A Kaduna State police officer, Hadaina Hussaini Dan-Taki, has threaten reprisal attacks on southerners living in northern Nigeria. Dan-Taki’s remarks followed the brutal killing of 16 northerners in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of Edo State. In a fiery Facebook comment on Tuesday, Dan-Taki swore by Almighty God, vowing that northerners would take…
Men of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Service on Monday arrested a suspected serial phone thief, identified simply as Francis, at the Samson Siasia Sports Complex, Yenagoa, the venue of Governor Douye Diri’s defection to the All Progressives Congress. The suspect, who reportedly confessed to travelling from Rivers State to take advantage of the large political…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State has overturned the suspension of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Oyo State, declaring the action taken by Governor Seyi Makinde in 2019 as unlawful. Governor Makinde had, on May 31, 2019, proscribed the activities of the NURTW in the state, citing a…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has called on the people of the South-East region of Nigeria living outside the region to be confident and return home for Christmas and New Year celebrations. IPOB in a release on Thursday noted that its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network (ESN) is ready to help them and…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a stern warning to officers of the Nigeria Police Force against carrying rifles while dressed in civilian attire (mufti) and engaging in human rights violations. According to a statement released on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the IG gave the directive…
An Islamic group under the aegis of the Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, the Oyo State chapter has set plans to unveil a Sharia court in the state and its environs. The group, in a flier that went viral on Tuesday, invited guests from across the country to the court’s inauguration ceremony, which will…
Senator representing Kogi Central at the National Assembly, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, has described the red chamber as a cult. Akpoti-Uduaghan stated this during an interview with the BBC over the allegation of sexual harassment leveled against the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio. This is coming few days after Natasha took the case to the United Nations “seeking…
Halisu Sahabi, an Assistant Superintendent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), who was killed on Friday by a suspected internet fraudster, during a raid in Awka, Anambra State, has been buried in Sokoto State by his family. SaharaReporters learnt further from family sources that ASE II Sahabi was planning to get married in…
A former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Diran Odeyemi, has attributed the ongoing political crisis in Rivers State to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s ambition to contest in the 2027 presidential election. Odeyemi made this assertion on Tuesday during an interactive session organised by the League of Veteran Journalists, Osun…
The cost of importing premium motor spirit, popularly known as petrol, into Nigeria has increased to N885 per litre, up from N797 per litre recorded last week. The Major Energy Marketers Association of Nigeria (MEMAN) confirmed this rise in its daily energy bulletin released on Wednesday. This marks an increase of N88 per litre within…