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Wed, 26 May 2021 23:44:01 +0000
Remi Tinubu Assaults Woman, Calls Her ‘Thug’ During Constitution Review Hearing
The Senator representing Lagos Central, Remi Tinubu, was on Wednesday again involved in an altercation with some Nigerians who attended the South-West zonal public hearing of the constitution review.    The event was held at Marrio...

Wed, 26 May 2021 21:38:10 +0000
Eni Confirms Plan To Convert Controversial OPL 245 To Oil Mining Licence Despite Its Expiration
Oil multinational, Eni, has said it submitted an application for the conversion of the controversial Oil Prospecting Licence 245 to an Oil Mining Licence, adding that it had invested about $2.5 billion in the licence till date.   Eni st...

Wed, 26 May 2021 19:53:10 +0000
NBA Calls For Laws Regulating DNA Testing In Nigeria, Backs Amotekun, Ebube Agu
File photo used to illustrate story. The Nigerian Bar Association says there is a need to have laws regulating the conduct of paternity tests across the country, to protect the rights of the Nigerian child.   This was made known in a com...

Wed, 26 May 2021 19:43:02 +0000
Senate Considers Proposal To Create Sharia Courts In South-West
A group known as the Muslim Congress has submitted a memo to the Senate Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution, proposing the implementation of Sharia in the southwest region.   The Islamic religious law is implemented in Musl...

Wed, 26 May 2021 19:36:49 +0000
REVEALED: How AGF Malami Covered Up $370million Abacha Loot Repatriated Through UK Attorney-General
Abubakar Malami The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), has refused to come out clean on a certain $370 million being part of the loot traced to former Head of State, Sani Abacha, in United Kingd...

Wed, 26 May 2021 19:03:44 +0000
Katsina Governor, Masari Disagrees With Buhari, Says Open Grazing ‘Un-Islamic’
Katsina state governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has kicked against the stance of President Muhammadu Buhari on the ban on open grazing in Nigeria.   Buhari had recently questioned the legality of the recent ban on open grazing in the southe...

Wed, 26 May 2021 18:34:04 +0000
At Last, Nigerian Government Flies National Flags At Half Mast In Honour of Late Army Officers After SaharaReporters' Story
In what appears like an afterthought, the Nigerian government has finally flown the national flags hoisted at the popular 'Eagle Square' at half mast after a report by SaharaReporters. SaharaReporters had on Monday published a report, video...

Wed, 26 May 2021 18:04:30 +0000
Constitution Review: Each State Should Manage Its Resources, Including Oil And Gas— El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has proposed that all mineral resources in the country should be under the countrol of the states.  El-Rufai said this known at the public hearing of the Senate...

Wed, 26 May 2021 17:48:05 +0000
Attahiru: Retired Military Officer Condemns Use Of ‘Baby Pilots’ To Fly Service Chiefs
Ibrahim Attahiru A former military intelligence officer, Captain Umar Babangida, (retd.), has said that it was wrong for Flight Lieutenants in the Nigerian Air Force with little or no experience to be assigned to fly service chiefs across th...

Wed, 26 May 2021 16:48:27 +0000
BREAKING: Scores Feared Dead As 160-Passenger Boat Capsizes In Kebbi
About 140 boat passengers are said to be missing in Kebbi State after an overloaded boat ferrying them sank in the Niger River.  The tragic incident was said to have occurred on Wednesday.  SaharaReporters Media The...



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