Gunmen in the early hours of Monday set the correctional facility in Owerri, the  Imo State capital, on fire. SaharaReporters gathered that the gunmen struck the prison and freed an unconfirmed number of inmates and suspects. Heavy gunf...

Ghana's local currency has ended the first quarter of 2021 on a high note with a year-to-date appreciation of 0.6 per cent to the US dollar. This means the Ghanaian cedi has outperformed some other prevalent 15 currencies in Africa, making i...

There is palpable tension in Imo State following the murder of seven traders of northern extraction. It was gathered that the victims were killed in separate shooting incidents in Orlu town and Umuaka in Njaba Local Government Area between F...

Special courts should be created to deal promptly with banditry, kidnapping and unlawful carrying of weapons in the country.   This formed part of the solutions to the nation's security challenges recommended by former President Olusegu...

Matthew Hassan Kukah Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, has criticised the government of President Muhammadu Buhari for rehabilitating and releasing repentant Boko Haram insurgents, neglecting victims of insurgency t...

File Photo Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin, the wife of the late spokesman for Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, has reacted to the outpouring of tributes in honour of her late husband.   She said she wished her husband could hear what those he criticised...

Rauf Aregbesola The Nigerian government has expressed its readiness to decentralise international passports' issuance in the 774 Local Government Areas in the country to reduce the problem Nigerians face.   Minister of Interior, Rauf Are...

Garba Shehu The presidency has tackled the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, for describing Nigeria as a killing field under the Muhammadu Buhari government.   Kukah had, in his Easter message on Sunday, said both the gov...

Tunde Bakare, senior pastor of Citadel Global Community Church, on Sunday said he supported President Muhammadu Buhari because God told him Buhari has a role in stabilising Nigeria.   Bakare, a critic of successive past administrations ...

Ayodele Fayose Ayo Fayose, former governor of Ekiti state says former President Olusegun Obasanjo masterminded the incarceration of Chief Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over a tussle fo...