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WE HAVE CAPTURED TWO GLOBALLY-WANTED LEADERS OF ANSARU TERRORISTS – NSA RIBADU National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, disclosed at a press briefing in Abuja that a months-long, intelligence-driven operation led to the arrest of Mahmud Muhammad Usman, popularly known as Abu Bara’a, and Mahmud al-Nigeri, also called Mallam Mamuda. Abu Bara’a, described as the “Emir of Ansaru,” was the …

IBOM AIR SAGA: COMFORT EMMANSON SUES FG, NCAA, OTHERS FOR N500BN OVER ALLEGED AVIATION IMPUNITY Public interest lawyer, Ayodele Ademiluyi, has dragged the Federal Government, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, and several other parties before the Federal High Court, Lagos, demanding N500 billion in damages over what he described as a blatant breach of the rule of law in …

NIGERIANS IN DARKNESS AS POWER MINISTER, ADELABU, EXHIBITS HIS MANSION A viral video of a mansion recently opened by the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, has sparked controversy on and off the Internet, raising various questions. Popularly known as Penkelemesi, Adelabu was seen in a joyous mood in the one-minute-23-second video flanked by loyalists, including famous Fuji musician, Wasiu Alabi …

EBONYI GOVERNOR NWIFURU GAVE N3B CONTRACT TO BROTHER’S TWO COMPANIES REGISTERED WITHIN 10 DAYS SaharaReporters’ investigation has uncovered how Simeon Nwifuru, brother of Ebonyi State Governor Francis Nwifuru, registered two companies within 10 days in February 2024 and subsequently secured contracts worth a total of ₦3 billion from the Ebonyi State Government. forCorporate records show that one of the firms, …

IGP ORDERS REVIEW OF AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON SOUTH-EAST KILLINGS The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered a review of a report by Amnesty International alleging extrajudicial killings and human rights violations in the South-East. The 128-page report, titled “A Decade of Impunity: Attacks and Unlawful Killings in South-East Nigeria,” accused the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies …

POLICE, DSS ARREST PDP AGENT WITH N25.9M FOR ALLEGED VOTE-BUYING An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu Aliyu Patangi has been arrested in Kaduna State over alleged vote-buying. Patangi was arrested at about 3.30 am on Saturday by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS). It was gathered that the suspect was …

POLICE, DSS ARREST PDP AGENT WITH N25.9M FOR ALLEGED VOTE-BUYING An agent of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Shehu Aliyu Patangi has been arrested in Kaduna State over alleged vote-buying. Patangi was arrested at about 3.30 am on Saturday by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS). It was gathered that the suspect was …

DON DUMPS ASUU, CITES ASSOCIATION’S LACK OF TANSPARENCY A senior lecturer at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, Dr Philips Nto, has resigned his membership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, citing lack of transparency and inclusiveness in the administration of the union. Nto, who is the Director, Agribusiness Incubation Centre, of the university expressed regret …

MOTHER OF SLAIN FISH MAGNET, NARRATES HOW HIS SON WAS KILLED Mrs Esther Chinyere Onyekesi, mother of slain businessman and CEO of Fish Magnate Group, Martins Ifesinachi Onyekesi, has for the first time spoken publicly about the killing of her son. She debunked allegations that Soludo was responsible for the death of the young entrepreneur. The pained mother, who is …

WE WILL IMMORTALIZE CHRISTIAN CHUKWU – GOVERNOR MBAH Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah has pledged to immortalise the late Nigerian football legend, Chairman Christian Chukwu, describing him as a national treasure whose life and career transcended sport and spoke directly to the soul of the nation. Speaking at the Night of Tributes in honour of the former Green …