme putContinue Reading

Nigeria on Wednesday asked a court in Milan, Italy, to order Eni and Royal Dutch Shell to pay $1.092bn as an immediate advance payment for damages in one of the oil industry’s biggest-ever corruption scandals. Reuters reported that at a hearing into alleged corruption around the 2011 acquisition by EniContinue Reading

Barrister Layi Ademokoya Nigerians sleep with their two eyes closed, that was in the Seventies nowadays reverse is the case because of the level of insecurity in the Nation which is perturbing; some people have pondered if there will be a panacea for this ravaging situation in the country thatContinue Reading

Abdullahi Gana, Commandant General (CG), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) A yet to be identified man was on Tuesday shot dead by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Abia State. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened at Ishimiri Street, Umuokpo Village in ObingwaContinue Reading