Some #OccupyLekkiTollGate protesters were on Saturday attacked and arrested by the police in Lagos State. The protesters were arrested around 7:50 am, SaharaReporters has gathered. "Why are you after us. We have a right to p...

The initiator of #DefendLagos, Alabi Oladimeji, says the group has suspended its counter-protest expected to hold at the #Lekkitollgate today (Saturday).He made this known at a press conference hosted on his Facebook page, noting that the su...

The planned protest slated for today over the move to reopen Lekki Toll Plaza in Lagos State is generating tension in Lagos State. SaharaReporters gathered that the protest has yet to commence as of 7:24 am on Saturday while protesters have...

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An advocacy group, Leadership and Accountability Initiative, has written to the National Assembly not to confirm the immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai (retd.), his air force and navy counterparts, Air Marshal Sadique A...

The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Kasoa Police Command has arrested Wisdom Godwin, a Nigerian national, who lives at Gomoa Budumbram in the Central Region for subjecting his 4-year-old stepson to severe beatings....

Two House of Representatives Friday's members claim that gay or same-sex marriage is completely alien to the Nigerian culture in particular and the African traditions in general. They said allowing such a practice would strongly offend the s...

The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, said the former Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi, was ousted on Friday because he did not understand the responsibilities of a traditional ruler. Six years after ascending the throne, Sanusi was de...

Literary giant and elder statesman, Prof Niyi Osundare, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari’s approach to the ongoing herdsmen’s violence across the country, saying his handling of the matter is “amateurish, pedestrian and dangero...

Convener of Concerned Nigerians Group, Deji Adeyanju, has said immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, and other service chiefs will answer for 'their crimes against humanity and the genocidal acts they committed.' The group had i...