The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it will review the concerns of Nigerians across the country about the conduct and outcome of the 2023 general elections. The electoral body also said it could identify the weaknesses and strengths of the commission following the elections. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this…
Reuters had reported that in a court order issued in London on Friday, Judge David Tomlinson of Southwark Crown Court asked Ibori to pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence. The former Delta State governor, James Ibori, who was convicted for money laundering in the United Kingdom has vowed to appeal the…
It was earlier reported that NNPCL mega-filling stations in Abuja had adjusted the price of petrol from N539 to N617 per litre. The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mele Kyari, has said that the recent rise in petrol pump prices in Nigeria is caused by market forces. It was…
SaharaReporters learnt from motorists that fuel is now selling for N620 per litre in Kano and N650 per litre in Ondo State. The development has also brought about queues at some filling stations in parts of the two states, as motorists feared the prices could go even higher. Hours after the adjustment of the price…
Many people have died because of financial struggles, unemployment and poverty, all of which have impeded the path of success for many Nigerians. According to the National Bureau of Statistics [NBS], over 84 million Nigerians are living in extreme poverty, surviving below $1.9 per day, whilst 133 million [63 per cent of the country’s population]…
A larger percentage of residents of Kwara State have no access to basic amenities as should be provided by the government, a report by the Elites Network for Sustainable Development has revealed. According to the report, many communities in the state have no access to clean water, electricity and primary education. The report sampled 2,810 communities across…
Sowore on Saturday noted that if Emefiele was to be tried for his real offences, former president, Muhammadu Buhari, many All Progressive Congress stakeholders, governors, senators and other high profile personalities in the country would all go down with him. Omoyele Sowore, human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC)…
SaharaReporters in 2022 reported that Echono turned the fund into a fiefdom where contract splitting and padding to favour his cronies and fronts were the order of the day. Agroup of lawyers, Lawyers United Against Corruption (LUAC) has issued a five-day ultimatum to the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Mr. Sonny Echono to…
The group, in a press statement dated July 16, 2023, and signed by its National Chair, Femi Falana (SAN), accused the National Assembly of breaching the Nigerian Constitution. The Alliance on Surviving Covid-19 and Beyond (ASCAB) has threatened to sue the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission and National Assembly for contempt over N110 billion…
The Nigerian Army has reiterated that the military will not negotiate with terrorists but will rather go after them in their hideouts to eliminate them.. The General Officer Commanding, 8 Division, Nigerian Army Sokoto, Major General Godwin Mutkut made this known while speaking with journalists in Gusau, Zamfara State capital at the 1 Brigade Cantonment….