Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN), says Favour Ofili is “old enough to decide what’s best for her” and will not be stopped if she opts to switch allegiance to another country. On Sunday, reports circulated on social media that the 22-year-old sprinter has written to the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) for a change of nationality….
In a sweeping foreign policy overhaul, the United States has dissolved the Agency for International Development (USAID), ending over six decades of global development work. Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, announced the decision in a statement on July 1. USAID was founded in 1961 under the late President John Kennedy and has long been…
A surging Mpox outbreak in Africa, which was declared an emergency by the continent’s health agency on Tuesday, is being driven by a new, more transmissible strain of the virus. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared its first-ever Public Health Emergency of Continental Security for the deadly disease. World Health Organisation experts…
The Finnish Government has released two suspects arrested alongside Simon Ekpa for alleged subversive activities, The Nation reports. Ekpa, a separatist leader, was arrested on 21 November, 2024, along with four others for alleged terror-related activities, including incitement to violence and terrorism financing in Nigeria. He was subsequently remanded in prison by the district court…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) chapter, has come out forcefully to condemn what it described as a politically motivated and ill-advised move by President Bola Tinubu to rename the University of Maiduguri after Nigeria’s late former President, Muhammadu Buhari. SaharaReporters obtained a press statement issued on Saturday by the…
Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial hub, is a bustling city that attracts many people. However, certain areas can be unsafe at night due to high crime rates. Here are some places to avoid walking alone in Lagos after dark: Mainland Areas 1. Oshodi Under Bridge: A hotspot for armed robbery and extortion, with criminals operating in groups…
The senate committee on public account has queried the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over the alleged missing of 3,907 rifles from its armoury. The missing firearms are contained in the 2019 audit report of the office of the auditor-general of the federation (AuGF). During the committee’s sitting on Tuesday, Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police…
The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, says life inside the Aso Rock Presidential Villa can be “quite secluded. Therefore, she got busy with her philanthropic outreach to young women. She made this known in her 52-page memoir, The Journey of Grace: Giving Thanks in All Things, released to mark her 65th birthday and made available…
The body of the late Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has arrived at the Nigerian Air Force wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The body was received by soldiers of the Guards Brigade, who are set to pay their last respects to Lagbaja. It arrived at exactly 9 am….
Former Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, said heaven would not fall if the Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly impeached his successor, Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said this at a media parley in Abuja on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Wike maintained that there would be nothing wrong if…