The Police on Wednesday arraigned 53 persons before a Magistrates’ Court in Chediya-Zaria, Kaduna State who were allegedly arrested during a gay marriage. The prosecutor, Sgt. Mannir Nasir said the accused were arrested on April 15 at Zaria Motel and were being charged for conspiracy, unlawful assembly and belonging to …
Read More »Lagos Luxury Apartment Owners Revealed
SaharaReporters has obtained the full list of occupants of a swanky apartment building in Lagos where operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) found close to $50million last week. The building, located at 16 Osborne Road in Ikoyi, has nine floors of 19 Apartments and two penthouses. It is …
Read More »Buhari’s performance rating rises to 55%
President Muhammadu Buhari’s job performance approval rating has increased slightly by five per cent, rising from, 50 per cent as at last month to the current level of 55 per cent. The new performance rating is the outcome of a survey conducted by NOIPolls, a local evidenced – based social …
Read More »Sanusi Is Killing Softly Northern Nigeria’s Alibi
By Rudolf Ogoo Okonkwo The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, is now leading the long awaited quest to find the soul of the North. He is willing to risk the throne to get there. But will he succeed? Will the factors that stopped reformers before him stop him? For …
Read More »Buhari suspends SGF, DG NIA
President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. David Lawal; and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador Ayo Oke. Their suspension orders were contained in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and …
Read More »US funding cut to UNFPA could be devastating for women
The US decision to cut funding to the UN Population Fund is based on an inaccurate perception and could be devastating for the health of women and girls worldwide, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s government announced late Monday that it was withdrawing its financial support because …
Read More »Police arrest four for damaging teenager’s vagina during circumcision
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested one Ibrahim Maikaji, the father of the girl who was circumcised by some local barbers at Sabuwar Kaura village in Doguwa Local Government Area. The Public Relations officer of the command, DSP Magaji Majiya, disclosed this while briefing newsmen shortly after presenting …
Read More »British Government Set To Unveil Nigerian Property Owners
The British Government, will release information about Nigerians, who own property in that country next year. Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye, Executive Secretary, Presidential Advisory Committee against Corruption, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that negotiations on this had reached advanced stage. Owosanoye said the measure being taken by …
Read More »Three Prisons Officers Suspended Over Ngelari’s Release From Prison
The Nigerian Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board (CDFIPB) has suspended three senior Prisons officers over their involvement in the issuance of an unauthorized medical report on former Adamawa State Governor Bala Ngelari, who is currently serving a 5-year sentence in Yola Prison. According to a press release …
Read More »Leftist Moreno wins Ecuador presidency
Socialist Lenin Moreno won Ecuador’s presidential election, the electoral authority confirmed Tuesday, bucking a trend in Latin America to extend a decade of leftist rule in the major oil exporter.National Electoral Council chief Pablo Pozo said on television that “irreversible official results” showed Moreno, 64, won with 51.16 percent of …
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