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...

When great souls die, the air around us becomes light, rare, sterile. We breathe, briefly. Our eyes, briefly see with a hurtful clarity. Our memory, suddenly sharpened, examines, gnaws on kind words unsaid, promised walks never taken. Maya A...

On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari travelled to the United Kingdom for a “routine medical check-up”.  Expectedly, the news generated controversies and outrages amongst Nigerians who believe the President acted immorally and ille...

Day by day, Nigeria drifts irreversibly into a dark tunnel. Things are falling apart with unnerving rapidity because those who govern have only a pact to protect their interests. Politics is merely its conveyor belt of ambition. Nigeria has ...

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...