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Sun, 12 Jun 2022 19:18:02 +0000
Nigerian Catholic Priests Deny Church Members Without Permanent Voter Cards Entry Into Sunday Masses
Some Catholic priests in Nigeria have enforced a policy of ‘No Permanent Voter Card (PVC), No Sunday Mass’.   In videos seen by SaharaReporters on Sunday, some church members were denied entry into Sunday masses over their inabili...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 19:08:19 +0000
Nnamdi Kanu’s Family Lawyers Move To Sue UK Foreign Secretary, Force Britain To Take Action Over IPOB Leader’s Alleged Torture, Rendition To Nigeria
The family of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, have accused the UK Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Liz Truss of ignoring evidence that the IPOB leader was taken to Niger...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:43:24 +0000
Nigeria’s Police Inspector-General Reacts To Shooting Of Married Man, Other By Burna Boy’s Escorts
The Nigeria Police Force has described the shooting incident involving its personnel at Club Cubana in Victoria Island, Lagos on Wednesday night as despicable and condemnable.   SaharaReporters earlier reported that five policemen attac...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:39:50 +0000
June 12 Anniversary: Yoruba Group Decries Nationwide Killings, Calls For Peace Ahead Of 2023 Elections
The Yoruba Global Council (YGC), a Yoruba diaspora-based socio-cultural organisation has decried the spate of insecurity in Nigeria characterised by incessant killings across the country.   The group, however, appealed to peace-loving N...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:25:56 +0000
BREAKING: Nigeria Police To Interrogate Grammy Award Winner, Burna Boy Over Shooting Of Two People In Lagos Club By Singer’s Escorts
The Nigeria Police Force will interrogate Grammy Award winner, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy over the shooting of two fun-seekers by his police escorts in a club in Lagos. SaharaReporters earlier reported that five policemen attached to Burna ...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:09:50 +0000
We Can’t Be Celebrating Democracy Day When Nigerians Are Slaves In Their Country, Afraid To Worship, Travel By Road Or Train – Governor Ortom
Governor Samuel Ortom The Benue State Governor, Mr Samuel Ortom has decried the worsening security situation in the country. The governor lamented that armed terrorists threaten Nigeria’s sovereignty and the country’s hard-earned democrac...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 18:06:44 +0000
Russian Aggression: Former British Soldier Shot Dead Fighting For Ukraine
A former British soldier has died fighting Russian forces in the Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk, his family have said. Jordan Gatley left the British Army in March "to continue his career as a soldier in other areas," Sky News reports. ...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:47:23 +0000
Nigerian Woman Hit By Lebanese Driving Against Lagos Traffic Is Dead
A Nigerian woman, Omotomi Akinsanya, who was crushed by a Toyota 4Runner being driven by a Lebanese, John Greg, on Sanusi Fafunwa Street, in the Victoria Island area of Lagos State, is dead. Her brother disclosed this in a tweet on Saturday....

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:43:24 +0000
More Nigerians To Fall Into Extreme Poverty, Hunger, Says World Bank Report
The World Bank has raised an alarm that more people in Nigeria and its Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) neighbours are likely to fall into extreme poverty. The bank cited Russia's military operation in Ukraine as one of the factors driving up global...

Sun, 12 Jun 2022 17:40:50 +0000
‘Don't Leave Nigeria For Those Messing Things Up,’ Obasanjo Tells Youths To Seize Power Now
Olusegun Obasanjo Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has charged Nigerian youths to seize power now instead of abandoning the country to those messing things up.   Obasanjo gave the advice when he distributed 85 tricycles to youths, draw...



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