File photo used to illustrate story. At least 50 persons have been killed while an unspecified number of persons were abducted when bandits attacked nine communities in the Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.The incident was confirmed...

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja admonished the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to avoid being used for partisan politics or getting dragged into personal disputes. Buhari urged the anti-graft agency to focus on ser...

File photo used to illustrate story. The United States has sanctioned six Nigerians convicted by an Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over alleged funding of Boko Haram terrorism.The convicts were tried and c...

Some radio stations in Nigeria on Friday announced the cutting down on their hours of operation.SaharaReporters had earlier reported that the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria warned that television and radio stations in the country might...

Our breakfast was roasted cocoyam, red oil and a lot of onions and tomatoes. For a long time, I have not had such a sumptuous and indigenous meal. Before we set on our different ways, we had had discussions for about an hour at the restauran...

INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has explained why it has yet to take any action on the court judgment which ordered the sack of Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, and his deputy, Er...

The Anambra State Governor, Prof Chukwuma Soludo, has ordered all public servants in the state to always report to work on Mondays, like other weekdays.Since the resumption of trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nna...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday sealed some property belonging to the immediate past Governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano.The commission sealed mansions allegedly traced to Obiano at Ngozika Estate in Awka...

The Russian army has said 1,351 of its soldiers have been killed in four weeks invasion of Ukraine.Another 3,825 of its soldiers had been wounded, the military said, adding that it had evacuated more than 400,000 civilians and condemning Wes...

Isa Ali Pantami A son of Prof Ali Isa Pantami, Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, who was reportedly kidnapped in Bauchi State, has been rescued.According to Daily Trust, the minister’s son was found at a checkpoint in Dambam, o...