Human Interest

An audio tape obtained by Saharareporters has revealed how Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye compromised Justice Akon Ikpeme, the tribunal judge who handled his election case in 2015. In the tape, which captures a telephone conversation between Justice (Mrs) Akoh and Mr. Melaye, the judge is overheard asking Mr. Melaye to …

Nigerian Navy The Nigerian Navy says it is investigating the cause of Tuesday’s deadly clash between its personnel and police in Calabar, Cross River State. Naval personnel attacked and killed at least three police officers and set a police station alight in Calabar after a brawl between a naval officer …

The Archbishop of Bafia, Cameroon, Mgr Jean Marie Benoît Balla has reportedly taken his own life by jumping into the Sanaga River around the Ebebda Bridge in Cameroon. The Catholic community launched a search for the clergyman after his Land Cruiser SUV with registration plate number CE 9503V was found …

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) says an estimated 50 billion dollars leaves the shore of the continent illicitly mostly to the Western countries, every year. Mr Adeyinka Adeyemi, a senior adviser at ECA, said in New York that illicit financial flow had serious negative development impacts on the …

A notorious gang known as Badoo has reportedly wiped out a family of five in Ikorodu, including a pregnant woman. The gang has been terrorising residents of Ikorodu and environs with many people killed.  

A woman kept her dead mother hidden in a freezer for 10 years so she could continue to claim an old age pension equivalent to £1,700 a month, prosecutors revealed today. The 90-year-old woman’s corpse was found after detectives started investigating the alleged social security fraudster, who is 55 and cannot …

Crisis at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has reached a new height with unrestrained resignations of nurses, doctors, consultants, pharmacists and other categories of health workers. At a press conference held in Ogbomoso on Thursday, Chairman of the Medical and Dental Consultant Association of Nigeria, LAUTECHTH branch, Dr. …

Since almost half of the body is made up of water, drinking several cups every day is one of the simplest ways to better your health and lifestyle. Notwithstanding, what you may not be aware of is that there is an easier way to enjoy the amazing benefits of water …

Ogun State is no pushover among states in Nigeria that have produced great minds in education. Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka remains one of her living legends. However, the standard of education in the state in recent years has nosedived owing to social decadence among youths, corruption, and compromise of …

The House of Representative was, Thursday, thrown into a rowdy session after members, particularly those outside the South-East region, disagreed on a bill seeking to establish the South-East Development Commission over its timing, leading to it being stepped down. The lawmakers who disagreed argued that much consultations were not carried …