By Daniel Abia Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara has presented a proposed budget of N1.854 trillion for the 2026 fiscal year to the Rivers State House of Assembly, describing it as a “Budget of Resilience for Growth and Development.” Presenting the Appropriation Bill before lawmakers on Friday, Governor Fubara said the budget was designed to…
The 2025 report of the Ondo State Auditor-General has raised fresh concerns over transparency and accountability in the management of billions of naira meant for development projects in the state’s oil-producing communities, after auditors revealed that the Ondo State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (OSOPADEC) failed to produce contract documents for seven projects worth about…
The ‘Irigwe Nation’ on Saturday held a mass burial for victims of the June 16, 2026 attack on Angwan Magaji in Kamaru Ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Southern Kaduna. The Irigwe Nation refers to the Irigwe people, an ethnic group in Nigeria’s Middle Belt, primarily located in Plateau State, especially Bassa Local Government Area…
Two suspected scrap metal scavengers have been confirmed dead following an explosion that rocked the Old Nekede Road area in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State on Thursday night. The Imo State Police Command confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Friday, by the Command’s spokesperson DSP Henry Okoye. According to statement,…
Fresh tragedy struck two Adara communities in Kufana Ward of Kajuru Local Government Area, Kaduna State, on Thursday night as terrorists attacked Umaso (Rafin Kunu) and Unguwa-Ku villages. SaharaReporters learnt that the terrorists killed two persons, injuring four others, abducting seven residents, and looting property. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the attackers invaded Umaso (Rafin Kunu)…
Human rights activist and presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, is at the Federal High Court on Wednesday morning amid heavy presence of operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), who are fully armed and prevented lawyers, supporters and associates of the activist from entering the courtroom. SaharaReporters observed that DSS operatives, wielding sophisticated weapons, mounted…
The Assistant Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) visited the Kuje Correctional Centre as part of an inquest into the death of Rwandan national Benjamin Relasss, and preliminary findings have pointed to serious negligence on the part of the facility’s medical officer, sources inside the prison have told SaharaReporters. According to the sources,…
Armed bandits launched a brazen attack on Government Secondary School in Iluke Bunu, Kabba Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, on Wednesday morning, killing the school’s vice principal, two other residents, and abducting an unknown number of students in the latest assault on Nigeria’s crumbling education sector. The attack occurred around 9:45 am while…
The Nigeria Police Force has invited a former Chairman of the Ogulagha Community, John Babapere, popularly known as “John Bull,” for questioning over allegations bordering on the diversion, misappropriation, and mismanagement of funds belonging to the Ogulagha Host Community Development Trust (HCDT), funds intended for the development and welfare of the Ogulagha Kingdom in Delta…
Renowned human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, alongside members of the #EndBadGovernance, and other civil society activists, on Friday took to the streets of Lagos to protest worsening insecurity, economic hardship and what they described as the failure of government to address the plight of ordinary Nigerians. The protesters gathered at the Ikeja Underbridge area…
