Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has announced the appointment of Dr. Folashade Ayoade as the Secretary to the State Government. Ayoade, was the SSG in the last eight years of the immediate past Governor, Yayaha Bello. The governor also announced Ali Bello, a nephew to Yahaya Bello, as the Chief of Staff. The new CoS […]
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The Chairperson of the Police Officers Wives Association (POWA), Ekiti State, Mrs Monisola Susan Ogundare has been accused of shady dealings and misappropriation of funds of the association running into millions of naira. A petition to the National President of POWA, Mrs Elizabeth Egbetokun, by a group of insiders identified as Team Independent Investigation, accused […]
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The permission granted Mr Koroma is coming amid rumours that he had agreed to go on exile in Nigeria if all charges against him were dropped. Former Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma has been granted permission to seek medical attention in Nigeria. He was granted permission by a Sierra Leone High Court, according to a BBC report. […]
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Rivers State crisis has yet to be resolved fully despite alleged intervention by President Tinubu. Abuja, Nigeria – On October 30, oil-rich Rivers State, Nigeria’s oil capital, became the latest hub of political drama in the country following the state parliament’s attempted impeachment of Siminalayi Fubara, who had been governor for only five months. The impeachment […]
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The Supreme Court of Nigeria has affirmed the judgement of a lower court that sentenced former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, to five years imprisonment for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman, Femi Otedola. Lawan was tried for receiving $500,000 bribe during a legislative probe into the fuel subsidy regime in 2012. SaharaReporters […]
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The Kogi State governor, Usman Ododo, has made some appointments on his first day in office, retaining his predecessor, Yahaya Bello’s loyalists, nephew and other commissioners. Ododo, who was sworn in at the Muhammadu Buhari Mini Stadium, Lokoja, the Kogi State capital on Saturday, made his first appointments during his inaugural speech. The governor nominated […]
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Sources said the type CL-60 jet crash-landed on Friday around 11am at the Samuel Ladoke Akintola Airport. It was coming in from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A private jet, belonging to Mattini Air, having about 12 passengers including Very Important Personalities (VIPs) has crash-landed in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. Sources said the type […]
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Following weeks of bitter rows and mud-slinging between President William Ruto and Kenya’s judges, two separate courts have ruled against the government, both on matters close to the president’s heart. Firstly, a court on Friday ordered the government to stop taking payments for a new housing levy and just an hour or so later, a […]
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Some operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have been accused of kidnapping a businessman in Abuja, the country’s capital city and extorting the sum of N29,900,000 from him. An X user made this known while sharing the receipts of the money paid to the police officer. In a video seen by SaharaReporters, it was alleged […]
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The United States has expressed its willingness to resolve the lawsuit filed against the return of funds looted by the late Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha. This signals the potential transfer of yet another $30 million to Atiku Bagudu, President Bola Tinubu’s controversial budget and national planning minister. In August 2023, SaharaReporters reported that the former […]
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