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BREAKING: Tanker Overturns, Triggers Explosion At Otedola Bridge In Lagos
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:33:18 -0400
According to reports from SaharaReporters, the incident occurred around 8:18 p.m. on Tuesday, though no casualties have been confirmed.
Southern Kaduna People Will Keep Getting Killed If They Attack Fulani Herdsmen —El-Rufai’s Son Says In Deleted Tweet
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 13:00:05 -0400
SaharaReporters observed that Bashir, known for his combative presence on social media, deleted the tweet shortly after receiving backlash.
BREAKING: Protest Erupts At Dangote Sugar Refinery In Adamawa As Peasant Farmers Reject Company’s Expansion, Cite Threat To Livelihoods
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 12:40:36 -0400
The group, which included the elderly, youths, women, and children, assembled at the sugar factory on Yola-Gombe Road to demand a stop to Dangote's planned expansion of its sugarcane farm.
Tinubu Government Releases Only 40% Of N2.2trillion Health Sector Budget As Nigerians Grapple With Outbreaks, Poor Facilities
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 06:46:31 -0400
The data reveals that while the government budgeted N2.491 trillion for the Ministry of Water Resources in 2024, only N92.413billion was spent by the end of the year—representing just 3.71% of the allocated funds.
Amnesty International Demands Probe Into Killing Of Nigerian Footballer By Drunk Policeman
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:53:31 -0400
The victim was shot dead while sleeping at his friend’s tea stall, in what witnesses described as an unprovoked and reckless attack.
11 Residents Killed As Lakurawa Terrorists Sack Kebbi State Communities
Tue, 11 Mar 2025 03:18:59 -0400
It was gathered that the attackers stormed Birnin Dede and nearby communities, setting homes ablaze and forcing residents to flee.
EXCLUSIVE: Over 150 Inmates Transferred From Delta State Prison To Northern Facilities Amid Fraud, Blackmail Linked To Prisoners
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 09:24:57 -0400
The development comes amid an investigation into allegations that some inmates were leaving the facility to commit crimes.
BREAKING: Ex-Kaduna Governor El-Rufai Leaves APC For SDP, Accuses Party Of Contemptuous Treatment
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 06:52:26 -0400
It was learned that El-Rufai’s resignation letter has already been submitted to the APC leadership in his ward in Kaduna State.
NCDC Confirms Lassa Fever Death Of Nigerian Doctor Returning From UK, 98 Deaths Reported
Mon, 10 Mar 2025 03:36:30 -0400
NCDC Director-General, Dr. Jide Idris, disclosed this in Abuja on Sunday, revealing that the patient was diagnosed in Ondo State but succumbed to the disease before test results confirmed the infection.
Prophet Miracle Of Dynamic Flame Of Fire Ministries: Assaulted TV Worker In 2022, Sent Thugs To Destroy Another Church Property In 2021, Arrested For COVID-19 Violations In 2020
Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:00:56 -0400
Following this, Prophet Miracle allegedly stormed the RSTV premises at around 11 p.m. with his security detail, forcibly taking Mr. Abel to an unknown location where he was reportedly tortured.
Nigerian Senator Orji Uzor Kalu Owes N179Million Property Tax In US –Report
Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:44:07 -0400
Despite his wealth, Kalu has repeatedly failed to meet his tax obligations on these properties, raising new questions about Nigerian politicians’ hidden assets abroad.
Police Confirm SaharaReporters’ Report, Announce Postings For New DIGs After Forced Retirement Of Senior Officers Amid Age Falsification Scandal
Sun, 09 Mar 2025 13:29:44 -0400
SaharaReporters earlier reported that the Police Service Commission (PSC) appointed six new DIGs: Sadiq Idiris Abubakar, Benjamin Nebolisa Okolo, Williams Adebowale, Bzigu Yakubu Kwazi Bali, Idegwu Basil Ukuoma, and Adebola Ayinde Hamzat.
BREAKING: Police Arrest Port Harcourt-Based “Stroke” Pastor Umeke Miracle Of Dynamic Flame Of Fire Ministries For Unlawfully Detaining Wife At Home For Five Days
Sun, 09 Mar 2025 07:38:59 -0400
Confirming the development to SaharaReporters, the state police commissioner, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, said, “I have told them to take him to the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID). The DC (Deputy Commissioner) will handle it there.”
BREAKING: Police Free Wife Of Port Harcourt-Based Pastor Miracle Of Dynamic Flame Of Fire Ministries From Unlawful Confinement By Husband After Five-Day Detention
Sun, 09 Mar 2025 07:18:34 -0400
She alleged that Prophet Miracle had been accumulating properties in his name while engaging in extramarital affairs.
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu's Case Reassigned To Another Judge In Federal High Court
Sat, 08 Mar 2025 06:37:15 -0500
The reassigning was confirmed in a release on Saturday by Nnamdi Kanu's lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor.
Gunmen Abduct Seven Persons In Fresh Attack In Kaduna State
Sat, 08 Mar 2025 05:44:14 -0500
The attack, which occurred on Wednesday night, threw the community into panic as the armed assailants stormed the village in large numbers, shooting sporadically before whisking their victims away.
