Eric Lira, a citizen of the United States, has been arrested for allegedly supplying performance-enhancing drugs to Nigerian sprinter, Blessing Okagbare, and other athletes that competed in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.   According to a r...

Wole Soyinka Nobel laureate, Wole Soyinka, has said that he has not endorsed any candidate for the presidency ahead of the 2023 general elections.  In a statement on Wednesday, Soyinka debunked media reports linking him to such. &nb...

Some gunmen on Tuesday intercepted and abducted passengers in a commercial bus heading to Lagos from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The bus was intercepted at Isiala Mbano in Imo State. It was gathered that the incident, which happen...

Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, have dragged the Nigerian Government to court over the seizure of their passports. SaharaReporters had reported that the couple’s passports were seized f...

The Nigerian government has lifted the suspension of Twitter operations in the country following approval by President Muhammadu Buhari. The development was announced on Wednesday by the Chairman Technical Committee, Nigeria-Twitter Engageme...

Players of Heartland Football Club of Owerri, Imo State, have demanded immediate payment of their salary arrears and allowances for 11 months. The footballers on Wednesday took to the streets of Owerri, the state capital, to protest the refu...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has alleged that Ismaila Mustapha also known as Mompha, concealed his wealth in wristwatches and other movable assets valued at over N70million. This was revealed by the anti-graft agency on Wedne...

<p>A team of rescuers scours the rubble for bodies.</p> Construction of the collapsed 21-storey building in Ikoyi, Lagos, began before provisional approval was granted, the state government has said. Counsel to Lagos State Buildin...

  A civil society organisation, Take It Back Movement, has asked Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Adamu Mustapha Danze, to provide a detailed record of federal allocations received by the coun...

There was panic on Wednesday afternoon during the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cameroon before the march between Mali and Tunisia following a gun battle between government forces and pro-independence fighters in Buea, capital of the rest...