Hundreds of people lined up Friday morning at three sites in New York City, some arriving more than an hour early, for the opportunity to snag one of the nation’s hottest commodities: a dozen free eggs. People were bundled up against the windy cold as they stood outside a Harlem restaurant, patiently waiting to be handed…
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, in the approved 2025 budget for the state plans to spend a sum of ₦10billion for the rehabilitation of Kwara Hotel. This comes despite ₦13 billion spent on the same project in 2024. Between October and December 2024 alone, the state spent ₦6.4 billion on the…
This development comes despite the fact that N2.2billion was spent on the same purpose in 2024, according to a review of documents published by the Kogi State government on its website. A SaharaReporters’ review of Kogi State’s 2025 approved budget has revealed that the Governor Usman Ododo-led state government plans to spend N3billion to remodel…
A review of data from the Open Treasury Portal by SaharaReporters has revealed that the Bola Tinubu-led presidency spent N36 billion on international travels in 2024. According to the State House Headquarters expenditure breakdown, N12.2 billion was allocated to “international travel and transport (training),” while N24.19 billion was spent on “international travel and transport (others).” …
The 2025 proposed budget shows an increase in spending, with N65 billion earmarked for the reintegration of transformed ex-militants in the new year. In 2024, Nigeria allocated a substantial sum of N58 billion for the re-integration of ex-militants under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, according to data from the Open Treasury Portal. Notably, N8.8 billion was…
Posted by Yusuf Ridwan Olasunkanmi. on 14 February, 2025 under Entertainment 0 Popular Nigerian skitmaker, Zicsaloma, opens up about his rhinoplasty experience, revealing the cost of his higly publicised surgery. Despite facing online criticism for his surgery, Zicsaloma remains unfazed. In his latest post on social media, the comedian has revealed the cost of…
A recent report from the Visitation Panel on the University of Abuja has uncovered over bloated expenditure among other levels of irregularities within the institution during the tenure of the immediate past Pro-Chancellor, Alhaji Sani Maikudi, who happens to be the father of the current Vice Chancellor. The Visitation Panel was established to investigate the…
In January 2015, arms broker Hima Aboubakar hosted a man and a woman for a meeting in his suite at the prestigious Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital. Mr Aboubakar, who is from the neighbouring Niger Republic, routinely visited world capitals to secure and execute defence contracts, but this meeting at Transcorp Hotel was…
Governor Bala Mohammed-led Bauchi State government has spent N16billion on renovation of the government house according to a review of the Bauchi State audited report for 2023. The money was spent in the fiscal year of 2023. According to the auditors’ report, the state government awarded the contract for upgrading of government house at the…
In 2024, over 1 million Nigerians have been affected by devastating floods nationwide. This is according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), which disclosed that 259 lives have been lost, and 625,239 people have been displaced across 29 states and 172 Local Government Areas (LGAs). Meanwhile, this is a perennial crisis that claims lives…
