INEC DECLARES ZAMFARA BYE-ELECTION INCONCLUSIVE OVER CANCELLATION OF RESULTS The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the Kaura Namoda south constituency by-election in Zamfara as inconclusive. Lawal Sa’adu, the returning officer, said the decision followed the cancellation of results in polling units in Sakajiki and Kambarawa wards. He said the affected units had 5,446 registered voters, with 3,265 permanent …

APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS RETRIEVAL OF 40 VEHICLES FROM MINISTER’S RESIDENCE The Court of Appeal sitting in Sokoto has upheld the Federal High Court judgment affirming the recovery of 40 official vehicles from the residence of former Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle. A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice A.M. Talba, dismissed Matawalle’s appeal on August 8, 2025, …

CAC REMOVES 247 COMPANIES FROM ITS DATABASE The Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, has a issued a disclaimer on the purported incorporation of some listed companies. This was made known in a notice posted on the Commission’s official X handle on Friday. The Commission stressed that it has removed the companies from the database. CAC said the 247 listed companies have …

TINUBU’S TOP SECURITY AIDES IMPLICATED IN $1.5M BRIBERY SCANDAL TO GRANT NNPC BOSS OJULARI ACCESS TO PRESIDENT President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Chief Security Officer (CSO), Adegboyega Fasasi, and Chief Personal Security Officer, Usman Shugaba, have been implicated in a $1.5 million bribery scandal. Sources told SaharaReporters that the duo allegedly facilitated access for the embattled Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO) …

OKONJO-IWEALA MEETS CBN GOVERNOR IN ABUJA ON TRADE ISSUES The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Olayemi Cardoso, on Thursday, August 14, 2025, hosted the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at the Bank’s headquarters in Abuja. An X post by the nation’s apex bank on Thursday revealed this. Titled, “Discussing Trade Matters,” it wrote, …

TENECE BOSS HEADS ENUGU TECH FESTIVAL The Enugu State Government has announced the appointment of the Managing Director and Group Chief Executive Officer of Tenece Group, Kingsley Eze as Head of the Advisory Board of the Enugu Tech Festival (ETF) 2026. In a statement, it said the appointment underscores the state’s commitment to leveraging world-class expertise to guide the festival’s …

POLITICIANS DEPLOYING ALL FORMS OF STRATEGIES TO DE-MARKET PETER OBI – OBAZE Former gubernatorial candidate in Anambra State, Oseloka Obaze, has stated that there is an orchestrated plan to undermine the Labour Party (LP) 2023 Presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Obaze, who served as Secretary to the Anambra State Government under Peter Obi, stated on his social media page that those …

BENUE, PLATEAU LEADERS TO TINUBU; YOUR MARCHING ORDERS NOT EFFECTIVE After the global outrage that greeted the June 13 massacre of over 200 innocent farmers by armed herdsmen in Yelewata community, Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state, it was expected that the people would have some respite particularly with the marching order issued to the security agencies by …

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 …

, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, ENACTUS REWARD WINNERS OF ENERGY INNOVATION COMPETITION Schneider Electric, a global leader in energy management and automation, in partnership with Enactus, an international Non-Profit Organisation, have rewarded the winners of the 2025 edition of the Enactus Nigeria National Competition. Newspaper subscription bundles The Energy Innovation Challenge, which was competed among tertiary institutions students brought together over 33 …

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 …

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF FG’S N200BN FUNDS, MINISTER TELLS SOUTHEAST ENTREPRENUERS The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, has called on entrepreneurs in the Southeast to tap into the Federal Government’s ₦200 billion intervention funds to expand their businesses and promote locally made products. Idris made the appeal during a town hall meeting at the International Conference Centre in …

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 …