Nigerian Police Under IGP Egbetokun Promote Deputy Senate President’s Orderly, CSP Garba Twice Within One Year In Violation Of Act, Officers Lament Irregularities
Sat, 08 Mar 2025 01:40:37 -0500
The aggrieved officers told SaharaReporters that the police promotion exercise under the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, was full of irregularities, corruption and illegalities.
BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Niger Delta Commission NDDC Managing Director's Special Adviser
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:36:51 -0500
A source from the local government area said the kidnappers stopped the boat conveying Akari and others, pulled him into their own boat and tried to get away.
Former Queen Accuses Ogun Monarch Oba Adekeye Adeyemi Of Assault, Fraud, Using Charms On Women
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:20:37 -0500
She alleged that he used similar tactics on another woman, Bunmi (Christy Oluwabunmi), and attempted to do the same on her birthday when she turned 40 plus.
N3.2billion Debt: How Over 100 Air Force Personnel Stormed Ikeja Electric Office, Assaulted Workers Including Pregnant Women – Official
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 11:05:29 -0500
Armed military personnel had stormed the headquarters of Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company in Lagos on Thursday morning, attacking staff and other individuals present.
Ex-Lawmaker Idahosa Condemns Senate's Suspension Of Senator Natasha, Says It Was ‘Predetermined’
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:57:57 -0500
Idahosa argued that the Senate not only wronged Akpoti-Uduaghan but also undermined Nigeria’s judicial system.
EXCLUSIVE: How Doyin Okupe, Who Was On Medication For Over 40 Years, Died During Surgery In Lagos
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 05:52:18 -0500
According to family sources, Okupe, who had been in Abuja, returned to Lagos less than a week ago for a surgical procedure at a hospital on Lagos Island. Tragically, he did not survive the operation.
UPDATED: Former Obasanjo, Jonathan Aide Doyin Okupe Dies At 72
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 02:12:22 -0500
His health had reportedly deteriorated significantly, prompting concern among his loved ones and supporters.
BREAKING: Dr Doyin Okupe Is Dead
Fri, 07 Mar 2025 01:48:40 -0500
BREAKING: Police IG Egbetokun Assigns Roles To New DIGs Following Forced Retirement Of Galandachi, Others Amid Age Falsification Scandal
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:51:02 -0500
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported that a mutiny was brewing within the Nigeria Police Force as hundreds of senior officers resisted retirement despite being found to have falsified their birth records.
BREAKING: Nnamdi Kanu Files Two Suits Against Violation Of His Rights, Demands Transfer Of Case To South-East, Speedy Trial, N100billion Damages
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 13:05:38 -0500
In the suit, Kanu demanded a formal apology from the Nigerian government for the alleged violation of his fundamental rights, to be published in three widely circulated national newspapers.
BREAKING: Enugu’s Eha-Amufu Town Shuts Down As Women Protest Rape, Killings By Herdsmen
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 07:43:51 -0500
The women, drawn from seven autonomous communities, blocked a two-kilometre stretch of the Nkalagu-Eha-Amufu-Ikem-Obollo-Afor Federal Highway.
Lagos Building Collapse: Death Toll Rises To Four, 15 Rescued
Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:22:27 -0500
The development was confirmed by the Lagos Territorial Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Authority (NEMA), Ibrahim Farinloye.
Nigeria's N5.8Billion Baro Port Lies Idle 5 Years After Opening: Farmers, Fishermen Beg For Survival, Say ‘We Lost Farmlands, Fishing Grounds For Port That Doesn't Work’
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:21:05 -0500
The multi-billion-naira Baro Inland Port project was inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on January 19, 2019.
Plot To Rig 2027 Election Grows As Ex-Convict James Ibori Lobbies Tinubu To Appoint Kinsman As INEC Chairman –Sources
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 09:04:39 -0500
SaharaReporters learnt that now, Ibori is pushing for Moses Ogbe, a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) under Prof. Maurice Iwu’s tenure, to replace the current INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
Illegal IGP Scandal: Falana's Chambers Ask Attorney-General Fagbemi To Withdraw IGP Egbetokun's Charges Against Sowore
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 08:35:36 -0500
In a letter addressed to the Attorney General, Falana’s chambers condemned the 16-count charge against Sowore, describing it as unconstitutional and an abuse of legal process.
EXCLUSIVE: IGP Kayode Egbetokun Removes All Senior Officers Exceeding Retirement Age, Service Limit Like Himself; AIG Owohunwa Set For Removal Next Week
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 07:24:57 -0500
Infractions such as age falsification, violation of service rules led to the forced retirement of several senior officers.
Senator Natasha Formally Submits Sexual Assault Petition Against Godswill Akpabio To Senate
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 07:01:09 -0500
Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan submitted the petition during Wednesday’s plenary session, citing Senate Rule 40.
