A mild drama unfolded at the Senate on Tuesday when Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan (Kogi Central) engaged in a brief disagreement during deliberation on the Criminal Code Amendment Bill, which seeks to impose stiffer penalties for aiding or procuring abortions in Nigeria. The bill, earlier passed by the House of Representatives and presented for concurrence by …

At least 16 Nigerian military officers are currently being detained incommunicado by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) in connection with an alleged coup plot that the Bola Tinubu-led government and the military authorities claim they are investigating, SaharaReporters has learnt. Multiple military sources and family members confirmed to SaharaReporters on Wednesday that the detained officers have been held for over …

Forty-eight years after the Federal Government short-changed Enugu Rangers, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has finally stepped in to right the wrong. At an emotional ceremony in Enugu on Wednesday, the apex Igbo body paid each surviving member of the 1977 African Winners’ Cup-winning squad N1 million, fulfilling a pledge the Federal Government never redeemed. In 1977, when Rangers conquered Africa, the …

A bill seeking to repeal the Electoral Act 2022 and enact a new Electoral Bill 2025 passed the second reading at the senate on Wednesday. On October 16, the senate stepped down the bill to allow broader consultation and deeper scrutiny of its provisions after an extensive debate on its general principles. On October 14, Opeyemi Bamidele, senate majority leader, …

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North, including governors from the region, have unanimously endorsed former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, as their consensus candidate for the position of national chairman ahead of the party’s November convention. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, disclosed this after a meeting of Northern PDP leaders held on Wednesday night in …

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North, including governors from the region, have unanimously endorsed former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, as their consensus candidate for the position of national chairman ahead of the party’s November convention. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, disclosed this after a meeting of Northern PDP leaders held on Wednesday night in …

Leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from North, including governors from the region, have unanimously endorsed former Minister of Special Duties, Tanimu Turaki, as their consensus candidate for the position of national chairman ahead of the party’s November convention. Adamawa State Governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, disclosed this after a meeting of Northern PDP leaders held on Wednesday night in …

We had a productive meeting today with Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Barrister @AloyEjimakor, his brother Emmanuel Kanu, Barr. Wisdom Okere, and 10 others who were arrested and brutalized by the Nigeria Police Force for participating in a peaceful #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest at Kuje Prison. Despite the challenges they face, they are all in high spirits as we push for their release to …

We had a productive meeting today with Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Barrister @AloyEjimakor, his brother Emmanuel Kanu, Barr. Wisdom Okere, and 10 others who were arrested and brutalized by the Nigeria Police Force for participating in a peaceful #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest at Kuje Prison. Despite the challenges they face, they are all in high spirits as we push for their release to …

We had a productive meeting today with Nnamdi Kanu’s lawyer, Barrister @AloyEjimakor, his brother Emmanuel Kanu, Barr. Wisdom Okere, and 10 others who were arrested and brutalized by the Nigeria Police Force for participating in a peaceful #FreeNnamdiKanuNow protest at Kuje Prison. Despite the challenges they face, they are all in high spirits as we push for their release to …

There is growing anxiety in the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the prospects of a tenure extension for the party’s executive committees across the board. This comes as the conduct of congresses and the national convention of the party inch towards the December deadline. It was gathered that party stakeholders are anxious about what direction President Bola Tinubu intends to …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted six passengers, including three staff members of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), en route to Anambra State for the November 8 governorship election. The three INEC staff members, identified as Chinenye Orji, Adamaka Anih, and Catherine Temaugee, were travelling from Abuja to Anambra when they were ambushed at Aloma, Kogi State, SaharaReporters …

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has listed former Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, as his witness in his ongoing alleged terrorism trial. Kanu, in a fresh motion he personally signed and filed before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja, assured that he was ready to begin his defence …

A legal luminary and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has urged the National Assembly to suspend the ongoing amendment of the 1999 Constitution, describing the current document as a “military albatross” that continues to haunt Nigeria. Olanipekun made the call on Monday at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), while delivering the institution’s 13th …

The 2023 presidential candidate for the Labour Party, Peter Obi on Wednesday, October 22, reaffirmed his support for George Moghalu, the LP candidate in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election. In a post made on X, Obi said he visited Anambra State where he joined Moghalu and other party members for a campaign rally held in Ogbunike, the hometown of the …