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Bandits have raided churches in Kurmin Wali community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting over 170 worshippers. According to witnesses, the attackers struck during church services on Sunday. ECWA and Cherubim and Seraphim churches were affected by the attack. Sources said nine vulnerable persons among the victims later returned home. Rev. Joseph John Hayab, the Northern CAN …

Senator Shehu Sani has said that terrorists and bandits operating in the North-East and North-West of Nigeria are not foreigners, but people from the region. Sani who represented Kaduna Central in the 9th Assembly, stated this during a public discussion on insecurity. He insisted that for insecurity to be a thing of the past in the North, leaders of the …

Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State has sponsored the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), seven Heads of Department, and 27 Electoral Officers on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem. SaharaReporters gathered that the pilgrimage is scheduled to commence on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Multiple sources within the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) confirmed to SaharaReporters on Monday that the officials would depart Imo …

Days after a former governor of Enugu State, His Excellency Okwesilieze Nwodo boasted that the African Democratic Congress, ADC, will shock many politicians in the South-East in 2027, the party has declared he is not a card carrying member. Nwodo had while recalling the impact of the Obidient Movement in 2023, warned detecting governors “that tsunami is more likely to …

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the official timetable and schedule of activities for the 2027 General Elections, outlining key dates for elections, party primaries, campaigns, and voter registration. According to the timetable, the Presidential and National Assembly elections will hold on Saturday, February 20, 2027, while the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections are scheduled for …

A Nigerian netizen has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of allegedly collecting citizens’ National Identification Numbers (NINs) during so-called “empowerment” programmes and using the data to register participants as party members without their consent. Parallelfacts News reports that the allegation was made by a social media user identified as Harry on X (formerly Twitter). According to him, individuals who …

The Federal Government plans to spend about N206.50bn on poverty alleviation-related projects in the 2026 budget, an amount that represents far below one per cent of the total N58.47tn spending proposal submitted to the National Assembly. A review of project-level data from the 2026 Appropriation Bill shows that all items directly tagged to poverty alleviation across ministries, departments, and agencies, …

Trump has announced a tentative forceful takeover of Greenland, including imposing sanction on NATO Countries opposed to this move. However, these countries have vowed a pushback including blocking US access to its market The Nobel Peace Prize is handled by a Norwegian Nobel Committee who have accused Trump of blackmail Throwing a bit more light on Trump’s unusual letter stating …

A controversial post on social media has sparked intense backlash after a supporter of the Obidient movement suggested extreme punishment for Nigerians who publicly defend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s leadership. Eyes Of Lagos reports, The comment, shared on X (formerly Twitter), quickly went viral, triggering heated debates among users divided over Tinubu’s policies, economic reforms, and the current state of …

Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, has struck out Meta and X as defendants in the amended Cyberbullying charges brought against Omoyele Sowore for calling President Bola Tinubu a ‘criminal’, The Judge on Monday struck out names of the two foreign defendants when Sowore was re-arraigned on Monday and following the request of counsel to the …