Nigerian Policemen Extort Money On Lagos Airport Road As Traveller Laments Paying N260,000 After Illegal Arrest
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 05:02:45 -0500
BREAKING: Nigerian Police Fire Teargas At Protesters At National Assembly Over Senate President Akpabio's Alleged Sexual Harassment
Wed, 05 Mar 2025 04:35:30 -0500
However, the police swiftly moved in, firing teargas canisters to disperse the demonstrators.
BREAKING: Power-Drunk Kogi Governor Ododo Orders Arrest Of Young Critic, Directs His Transfer To DSS To Prevent Leniency
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 15:48:49 -0500
Sources familiar with the matter told SaharaReporters on Tuesday that Folorunsho was initially detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Lokoja after his arrest in Ajaokuta.
BREAKING: Nigeria's Federal High Court Assigns 48 Justices To Handle Anti-Corruption Agency EFCC Cases
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:34:35 -0500
The judges assigned to oversee these cases include Justices I. E. Ekwo, J. O. Abdulmalik, J. K. Omotosho, Emeka Nwite, M. S. Liman, and H. J. Yilwa in the Abuja Division.
BREAKING: Nigerian Police Service Commission Announces Replacements For Six DIGs Retired Over Age Falsification Scandal
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:11:11 -0500
SaharaReporters exclusively reported on Monday night that the replacements for the retired DIGs would be announced today (Tuesday).
BREAKING: Nigerian Police Service Commission Promotes Embattled Enugu Commissioner Accused Of Corruption To AIG, Elevates Eight CSPs To ACPs
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 12:17:29 -0500
A source revealed that the tipping point was the case of an Abia State businessman who was abducted, detained for three days, and extorted of N62 million.
Court Denies Sowore's Passport Release As Judge Liman Takes Prosecutorial Role
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 07:04:55 -0500
Ruling on the application filed by Sowore’s lawyer, Abubakar Marshal, on Tuesday, the judge took an unusually prosecutorial stance during the hearing.
Sowore Slams Northern Nigerian Governors As ‘Ignorant,’ ‘Idiotic’ For Closing Schools During Ramadan Fasting
Tue, 04 Mar 2025 04:33:58 -0500
Sowore, in a recent interview, questioned why Nigeria—a secular state—would allow religious considerations to interfere with academic activities. He pointed out that even in Saudi Arabia, where Muslims flock for the lesser Hajj, schools remain open during Ramadan.
EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Police AIG Owohunwa, Legal Chief DCP Simon Lough Refuse Retirement Amid Age Falsification Scandal
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:51:23 -0500
Sources at the Force Headquarters in Abuja revealed that both officers have remained in their positions and have not stepped down as required.
BREAKING: At Least 7 Nigerian Police DIGs Retired After Failed Extension Bid, Replacements To Be Announced Tuesday
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 16:00:46 -0500
SaharaReporters learned on Monday that the retired DIGs include Galandachi, Ali Ari Muhammed, Rhoda Adetutu Olofu, Jonathan Towuru (representing the South-South geopolitical zone), Suleiman Yusuf, Banji Lawal Badru, and Bala Ciroma.
Kogi Governor Ododo To Spend N3billion On Remodelling Government House In 2025 Despite N2.2billion Spent In 2024
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:50:16 -0500
This development comes despite the fact that N2.2billion was spent on the same purpose in 2024, according to a review of documents published by the Kogi State government on its website.
EFCC Operatives Storm Lagos School With Guns, Harass Teachers And Pupils; Student Forced To Vomit In Fear –Vice Principal
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:26:12 -0500
Sources within the school revealed that about 16 EFCC operatives arrived unannounced, disrupted academic activities, and began marking the school building with the inscription: “Restrain Order, EFCC, Keep Off – 27/2/25.”
Obasanjo Offered N70Million Bribe To Lawmakers In 2006 For Third Term Agenda Support –Senator Adeyeye
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 06:17:21 -0500
Adeyeye detailed how lawmakers were pressured and financial incentives were dangled before them to extend Obasanjo’s stay in power beyond 2007.
How Ondo Businessman Was Shot Dead After Ramadan Prayer In Ore
Mon, 03 Mar 2025 03:33:40 -0500
It was gathered that the attack occurred on Saturday around 8:35 p.m. near his home, opposite Caring Heart Mega School in the Idi Mango area.
BREAKING: Nigerian Authorities To Close Lagos Airport Runway For Repairs
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 06:06:56 -0500
The closure, scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, comes just two weeks after the runway was reopened following an almost 11-month maintenance shutdown.
Grammy-Nominated R&B Star Angie Stone Dies In Car Crash
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 04:48:48 -0500
"My mommy is gone," her daughter, Diamond Stone, wrote in a Facebook post.
Nigerian University UNIZIK Caught In Contract Scandal As Acting VC Awards Same Project Twice, Second At Over Double Initial Cost
Sun, 02 Mar 2025 04:46:33 -0500
Investigations by SaharaReporters have revealed that a contract for the university's perimeter fencing was awarded twice—first to Messrs Abdullahi Hawawo Construction Co. Limited in 2024 for ₦180,031,437.50, and later to Dukonni Nigeria Limited in February 2025 for ₦370,738,367.05 without officially revoking the initial contract.