The people of the South-East Region of Nigeria should ignore calls by the Minister of Works, Engr Dave Umahi, urging them to vote solely for President Bola Tinubu in the 2027 presidential election. Umahi had instructed south-easterners not to waste their votes on the presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress, Mr Peter Obi. Reacting,…
Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has challenged the Federal High Court judgment that ordered the deregistration of five political parties, insisting that the ruling was delivered in defiance of an existing directive issued by the Court of Appeal. The governor described the decision as a serious procedural error and an abuse of judicial process, arguing…
The Oyo State Police Command has announced ongoing investigations into the tragic stampede at a children’s funfair held in Ibadan on Wednesday. Naija News reports that the incident, which occurred at the Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, resulted in the death of at least 35 children, with six others sustaining critical injuries and currently receiving…
A Department of State Services’ memo ordering the arrest of the convener of #RevolutionNow Movement, Omoyele Sowore, has been exclusively obtained by SaharaReporters. Earlier in September, SaharaReporters reported that Nigeria’s secret police, DSS, had instructed airport security and immigration authorities to intercept and detain Sowore upon his arrival in Nigeria. It was learnt…
The Independent Petroleum Producers Group has notified against any move compelling the sale of crude oil to local refineries, including the Dangote Refinery. In a letter addressed to the Chief Executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, Gbenga Komolafe, on August 16, 2024. IPPG Chairman Abdulrazak Isa pressed the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC)…
The House of Representative member representing Brass-Nembe Federal Constituency, Marie Ebikake has given her position on the forensic investigation of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited by the Petroleum (Midstream/Downstream) Joint committee of the House of Representatives. She said the directive quoted in the media regarding the audit of the NNPCL was not the true…
