….. Faults Sahara Reporters publication against the IGP. The Integrity Youth Alliance has rejected the Sahara Reporters’ publication criticising IGP Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police. Arising from its National Executive Council on Thursday in Abuja, the Alliance in a communique signed by the National Coordinator, Kelvin Adegbenga and National Publicity Director, Danjuma Lamido,…
The Media Rights Advocacy Centre (MRAC) has dismissed Sahara Reporters publication against the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. The group in a statement by its spokesperson, Dr. Yomi Ajilore, described the publication as reckless and baseless. It said: “In its latest fabrication Sahara Reporters falsely alleged that the IGP awarded a N6 billion contract…
Tensions have erupted in Onicha Olona, Aniocha North Local Government Area of Delta State, following a violent incident that left one person dead and one other hospitalised after thugs led by an alleged land grabber and police officers allegedly invaded the community on Monday. Residents of the community who spoke to SaharaReporters on condition of…
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday appeared in public to preside over a council of ministers meeting at the presidential palace in Abidjan, quelling swirling rumours of a military coup and his alleged death. The Ivorian presidency released an official statement confirming Ouattara’s participation, accompanied by photographs showing the president alongside key cabinet…
Lagos resident Mr. Ogunbadejo Olawale, of No. 25 Ajiboye Street, Alapere, Ketu, has been remanded at Kirikiri Prison after being caught in a viral video dumping refuse on the Alapere link bridge in Ketu. A joint enforcement team comprising the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) and the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC/KAI) made the…
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 23-year-old serial internet fraudster, Adebisi Emmanuel Olalekan, to 24 months imprisonment without the option of fine. Olalekan, a native of Omuo-Ekiti in Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State, was convicted on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 after he was found…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday wrote the National Assembly for the consideration and passage of the 2025 budget of the Rivers State Government. The President said the N1.481 trillion is being presented to the National Assembly in view of the nullification of the 2025 budget of the State by the Supreme Court and the…
PRO International Concept Ltd. has filed an application at the Federal High Court in Lagos seeking to commit the managing directors of several banks to prison for contempt of court. The respondents include, Mr. Babatunde Olofin, MD of Moniepoint Microfinance Bank, Mr. Musty Mustapha, MD of Kuda Microfinance Bank, Mr. Henry Obiekea, MD of FairMoney…
Federal investigators in Nigeria have uncovered what appears to be one of the largest land racketeering and money laundering schemes involving the Lagos State Government and certain federal officials. The revelation has prompted an official probe into the extensive fraud. SaharaReporters obtained a document showing that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in a…
The United Nations Children’s Fund has identified 300,000 malnourished Kwara children and will begin using the ready-to-use therapeutic food to salvage their health. UNICEF’s country representative, Christian Munduate, stated this in Ilorin while speaking at the handover ceremony of the RUTF. She said UNICEF and the Kwara government partnered to deploy 3,964 cartons of the…
